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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