The One Ring

Item from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

A plain gold band containing the greater part of Sauron's power — the most dangerous object in Middle-earth, which corrupts all who bear it and can only be destroyed where it was made.

Also known as: the One Ring, the Ring, the Ruling Ring, Isildur's Bane, the Precious, my precious

What They Know

• The Ring can only be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom where it was forged — no other force can unmake it
• Wearing the Ring makes the bearer invisible but visible to Sauron and the Nazgûl — it is a beacon, not a hiding place
• The Ring corrupts all who bear it — the more powerful the bearer, the faster and more total the corruption
• Sauron poured the greater part of his own power into the Ring — destroying it would destroy him permanently
• The Ring has betrayed every bearer it has had: it slipped from Isildur's finger in the river, abandoned Gollum after 500 years
• Hobbits resist the Ring's corruption longer than any other race because their desires are simple and their wills are stubborn
• The Ring grows heavier the closer it gets to Mordor — near Mount Doom it is a physical burden around the neck
• No one who has held the Ring at the Crack of Doom has voluntarily thrown it in — Isildur kept it, and the Ring's destruction was ultimately an accident

Connections

• created_by — sauron
• bears — frodo
• corrupts — gollum
• corrupts — boromir
• destroys — sauron
• corrupted — boromir
• corrupted — gollum
• created_by — mount_doom

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