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[LoTR] if the nine men became ring wraiths, what happend to the dwaves and elves?
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The nine kings of humanity turned into ringwraiths because Sauron's hand was in the making of those nine rings. As such, he could influence them directly.

Tolkien's Dwarves aren't made of the same stuff as humans or elves or hobbits, so they weren't affected in the way Sauron expected them to be. So even though Sauron's hand was in the making of the seven rings, all they turned out to do on their own was amplify the dwarves' natural greed. ~~He still could have assumed direct control if he had the one ring, however.~~ Edit: This last bit is incorrect.

It's unclear what would have happened to the elves because once they figured out what Sauron had done, they took off and buried their rings until some time after the last great alliance. After the one ring was lost, they could continue using their rings safely to preserve their homes and their way of life, since they made their own rings without Sauron's help - his hand was not in their making. The one ring could still control them if Sauron had it, but without it their powers were theirs alone.