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Boromir: "Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing!"
- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring II:10

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The One Ring

The One Ring, Master Ring, or Ruling Ring, was the mightiest of the Rings of Power, made by the Dark Lord Sauron in the Second Age. It enabled Sauron to control the nine rings of men as well as the seven dwarf-rings. It also could possibly have influenced or marred the three elven rings and some of the many lesser rings.

The One Ring is much more than a simple MacGuffin: it can be viewed as a character in its own right, or perhaps rather as a manifestation of its creator and master, Sauron (The "Lord of the Rings"). The Ring actively and inevitably influenced (corrupted) almost all other characters[1], and had a will of its own; and it became stronger as it was carried nearer to its source (Orodruin) and master.

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  1. Except Tom Bombadil, who was apparently immune to its effects.

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