[brudgers]

My advice:

One ring to rule them all is a fiction…

…and did not work out well for anyone anyway.

[PaulShin]

Haha, wise words indeed. We’re definitely aiming to be the Council of Elrond, not Sauron. The goal is alignment, not domination.

[brudgers]

The elves left Middle Earth shortly thereafter.

[PaulShin]

Haha, touché. You're sharp.

But they left some of the palantíri behind for the new age to communicate. We're just trying to build a less treacherous version.