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Old 06-18-2009, 12:45 PM   #20
Hakon
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Originally Posted by Inziladun View Post
Any of the Seven given to a Man after the One was lost would, I think, have resulted in the possessor becoming Gollum-like. Ultimately in thrall to the Ring he bore and enduring beyond his years, but not entering the wraith-world due to the lack of Sauron's direct influence through the One.
I am not so sure the man would be become Gollum-like. Tuor posted a quote from one of the letters in a different thread that relates to this.

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Letters #246
Sauron sent at once the Ringwraiths. They were naturally fully
instructed, and in no way deceived as to the real lordship of the
Ring... if he still preserved some sanity...thery would simply have
waited. Until Sauron himself came.
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Originally Posted by The Might View Post
Tuor provides that interesting quote where Tolkien speaks about what would have happened had Frodo kept the Ring. What is important there is that the Professor underlines the fact that the only thing keeping the Ringwraiths from stabbing him to death is the tranformation that Frodo had gone through during his journey. All of a sudden he wasn't the weak Hobbit on Weathertop, but had seen and gone through so much that he had the authority to keep the Wraiths form hurting him as the master of the Ring.
The Might then does a good job of summing it and both the way The Might sums it up and the actual quote make me think that the man might slowly begin to turn into a wraith. The thing is they would not turn into a wraith instantly and most likely the ring would have been destroyed long before they were even close to becoming a full wraith.
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