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T H E L O R D O F T H E R I N G S :
T H E R I N G S O F P O W E R
B Y R A M S E Y AV E R Y, P R O D U C T I O N D E S I G N E R
If you had the patience and skill to sculpt stone to your deepest desire,
how would you shape it—and how would it shape you?
If you are immortal beings, who've already lived in a version of Heaven,
what type of a kingdom would you build for yourselves now, outside of paradise?
If you had to carry your entire world with you, and be able to hide it all in a flash,
how would you survive?
If your ancestors fought on the side of a great evil, and now you are only allowed the
barest means of sustenance, what would you decide to keep from the past?
If the gods granted you a bounteous island and guided you with wisdom, but you grew
to resent that they also made you mortal, what civilization would you build?
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