June 2, 2003

Re: Forging a New Ruling Ring
Jimeous

The reason Saruman does not make a Ruling Ring is because he lacks the knowledge at the time.

From the Foreward of FOTR
Saruman, failing to get possession of the Ring, would in the confusion and treacheries of the time have found in Mordor the missing links in his own researches into Ring-lore, and before long he would have made a Great Ring of his own with which to challenge the self-styled Ruler of Middle-earth.