Numbers

Artefacts are often broken into multiple parts, frequently 3.

1

1 Stone - BROKEN - mainly controlled by New White Council

1 True Sword - BROKEN - mainly controlled by Inwe (Rakos + Hilt)

Lesser Artefacts

1 Hearth - Orodruin's folk

1 Orb of Dragor - Lan Zi

1 Scabbard - White Council

1 Staff of Lastar - Lan Zi (plus Pommel?)

1 Wand of Orcus - ORCUS

2

2 Major Artefacts (Sword and Stone)

2 aspects to each major race

3

3 swords made from 3 parts of the one true sword

3 parts to Lastar's staff

3 of each Alignment major type (3 Goods/Evils/Lawfuls/Chaotics)

4

4 Rings

4 Elemental Planes

4 Para-Elemental Planes

5

5 Neutral Alignments

6

6 Inner Planes

7

7 Crowns

8

8 Quasi-Elemental Planes

8 Elemental and Para-Elemental Planes combined

9

9 Alignments

9 Palantirs

9 parts of the Stone

9 Blooms