• @samus12345
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    22 days ago

    Don’t think he counts because the Ring had no power over him. So while he did have it briefly, he wasn’t a “Ring bearer” any more than the river.

    • @[email protected]
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      42 days ago

      He had agency and consciously took and held the ring.

      The river only had it because the ring abandoned Isildur, and it fell there.