August 24, 2002

To Pandora Re: Isildur
Minstrel Boy

It was because of certain powers of good at work at that time that Isildur was able defeat Sauron.
Secondly Sauron is the creator of the Ring and the only one that can use it without it affecting him. Being ivisible isn't the Power of the Ring.
It's merely an ability to attract people to the Ring.
It responds to Sauron therefore he could take from It It's true power.
Also during Tom Bombadil's short part in the Lord of the Rings which was, sadly, left out of the movie, it's shown that he is totally unnaffected by the Ring. He receives it from Frodo, slips it on his finger (doesn't disappear) spins it into the air and with many a merry-dol derry-day hands it back to Frodo.