Não aparece assim. Galadriel, que detinha Nenya, tinha isto para dizer:
'He suspects, but he does not know - not yet. Do you not see now wherefore your coming is to us as the footstep of Doom? For if you fail, then we are laid bare to the Enemy.
( Senhor dos Anéis , Livro 3, Capítulo 7, "O Espelho de Galadriel")
Elrond diz algo semelhante no Conselho:
all that has been wrought by those who wield the Three will turn to their undoing, and their minds and hearts will become revealed to Sauron, if he regains the One. It would be better if the Three had never been. That is his purpose.'
( Senhor dos Anéis , Livro 2, Capítulo 2, "O Conselho de Elrond")
Esses dois elfos, que haviam segurado dois dos três anéis, parecem acreditar (sem dúvida, com razão) que Sauron não precisa se aproximar dos anéis élficos; presumivelmente da mesma maneira que Celebrimbor tinha tomado conhecimento de Sauron quando ele colocou o Anel, então Sauron estaria ciente dos anéis Élficos.
Galdor e Elrond parecem colocar o prego no caixão no Conselho de Elrond:
'What power still remains lies with us, here in Imladris, or with Cirdan at the Havens, or in Lorien. But have they the strength, have we here the strength to withstand the Enemy, the coming of Sauron at the last, when all else is overthrown?'
'I have not the strength,' said Elrond; 'neither have they.'