Editing Rings of Power (section)

=== The Seven ===

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Sauron recovered the Seven Rings from information provided by Celebrimbor, and gave them to the leaders of the seven kindreds of the [[Dwarves in Middle-earth|Dwarves]]: Durin's Folk (Longbeards), Firebeards, Broadbeams, Ironfists, Stiffbeards, Blacklocks, and Stonefoots,{{sfn|Strachan|Moseley|2017|p=62}} though a tradition of Durin's Folk claimed that Durin received his ring from the Elven-smiths.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1955|loc=Appendix A: III. "Durin's Folk"}}</ref><ref name="History of Galadriel and Celeborn" group=T/> Over the years, Sauron was able to recover only three of the Seven rings from the Dwarves. The last of the three was seized from [[Thráin II]] during his captivity in [[Dol Guldur]]. Gandalf recounts to Frodo that the remaining four were consumed by dragons.<ref name="Shadow of the Past" group=T/> Before the outbreak of the [[War of the Ring]], an envoy from Sauron attempted to bribe [[Dain II Ironfoot]] of the [[Lonely Mountain]] with the three surviving rings and the lost realm of [[Moria (Tolkien)|Moria]] in exchange for information leading to the recovery of the One Ring, but Dain refused.<ref name="Council of Elrond" group=T/>