[+] The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - SPOILERS ALLOWED

Olgar Shiverstone said:

Actually @MarkB has it correctly. Bilbo wrote it, Gandalf reused it in his letter.

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Frodo felt Bilbo stir impatiently at his side. Evidently he was annoyed on his friend’s behalf. Standing suddenly up he burst out:

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken:
The crownless again shall be king.

‘Not very good perhaps, but to the point – if you need more beyond the word of Elrond. If that was worth a journey of a hundred and ten days to hear, you had best listen to it.’ He sat down with a snort.

‘I made that up myself,’ he whispered to Frodo, ‘for the Dunadan, a long time ago when he first told me about himself. I almost wish that my adventures were not over, and that I could go with him when his day comes.’

- The Fellowship of the Ring, Book II, Chapter 2, "The Council of Elrond"

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Zaukrie said:

The right answer was to leave middle earth to Sauron? Nah.... That was the easy path.

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Parmandur said:

Doom of Mandy's

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Rabulias said:

Though I did think Celebrimbor echoing Adar's words, and "the key that unlocked the dam" was a bit much.

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reelo said:

In canon the 3 elven rings were actually made last, except for the One Ring.
The 16 others (along with other, "lesser" rings) were crafted before that by the Gwaith-i-Mírdain (Celebrimbor&Co) and Annatar together.

Then, Annatar left Eregion (presumably to craft the One) and the elves, having "learned" the craft from him, forged the Three alone, without his involvement.

So this is actually a non-trivial change.

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