Puzzle Ring

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Puzzle Rings are a series of small bands that when put in the proper configuration, make a single gold ring. Rings of this type were generally given to Dwarven commanders, to test their intelligence, and thought power.

Elves have no trouble at all in completing the puzzles:

When he paused to rest his arms, he once again pulled out Orik's puzzle ring from his belt and struggled to arrange the obstinate gold bands into the correct pattern. Nari noticed what he was doing. "May I see that ring?" Eragon passed it to the elf, who turned his back. For a few moments, Eragon and Orik maneuvered the canoe alone as Nari picked at the entwined bands. Then, with a pleased exclamation, Nari raised his hand, and the completed ring flashed on his middle finger. "A delightful riddle," said Nari. He slipped off the ring and shook it, so that it was in its original state when he returned it to Eragon.

But when Orik gave Eragon a ring like this, he had much trouble completing the puzzle until his transformation at the Blood Oath Celebration.