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=== The One Ring ===

=== The One Ring ===

The '''One Ring''' was one of the Rings of Power. It first appeared in ''The Hobbit'' as an unimportant magic ring making its wearer invisible, but in the later ''The Lord of the Rings'' became the object of the central quest.  

The '''One Ring''' was one of the Rings of Power. It first appeared in ''[[The Hobbit]]'' as an unimportant magic ring making its wearer invisible, but in the later ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' became the object of the central quest.  

The One Ring was created by Sauron alone, in the Sammath Naur in [[Mount Doom]], sometime during the [[Second Age (Middle-earth)|Second Age]]. With this Ring he planned to control the other Rings of Power and their wearers. In the One Ring Sauron put half of his power and lifeforce and will, which made it very powerful. But this also meant that when the Ring was cut from his hand later that he was instantly defeated and without power or form for a long time. But because part of his power and life was in the One Ring, Sauron would exist as long as the Ring remained. The Ring could only be destroyed by casting it back into the Sammath Naur where it was forged.

The One Ring was created by [[Sauron]] alone, in the Sammath Naur in [[Mount Doom]], sometime during the [[Second Age (Middle-earth)|Second Age]]. With this Ring he planned to control the other Rings of Power and their wearers. In the One Ring Sauron put half of his power and lifeforce and will, which made it very powerful. But this also meant that when the Ring was cut from his hand later that he was instantly defeated and without power or form for a long time. But because part of his power and life was in the One Ring, Sauron would exist as long as the Ring remained. The Ring could only be destroyed by casting it back into the Sammath Naur where it was forged.

   

   

The One Ring appeared as a simple golden ring without any decoration or stones. If the Ring was put into fire, the heat would reveal a fiery inscription in the [[Black Speech]] written in [[Tengwar]] letters:  

The One Ring appeared as a simple golden ring without any decoration or stones. If the Ring was put into fire, the heat would reveal a fiery inscription in the [[Black Speech]] written in [[Tengwar]] letters:  

If put on by a mortal, the person would be invisible to the normal world. The invisible person would see the world differently, for example being able to see the [[Nazgûl]] in their true form.

If put on by a mortal, the person would be invisible to the normal world. The invisible person would see the world differently, for example being able to see the [[Nazgûl]] in their true form.

Sauron lost the One Ring when it was cut from his hand by Isildur during the last battle of the Siege of Barad-dûr. Isildur was advised by both [[Elrond]] and [[Círdan]] to destroy the Ring, but he refused and kept the ring as a weregild for his father and brother. When Isildur later journeyed north, he was attacked by Orcs, resulting in the ''Disaster of the Gladden Fields''. While Isildur tried to get the Ring to safety by crossing the river [[Anduin]], it slipped from his finger and he was shot by archers, earning it the name '''Isildur's Bane'''. The One Ring remained lost for two and a half millenia. It was found again by the Stoor Hobbit [[Déagol]] while fishing in the Gladden Fields in [[Third Age (Middle-earth)|T.A.]] 2463. He was killed by is friend [[Sméagol]], later known as Gollum, who took the Ring and took it with him into the caves under the [[Misty Mountains]], where the Ring prolonged his life and changed him over a time of five hundred years. As told in ''The Hobbit'', Gollum lost the Ring in the caves where it was found by [[Bilbo Baggins]] in T.A. 2941. Bilbo took the Ring with him on his return to the Shire; he later left it for his heir [[Frodo Baggins]] when he left. In September of T.A. 3018, Frodo set out on his quest to take the One Ring to Rivendell, and after that to take it to Mount Doom and destroy it. In March T.A. 3019, the One Ring was destroyed when Gollum slipped and fell into the Sammath Naur while holding onto the One Ring.

Sauron lost the One Ring when it was cut from his hand by Isildur during the last battle of the Siege of Barad-dûr in the [[War of the Last Alliance]]. Isildur was advised by both [[Elrond]] and [[Círdan]] to destroy the Ring, but he refused and kept the ring as a weregild for his father and brother. When Isildur later journeyed north, he was attacked by Orcs, resulting in the ''Disaster of the Gladden Fields''. While Isildur tried to get the Ring to safety by crossing the river [[Anduin]], it slipped from his finger and he was shot by archers, earning it the name '''Isildur's Bane'''. The One Ring remained lost for two and a half millenia. It was found again by the Stoor Hobbit [[Déagol]] while fishing in the Gladden Fields in [[Middle-earth chronology|T.A.]] 2463. He was killed by is friend [[Sméagol]], later known as Gollum, who took the Ring and took it with him into the caves under the [[Misty Mountains]], where the Ring prolonged his life and changed him over a time of five hundred years. As told in ''The Hobbit'', Gollum lost the Ring in the caves where it was found by [[Bilbo Baggins]] in T.A. 2941. Bilbo took the Ring with him on his return to the [[Shire (Middle-earth)|Shire]]; he later left it for his heir [[Frodo Baggins]] when he left. In September of T.A. 3018, Frodo set out on his quest to take the One Ring to [[Rivendell]], and after that to take it to Mount Doom and destroy it. In March T.A. 3019, the One Ring was destroyed when Gollum slipped and fell into the Sammath Naur while holding onto the One Ring.

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