In
J.R.R. Tolkien's
fantasy world of
Middle-earth,
Celebrimbor is the forger of the three Rings for the Elven Kings under the Sky. He heard the words of
Sauron when he forged the
One Ring, and knew of his evil, and gave the Three away, and Sauron never touched them. He did however touch the Nine, and the Seven, and gave them away.