How förlorade Gandalf inte sin ring?

Ringen kan vara fäst på sin ägare på ett magiskt sätt. Saruman kunde inte ta Gandalfs ring under sin fängelse i Orthanc .

Om du hittar en döende balrog krossad i sidan av ett krumlande berg, är det nog inte en bra idé att kontrollera om den och den som ansvarar för att döda den är riktigt död . Narya skulle ha varit säker nära toppen, precis där Gandalf plötsligt lämnade den. Dessutom anser Gandalf att det inte fanns några vittnen.

'There upon Celebdil was a lonely window in the snow, and before it lay a narrow space, a dizzy eyrie above the mists of the world. The sun shone fiercely there, but all below was wrapped in cloud. Out he sprang, and even as I came behind, he burst into new flame. There was none to see, or perhaps in after ages songs would still be sung of the Battle of the Peak.' Suddenly Gandalf laughed. 'But what would they say in song? Those that looked up from afar thought that the mountain was crowned with storm. Thunder they heard, and lightning, they said, smote upon Celebdil, and leaped back broken into tongues of fire. Is not that enough? A great smoke rose about us, vapour and steam. Ice fell like rain. I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin. Then darkness took me; and I strayed out of thought and time, and I wandered far on roads that I will not tell.