• morphballganon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I never finished the Silmarillion, but from a synopsis I read, he was defeated first, then the ring was cut from his hand.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, aside from the numerous armies lost, includijg dwarves and elves, ~1000 years of fighting, it took two literal kings dying to defeat him, Gil-galad and Elendil. But, Sauron was also defated. In the end, Isildur showed up and chopped off his finger and took the ring.