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The '''Three Rings''' are the three [[Rings of Power]] forged for and kept by the [[Elves]] of [[Middle-earth]] in the [[Second Age]]. They were named Narya, the Ring of Fire; Nenya, the Ring of Water (also called the Ring of Adamant); and Vilya, the Ring of Air, the mightiest of the three. Unlike the other Rings of Power, the Three were made by the Elven-smith [[Celebrimbor]] alone and were never touched by the hand of [[Sauron]], which is why they remained unsullied by his evil.

The Three were fashioned not for conquest or domination but for preservation, understanding, and healing, to ward off the decay of time and keep unstained the beauty of the things the [[Elves]] loved.

== Description ==
Each of the Three was set with a single gem. Narya, the Ring of Fire, bore a red stone and had the power to kindle hearts and resist weariness and despair. Nenya, the Ring of Water, was wrought of mithril and set with a white stone, and its power preserved and protected. Vilya, the Ring of Air, set with a blue sapphire, was accounted the greatest of the three.

Because the Three were bound to the [[One Ring]], the [[Elves]] dared not use them while [[Sauron]] held the One. Only after [[Isildur]] took the [[One Ring]] from Sauron at the end of the [[Second Age]] did the keepers of the Three put them to use, and even then in secret.

== Bearers ==
By the time of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', the keepers of the Three were among the greatest of the [[Elves]]. [[Galadriel]] of [[Lothlórien]] bore Nenya, with which she preserved her realm. [[Elrond]] of [[Rivendell]] bore Vilya. Narya, the Ring of Fire, was held by [[Círdan]] the Shipwright, who in time gave it to the [[wizard]] [[Gandalf]], a fact revealed near the end of the tale.

== Significance ==
The Three embody the [[Elves]]' tragic relationship to time: their power could preserve beauty and stave off decay, but only so long as the [[One Ring]] endured to sustain them. When the [[One Ring]] was destroyed, the power of the Three faded, and the works they had preserved began to pass, hastening the departure of the [[Elves]] from [[Middle-earth]] and the end of the [[Third Age]].

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