The History of the One Ring to Rule Them All (Ruling Ring of Power)

The History of the One Ring to Rule Them All (Ruling Ring of Power) - Artifacts of Arda

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“One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne”... The One Ring, Isildur’s Bane, was forged by Sauron to bring Middle-earth under his dominion, yet its destruction rather saved the world from evil. Today, we will discuss its history and lore! Thank you all so much for watching, let me know your thoughts on the One Ring in the comments below! As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description!
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@gilanbarona9814 2 жыл бұрын

I have not commented for some time, but this was a great video as always. As for the ring, I think it was Tolkien's metaphor for temptation and how something seemingly small that we think we could master could ultimately master us and lead to our undoing. It happens all the time in real life. What tempts us becomes the source of our idolatry.

@oviekpolugbo4227 2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure Tolkien himself confirmed that Sauron had the Ring with him in Numenor. In a letter he addressed how the Ring survived the drowning of the island.

@damiankennedy564 2 жыл бұрын

Always great videos, your passion for these stories and the way you bring it to life in your videos are masterful!

@lordofthehouseofstormcrows8615 2 жыл бұрын

"....Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul!!" Keep up the great work Mellon! Ecthelion

@Jayjay-qe6um 2 жыл бұрын

In order to counter the notion that The Lord of the Rings was inspired from World War II, Tolkien himself provided a "what if" scenario in the Foreword to The Fellowship of the Rings that shows what would happen should the Ring be used against Sauron. Tolkien explained that if he had WWII in mind, then the Free peoples would enslave Sauron with the power of the Ring against him, and occupy Mordor. Saruman (whose treachery would remain secret) would then use the Ring-Lore found in Mordor to create a Great Ring of his own with which to challenge the self-styled Ruler of Middle-Earth.

@flyingfoamtv2169 Жыл бұрын

that sounds like both world wars.

@apdarkness3027 2 жыл бұрын

A most fascinating chronicle of the creation and history of the Ruling Ring, that with its destruction the last taint of true evil was purged through Arda forever.

@johnst.baptiste3664 2 жыл бұрын

I see the tree of Arda, and the thumb goes up. Then you cats make a video like this, and I wish I had two. Thank you, as always.

@johnquach8821 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Happy Father's Day. Maybe "Famous Lineages of Middle Earth"? for Father's Day? Maybe "Anti-Villains/Noble Demons of Tolkien"?

@orrointhewise87 2 жыл бұрын

"It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt, over so small a thing." The one piece of jewelry everyone wanted but no one could keep for long. Makes me wonder why Tolkien chose a ring; why not a crown or sword or pendant or mail? Would have been easier to hold on to I think 🤔😂 But I would not trust myself to bind my whole being and power to this one thing. Lose my keys all the time I'd b done in no time.

@thorr18BEM 2 жыл бұрын

In Norse mythology, a ring cursed by a dwarf was retrieved from a dragon hoard by a hero. There are real rings in museums with magic runic inscriptions. Jewish religious texts tell of Solomon's ring which sealed genies into bottles, among other powers. There was a tale of a ring found in a cave which granted invisibility millennia before Tolkien's and folklore in many different cultures had the concept of magic rings.

@jasonholt1853 2 жыл бұрын

If your keys were like the one ring, they would seek you when you lose them.

@orrointhewise87 2 жыл бұрын

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@jeremygilbert7989 2 жыл бұрын

@@thorr18BEM Correct, it was inspired by the gold ring of Andvari, cursed by the Dwarf to bring ruin to all who make contact with it after Loki stole all of his wealth to pay the Dwarf Hreidmarr for accidentally killing one of his sons and then demanded the ring as well. It would then be stolen by Hreidmarr's other son, Fafnir, after Fafnir killed him. He then transformed into a dragon to guard it but he would then be slain by Sigurd who was hired by the last remaining son of Hreidmarr, Regin, to slay Fafnir but Sigurd then killed Regin and took it for himself as well. Sigurd would go on to betray his own brother Gunnar by disguising himself as Gunnar to seduce the Valkyrie Brynhild who then had him killed after the deception was revealed. She then takes it and forces the cursed ring onto Gunnar's hand before committing suicide. Gunnar would go on to be executed by Atli, Brynhild's brother, after he marries Sigurd's first wife Gudrun but not before Gunnar flings the cursed ring into the river Rhine where it lays still. Atli, Gudrun, and all of their children meet unpleasant ends as well, finishing off all those who got close to the cursed golden ring.

@justin_hero9647 2 жыл бұрын

My guess is from the story Völsungasaga that has in it the Ring of the Nibelungs . Which depicts the tale of a cursed ring that is the oldest artefact from a treasury guarded, deep in a cave, by the dragon Fafnir. In the tale it's said that whoever takes a piece of the treasure from the vault, and keeps it, will be cursed to die if he or she will not bring it back. Everyone who wanted to claim the treasure for themselves died and the person who slained Fafnir took the ring of the Nibelungs, as it's first piece of treasure and as a sign of ownership to it. It's a number good tales that depicts the story of the end of Norse Mythology for the Northern Kingdoms and the transition to Christianity and how the to religions clash between one other and how the people who believed in the old ways struggle to keep the traditions of the ancestors while the ones who embraced Christianity try to convert them.

@IsaacBenevides 2 жыл бұрын

The story of the One Ring showcases so amazingly the significance of Tolkien's story. The ring is always the same, and inherently evil. It can never be used for good, and the more you try, the closer and closer you get to corruption, eventually and inevitably succumbing to it. All the different locations the ring ends up in, the different ringbearers that carry it, and the adventures that allow for these fantastical stories are not only wondrous, but highlight brilliantly how different people act in regards to power, making we reflect upon human nature. And in the end, even though no one is strong enough to voluntarly destroy the ring and abdicate the hunger for power, this same hunger is what ultimately brings upon the ring the same fate it sought to bring upon the entire world: destruction.

@dokkrokket8692 2 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite channel when I click on KZfaq always look to see if there’s anything now thank you

@vettethewarlock5448 2 жыл бұрын

I think one thing to remember is that Isildur was actually on the way to see Elrond about the ring, to ask what he should do with it, when he was attacked and killed

@stephensmith3111 2 жыл бұрын

Uhm, no. In the final section of "The Silmarillion": Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, Professor Tolkien writes: The Ruling Ring passed out of knowledge even of the Wise in that age; yet it was not unmade. For Isildur would not surrender it to Elrond and Cirdan who stood by. They councilled him to cast it into the fire of Orodruin nigh at hand, in which it had been forged, so that it should perish, and the power of Sauron be forever diminished, and he should remain only as a shadow of malice in the wilderness. But Isildur refused this council , saying 'This I will have a weregild for my father's death and my brother's. Was it not I that dealt the Enemy his death-blow?' And the Ring that he held seemed to him exceedingly fair to look on; and he would not suffer it to be destroyed. Taking it therefore he returned at first to Minas Arnor, . . . he bore away the Ring, to be an heirloom of his house, and marched north from Gondor by the way that Elendil had come; and he forsook the South Kingdom, for he purposed to take up his father's realm in Eriador, far from the shadow of the Black Land. Next follows a lengthy paragraph on how Isildur was betrayed by the Ring and killed by Orcs, but this reply has gone on long enough. He was not going to council again with Elrond. There were only three survivors of the attack. One was Ohtar, his esquire, who had the shards of Narsil in his keeping, and who did eventually find his way to Rivendil and turned them over to Elrond. Although it is not specifically written here, I think that Isildur would have kept these himself, also.

@vettethewarlock5448 2 жыл бұрын

@@stephensmith3111 Isildur when his son tells him to put on the ring when they are attacked by orcs “I cannot use it. I dread the pain of touching it. And I have not yet found the strength to bend it to my will. It needs one greater than I now know myself to be. My pride has fallen. It should go to the keepers of the three.”

@stephensmith3111 2 жыл бұрын

@@vettethewarlock5448 Thank for this information. I have a copy of "Unfinished Tales", but I had not read it cover to cover, including the chapter on The Disaster of the Gladden Fields. It does indeed provide a more sympathetic narrative concerning Isildur's betrayal and death and also of Ohtar taking the shards of Narsil to Valandil in Imladris. I was going by what I had read in "The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Silmarillion". I stand corrected.

@hansnyman9546 Жыл бұрын

@@vettethewarlock5448 Even so, whether Isildur would or could have brought himself to give it up when it came to the point is another matter.

@lrodriguez34 2 жыл бұрын

You touch my heart, man. Thanks. Great work!

@harrygeocaris3179 2 жыл бұрын

I heard that a large part of the reason Isildur was traveling up the Anduin was actually to give the ring to Elrond, that by that point he had realized that he would never be able to master it (and that it was actually physically painful for him to wear it at that point). If anyone can back this up with the actual book source please speak up.

@eacalvert 2 жыл бұрын

Another wonderful video. Thank you friend

@RobiFM90 2 жыл бұрын

Great job again!

@marionbaggins 2 жыл бұрын

There are two Famous *or the Most Famous 2* Words in Fiction some up the One Ring: "My Precious!!!" Tell Me If you are a true Middle Earth Fan, you should know the Ring poem like the back of your hand!!! I do!!! Thanks for this Video on the most Iconic Piece of Jewelry in all of the Fiction...Until the Mouth of Sauron ECH, Marion Baggins Out...Studying for an Exam Later Today!!!

@marionbaggins 2 жыл бұрын

@@Enerdhil Thanks so much, it's not a long one...but still is an exam!!!

@rangerofthenorth1970 2 жыл бұрын

The One has more history than some of the characters! As always great video Keep ip with good work...

@Voyagerthe2nd 2 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early the One ring wasn't even forged yet

@Huskytabby 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video!!!

@beeftross3000 2 жыл бұрын

New vid!! Perfect timing

@thebrotherskrynn 2 жыл бұрын

“One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne” love this poem, and love the tale of the One Ring, a truly chilling artefact. Any chance of a History of the Silmarils video to be made at some point Yoystan?

@theblackprince1346 2 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy Sunday evening's watching men of the west.

@annaroselarsen4218 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video and happy Father's day to all

@abhijitpawar1568 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. From this video a good what if video could be, What if Isildur survived the events of the Gladen Fields?

@micahrodriguez6419 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@MenoftheWest 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I appreciate it!

@guilherme5094 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man👍

@Yesica1993 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, I didn't know MotW has t-shirts! I am broke right now, but when I can, I would love to get one. Love your channel!

@hungrydarkness 2 жыл бұрын

Most would comment something profound, but I just really like the image of all the different rings

@berserkerofthrawn5707 2 жыл бұрын

What if the dwarves found the names things instead of the balrog would have been better or worse for them

@phoenixmilburn8759 2 жыл бұрын

Id image due to them not being very kind to those they find in there homes like the Balrog all tho I imagine the Balrog is a far more powerful foe that they so I think they Dwarves would have probably genocided them because they would have been more a of an annoyance to a Dwarven army not like Oins companys that were struck by the watch in surprise and without great numbers arms and Armour like the Dwarves would send down the foundations of the earth to deal with the watch if they were in the way of a mine of Mithril Gold and Gems other than that they would ignore them

@CrunchyFluids 2 жыл бұрын

I would probably say just as bad, or worse. It is theorized that the Watcher in the Water which attacked the Fellowship as they entered Moria is one of these Nameless things. And seeing as these beings have no real description of what they are, they could be any number of monsterous entities.

@istari0 2 жыл бұрын

It would be hard for them to have gone worse seeing as Durin's Bane brought down Khazad-dûm, the greatest dwarven kingdom. The balrog was a maia, a class of powerful beings that included Sauron, Gandalf, and Saruman among others. Whatever the Nameless things were, there's no reason to think they were close to that powerful. But it still could have gone badly for the dwarves.

@shanenolan8252 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys. Happy father's day

@noone6812 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool!

@Mykittenatechicken777 Жыл бұрын

I love this channel

@robertfelton8374 2 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered what part of the human psyche Tolkien meant the rings to represent. Did he have hope we would eventually conquer this part of ourselves and learn to live in peace?

@shadowofchaos8932 2 жыл бұрын

Why didn't Sauron attempt to make Elven Rings? To skip the powerful Elves seems a misstep even if Celebrimbor made Rings in secret.

@stephensmith3111 2 жыл бұрын

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." -- Thorin II "Oakenshield", a.k.a. Professor J. R. R. Tolkien The old saying is that money is the root of all evil, and it can indeed be the catalyst, but is more the desire in the mind of Men (and Ainur) for power and dominion where evil really becomes manifest and causes the problems. There is a version that calls itself the golden rule: he who has the gold makes the rules. I prefer the other version (Matthew 7:12).

@melkhiordarkfell4354 2 жыл бұрын

I'd be curious if you'd be willing to do a video on the non canon additions by Games Workshop for the official licensed tabletop game. Things like names and personalities for the rest of the Nine, models of the nameless things, vampires, half-trolls, the different sub factions of Harad, Khand and Rhun getting extended lore.

@louiserobertson9914 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder what is the idea behind the 3 rings (which seem to stand for virtues) being linked and subservient to the one (being evil/sin)?

@ethanarnold4441 Жыл бұрын

I have two questions: 1.) If the Hobbits possess a resistance to the One Ring's effects, then why was Smeagol corrupted by it so easily? 2.) What was so special about the fires of Mount Doom that it was the only place where the One Ring could be destroyed, apart from the fact that it was forged there?

@fightingfalcon777 2 жыл бұрын

Now you have me curious, MOTW: how would the story have played out if the One Ring had indeed been washed out to sea, unable to be retrieved by anyone under the crushing weight of the ocean?

@TheSaneHatter 2 жыл бұрын

That would have made it possible for Ulmo or Osse to pick it up via the ocean waters, I suspect. That, in turn, raises multiple possibilities. On the one hand, Osse might have been tempted or corrupted by it, having been lured into Morgoth's service at one point before. Or he might have known better this time, in which case we might still come around to the other possibility: that Ulmo, most stalwart of Morgoth's foes, would have gotten it, taken it back to Valinor, and left Sauron's soul helpless in the hands of the Valar. Sauron would have been truly screwed at that point.

@jamesfrost2399 2 жыл бұрын

Most likely the Ring would have lain forgotten forever, with the Valar being unwilling to intercede in events outside of Valinor. Sauron would have continued slowly grinding down the resistance of the Free Peoples until he conquered all Middle Earth through military force.

@psychoticbreakdown6983 2 жыл бұрын

the story would have been rather dry if that was the case

@rafaelgustavo7786 2 жыл бұрын

Originally the One Ring would be used to control (by telepathy) 19 elves with rings that (originally) had the function of warding off the effects of the passage of time (preservation of Arda's physical structure). But the elves noticed Annatar's action, and Sauron departed for a "Plan B - access the Morgoth ingredient present in physical matter to control: a) biological matter: All living things (composed and fed by matter) have some Morgoth ingredient. In this way, the power to corrupt rational creatures (Harad, Rhûn, Númenor) and animals is made possible by the One Ring that makes manifest the activity of this demonic energy (think of temptation in Christian theology as an analogy); b) inanimate matter: volcanic eruptions (Orodruin), control the weather (like Sauron did with the storm of lightning and hail at Emyn Muil in the Two Towers), earthquakes and other natural phenomena. c) the 9 Nazgûl: with the control of the 9 men by the One, Sauron must have launched great dynasties in the south and east of Middle-earth, as these 9 mighty men seemed to live forever, became invisible and were blessed by a god of fire who bestowed wealth, power and glory. d) with the One Ring's control of the 7 rings: Sauron had no direct control over the dwarves, but the 7 dwarven rings and the effect of the dwarves' increased greed ended attracting monsters: Balrog, dragons of the north,Smaug, Scatha, etc. e) Phylactery? f) Control the orcs, trolls, Wargs and other monster (dnd 5e - 9 lv. dominate monster?) Sauron made the One Ring to access the powers of the Flame of Udun. But for that, Sauron had to follow the logic of the Full Metal Alchemist equivalent exchange: What would you sacrifice of yourself to have dominion over Arda?

@user-cx7kg6ok9b 9 ай бұрын

Sauron's biggest mistake was the form of the ring. If he'd made it a cockring instead, no one else would have wanted to wear it and, anytime anyone put on one of the other rings, he'd have gotten a tugger.

@kaidorade1317 2 жыл бұрын

This is the perfect video topic for today because my youngest brother just announced his wedding date!

@MenoftheWest 2 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂 Congrats to your brother though!

@kaidorade1317 2 жыл бұрын

@@MenoftheWest thank you sir!

@RetiredVDI 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone, with the exception of Frodo, who failed the test of the ring, died. Only when he took Arwen’s seat to Valinor was he able to be healed. Bilbo eventually passed the test and was able to give it up and so was also allowed to live out his life in Valinor. Sam also passed the test, as did Gandalf and Galadriel.

@socialaccount0000 2 жыл бұрын

You mention Isildur was slain with the one ring, and said ring fell into the river of Anduin after his death, but what if Isildur survived his encounter? What if, even if for one last time, Isildur's will overcame the corruption of the ring and he was able to reach his destination alive? With the location of the ring not yet lost, would Sarumon have made a move for the ring sooner? Or perhaps his good would have still remained at this point, and he would not fall to corruption?

@federicaesu8580 2 жыл бұрын

Although the Valar did not interfere directly in the fates of Middle Earth, I wonder if Ulmö, Lord of Waters, could have played a role in keeping the One Ring safe in the River Anduin

@7dwyerm 2 жыл бұрын

Why do people so often overlook the fact that Frodo curses Gollum to fall into the fire if he ever tried to take the ring. He fell of Frodo's volition.

@brandonmaboroshi9561 2 жыл бұрын

In the version I read he left the ring in mordor and went to numenor without it. After the fall of numenor his spirit returned to mordor and he again took up the ring returning to his former power except he could no longer appear fair to the eyes of man.

@dfringlord 2 жыл бұрын

🔥👁🔥 Ash Nazg ~ SAURON

@Hollowbarista 2 жыл бұрын

One ring is like a lich psykaletry from dungeons and dragons or horkrux from Harry potter. Lol! Sorry for typos. Hard terms I can't remember or spell check on phone fast enought. xD

@haydenmorgan-dunn3027 2 жыл бұрын

I have a question. Consider Arnor at its prime and Gondor at its prime. Which was stronger?

@danielmclaughlin5546 2 жыл бұрын

The Rings of Power were Sauron's botched plan. The One Ring was his Achillies's heel, because while he could come back after having his body destroyed, the destruction of the One Ring would essentially meant his permanent end. As for his reason for creating the Rings of Power, Sauron wanted to control the main Races of Middle Earth. But he only made rings to control Humans and Dwarves. The Eleven rings were crafted by the Elves themselves without Sauron's assistance, so they could not be used to corrupt and control that race. As for the other rings, Sauron failed to control the Dwarves with the rings he gave them. So in the end, it gave the World a way to be rid of him forever in exchange for controlling only the race of men...and on that point, once the men who had those rings turned into wraiths and ceased being the leaders of the lands they ruled, Sauron did not even have the ability to control men.

@logansfury 2 жыл бұрын

Was it ever made clear in Tolkien's writings that Sauron wore the ring to the Star Isle? It would seem that it would have been lost forever in the midst of the Great Sea along with Sauron's body and the bodies of all that remained in Númenórë. I don't think Sauron's spirit could have transported the corporeal ring back to Middle Earth. Hadn't he left it behind in Barad Dûr before he surrendered himself to the King? I seem to recall Tolkien writing that Sauron's "spirit returned to Mordor, and he took up again his great ring" but I can't recall if this was part of the story of the Downfall or of one of his earlier returns to Mordor after a defeat.

@istari0 2 жыл бұрын

Tolkien had conflicting writings at different times on whether or not Sauron brought the One to Númenór. But if he did take the One to Númenór, I'm sure he could bring the Ring back with him. In our own ghost stories, there are poltergeists that can affect physical objects. Sauron was a mighty spirit and the link between him and the Ring was very close.

@toddkurzbard 2 жыл бұрын

Which would be more "powerful: the One Ring, or the Silmarils (either by themselves or together, your choice)?

@marcusblackwell2372 2 жыл бұрын

Question: Why didn't Sauron craft rings for Hobbits? If Eru's vision truly went as far as the end of the third age, wouldn't the valar have seen Frodo (or rather, Gollum) destroy the ring? It would seem logical that if Sauron did, he would have sent his army to hunt down both the Fellowship and Gollum

@thorr18BEM 2 жыл бұрын

Though Sauron was an Ainu, he was not a Vala, as Melkor was; he was a Maia, which are a lesser class of the Ainur, as Gandalf was.

@marcusblackwell2372 2 жыл бұрын

@@thorr18BEM What you're saying is that the Ainur didn't see the vision?

@istari0 2 жыл бұрын

@@marcusblackwell2372 Each of the Ainur knew only part of the vision. As far as Sauron and hobbits are concerned, if Sauron was actually aware they existed, he viewed them as irrelevant to his plans.

@marcusblackwell2372 2 жыл бұрын

@@istari0 So I assume that they didn't see the whole Mount Doom incident?

@istari0 Жыл бұрын

@@marcusblackwell2372 Tolkien never went into much detail on that so who knows?

@Halbared Жыл бұрын

I would think Sauron did not take the ring to the island. It would be too risky, as he was a captive, and with the death of his last body in the destruction, it would have been lost. The ring remained in Mordor. The ring was useful for controlling minds and elves en masse, but for deft persuasion in the ear, it would not be needed.

@affinityforanime 2 жыл бұрын

I sometimes wonder if Eonwe had parlayed more charitably with Sauron at the end of the first age, would Sauron have been able to find the will to surrender himself to the mercy of the Valar and so avoid his fate of becoming a second dark lord?

@istari0 2 жыл бұрын

A far better choice would have been for Eönwë to capture Sauron and take him back to Valinor alongside Morgoth.

@Cat_Woods 8 ай бұрын

@@istari0 I agree. I think a smarter Eonwe might have recognized Sauron's "repentance" as superficial and insisted he come with them. Which probably would have necessitated capturing him immediately .

@turinthalion8784 2 жыл бұрын

@4:20 I sincerely doubt Sauron ever took that ring off once it was placed on his hand. The sleepless malice and will/desire to dominate the world was just too great to ever let go, even for Sauron who use to be a servant of good. I'd say that Sauron surpassed his master in this though as his master never thought to dominate the minds of the leaders of the free peoples.

@venkelos6996 2 жыл бұрын

The whiny fan in me will always harp the same questions; if Sauron had the Ring in Numenor, which I believe he did, how did he get it back to Mordor? Did he walk across all of Middle Earth, from the Grey Havens to Barad-dur, or circle around the now spherical world, through lands we know next to nothing of, and enter Mordor through its eastern side? If this was possible, and divine intervention left his spirit functional, why didn't he linger near Isildur, and claim his Ring when the king was slain? Still, I think my biggest quandary will be if Sauron was restored enough to manifest a presence in Mirkwood, why couldn't he sense the Ring being used close by? Gollum had it for centuries, and while he maybe didn't actually use it as often as he could have, I assume he did, as did Bilbo, yet it never triggered his sense? Maybe it wouldn't flag its location, and so he knew SOMEONE had it, but it seems like he was oblivious. I assume the true reason is because, when the Hobbit was written, it might've just been a magical ring, and not THAT Ring, but once decisions were made to unite the two, a reason should have been figured out, but I don't know it. Why was there a "free period" where the Ring didn't advertise its use to Sauron, while Gollum or Bilbo had it. Gandalf told Frodo never to put it on, but Gollum and Bilbo, even right next to Dol Guldur, were "fine". We're the Nazgul destroyed with the One Ring, or merely lost and trapped into the Unseen World? Was there a reason the plan of the One Ring failed so hard? Were most of the Rings still in a box, or on the fingers of various elves, and if that, why did every one of them manage to take of their rings? I can get if the likes of Galadriel could, but if 16 "other" elves all managed, I'd think Sauron could've planned things better.

@WarriorVirtue 2 жыл бұрын

What if Bilbo had killed Gollum? Would Sauron's forces have still found out where the ring was?

@MenoftheWest 2 жыл бұрын

Great question! I don’t think Sauron would have ever recovered the Ring, but rather he would have dominated the world through conquest.

@istari0 2 жыл бұрын

Tolkien wrote that one of the reasons the Ring did not have a worse effect on Bilbo was because Bilbo was merciful and did not kill Gollum. So, the Ring may have ended up corrupting Bilbo if he kept it long enough but I also suspect Gandalf would have noticed something seriously wrong with him.

@oldmangranny5oldmangranny56 2 жыл бұрын

What if Sauron saved one ring of power for the king of Numenor, and turned him into a wraith? He could have won.

@Shaden0040 2 жыл бұрын

Theoneringgotitspowerfrom Sauron. Where did the three elven rings get their powers of air, water and fire from? Celenrimbor wouldn't have used his own soul to power them would he?So if not where did they get their powers from?

@jackolantern147 2 жыл бұрын

What if Saruman found and tamed a dragon beneath Orthanc?

@michaelshelton5488 2 жыл бұрын

Is the One Ring Sauron's horcrux?

@Shaden0040 2 жыл бұрын

What dud Sauron do with the recovered dwarven rings? Didhegiftthemtomorementocontrolasringwraiths?

@istari0 2 жыл бұрын

He offered them as a reward to the dwarves of Erebor for information about where Bilbo and the Shire might be found. The dwarves told Sauron's emissary they would have to think about then sent their own emissary to what would end up as the Council of Elrond. I don't believe the dwarven rings come up again and once the One was destroyed all the others lost all their power so they become nothing more than jewelry at that point, assuming they weren't destroyed when Barad-dûr fell.

@yodaslovetoy 2 жыл бұрын

The one ring is basically sauron using cheat codes to take over the world

@catherinewhite2943 2 жыл бұрын

The evil fashioned long ago works in in many ways...

@stimpsonjcat67 2 жыл бұрын

Is your best friend as good as Sam to you? Are you to them?

@anthonyhanks1807 2 жыл бұрын

Mae govannen mellon in.

@lynneglendenning947 Жыл бұрын

I am wearing the one ring.

@johnnyappleseed79 2 жыл бұрын

But why did the ring choose the hobbits? Just because they were thought to be weak. Or was it just a passive ability of the ring?

@istari0 2 жыл бұрын

There's a line Gandalf says to Frodo in Fellowship of the Ring that basically goes that Bilbo was meant to find the ring and not by its maker and that means Frodo was also meant to have it. So, I would say that means it wasn't the Ring that chose the hobbit.

@eugenemonti5755 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video I got a interesting what if theory what if Mordor never captured Gollum because if he wasn’t captured the Nazgûl wouldn’t have forced Gandalfs hand

@andrewmcclay9925 2 жыл бұрын

Somehow Sauron returned...

@damonledford180 2 жыл бұрын

What happened to your mic 🎤

@Lale_devri 2 жыл бұрын

First 😊

@marcusdupree3517 2 жыл бұрын

The 9 had to have had their rings.. other wise how would sauron be able to corrupt them and capture them.... that's why the elves took theirs off.....

@Halbared Жыл бұрын

Holding is not bearing.

@GothosRedux 2 жыл бұрын

I seem to recall in the appendices of “The Lord of the Rings” that, when Ar-Pharazon landed, that Sauron took of the Ring and left it in Barad-Dur. Am I misremembering?

@GothosRedux 2 жыл бұрын

*took off

@CrunchyFluids 2 жыл бұрын

What I have always wondered about Sauron, is with him being once an Elf, is he is tie to Arda severed? Seeing as how the elves of Middle Earth are tied to the land, granting them the ability to never die so long as Arda still exists, does that mean that, even after physically being slain and having his Ring destroyed, he would eventually come back, as all elves do?

@stephensmith3111 2 жыл бұрын

Sauron in not an Elf, although he can look the part, he is an Ainu/Maia.

@CrunchyFluids 2 жыл бұрын

@@stephensmith3111 Thank you for the correction, but that doesn't really change my question. Wouldn't he still technically exist?

@stephensmith3111 2 жыл бұрын

@@CrunchyFluids I'm not sure. From what I've heard (so take this with a grain of salt) Melkor/Morgoth will return in the prophesied Dagor Dagorath, so perhaps Sauron may also. Or not. In "The Silmarillion", following the destruction of the Ring, Professor Tolkien writes: Then Sauron failed, and he was utterly vanquished and passed away like a shadow of malice; This is getting way out of my wheelhouse here.

@istari0 2 жыл бұрын

The only maia we see return after being slain is Gandalf and he was sent back by Eru Ilúvatar. I don't think Tolkien ever described what exactly happened to other slain maia. They couldn't die permanently but Sauron was so weakened he could never be more than an impotent spirit. I suspect the same happened to Saruman as the description of what happened to his spirit when his body was slain in the Shire is fairly similar to the description of what happened to Sauron. At a guess, the same fate befell the balrogs. None of them are spoken of as appearing in Valinor again.

@robertm2000 2 жыл бұрын

The way thing are going in the world these days, and the ways that people are trying to get and retain power - do you suppose that possibly the rings have survived to this day? I know the One Ring has been destroyed, but I can't help wondering if somehow someone hidden from the rest of this world might have figured out how to remake and revive the One Ring!

@truflavas25 2 жыл бұрын

Dude chill, it’s not real.

@robertm2000 2 жыл бұрын

@@truflavas25 A bit of irony there. I know it isn't real, but it still kind of has a bit of a similarity to the way things are going.

@toddkurzbard 2 жыл бұрын

9 downvotes came from the Nazgul.

@WishDistance 2 жыл бұрын

Wait.. where are those 3 elven rings now that the ring of power has been destroyed?

@owenmccarthy0625 2 жыл бұрын

The three Elven Rings went with their bearers to Valinor.

@marcusblackwell2372 2 жыл бұрын

Took you long enough

@MenoftheWest 2 жыл бұрын

“A Wizard arrives precisely when he means to!”

@marcusblackwell2372 2 жыл бұрын

@@MenoftheWest Fair

@safarisloth 2 жыл бұрын

Isildur did nothing wrong. Change my mind.

@fjccommish 2 жыл бұрын

Why does this awful narrator over enunciate words? "...after being shown a greatttttttt deal abouttttttttttt the ring." "Frodo conttttttttinuted to carry ittttttttttt to mountttttttttttt doom."