<P> According to Unfinished Tales , at the start of the War of the Elves and Sauron , Celebrimbor gave Narya together with the Ring Vilya to Gil - galad , High King of the Noldor . Gil - galad entrusted Narya to his lieutenant Círdan , Lord of the Havens of Mithlond , who kept it after Gil - galad 's death . According to The Lord of the Rings , Gil - galad received only Vilya , while Círdan received Narya from the very beginning along with Galadriel receiving Nenya from the start . </P>
who were the three elves who got rings
Gil - galad Círdan Galadriel