<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This Middle - earth - related article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in - universe style . Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective . (February 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Rings of Power in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle - earth legendarium are magic rings created by Sauron or by the Elves of Eregion under Sauron's tutelage . Sauron intended three of the rings to be worn by Elves, Seven by Dwarves, Nine by Men, and one, the One Ring, by Sauron himself in Mordor . </P> <P> Sauron intended the rings to subvert these races of Middle - earth to his power, since the One Ring controlled the others . Sauron's plan was not completely successful, for the Elves hid their rings and did not use them while Sauron held the One, and the Dwarves did not respond to the One's control as Sauron expected . But the Men who wore the Nine were enslaved by Sauron, and became the Nazgûl ("ringwraiths"). </P> <P> Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is largely concerned with the attempt of Sauron to recover the One and the efforts of the West to forestall him by destroying it . The One is destroyed near the end of the War of the Ring when it falls into the Cracks of Doom in Orodruin, along with Gollum, who had bitten off Frodo's finger on which he was wearing the Ring . Tolkien is not entirely clear about what happened to the other rings, though he implied that the power of any that survived came to an end . After the War of the Ring, the three Elven Rings were taken by their bearers over the sea to the Undying Lands . </P>

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