The One Ring

Master Ring.

Saurons Ring.

The Ring.

The One Master Ring to rule them all, Saurons ring.

The One Ring was created as answer to the Three Rings of power Celebrimbor made himself. Sauron thought he had done it in secret but Celebrimbor was aware of his intentions, he never let Sauron touch the Three and revealed him. The One Rings chiefest purpose was to control all the Elvenrings created and by them control and conquer his chiefest and strongest foes, the Elves. If he had been able to touch the Three they would have been exposed and have fallen under the control of the One Ring. When Sauron was in possession of the One Ring he could see where all the others were, save the Three, and see the thoughts of their possessors.

In the making of the One Ring Sauron laid much of his power in it. It had great power to reveal and command for its maker yet for others who might wear it it also had the power to be revealed for the will of Sauron.

For a mortal the Ring served as a bridge between two worlds, the world of spirits and the known world. If a mortal used it the world became shadowy and dim, the bearer was exposed to the denizens of the wraith-world and became an object to their weapons. The dark power of Sauron in it clouded the counsel of the wise and the mortal bearer began to fade and become a wraith. The fading was inevitable but the element of moral, will and the use of the Ring by / of the possessor resisted to some extinct the pace of the fading. The most obvious thing about the One Ring was its capability to make its bearer invisible. Another advantage of the bearer of the ring was the ability to understand the language of Saurons servants.

The One Ring was made of gold, it was perfectly round and unadorned like it was a lesser ring but it could not be destroyed, unless in the fire where it was made. Inside the ring was written in Elvish letters but in the dark tongue of Mordor, unreadable until it was heated : "One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them" That text proved it as the Master Ring.

2 Age.

S.A.1590-1600. It was created in the Sammath Naur, the firechambers of Mount Orodruin in Mordor, by Sauron himself.

S.A.1693. The War of the Elves and Sauron began.

S.A.1700-1701. Admiral Ciryatur came from Númenor to the aid of the Elves and Sauron with his ring barely escaped.

S.A.1800-2251. Sauron extend his power eastward and it may be assumed that he between these years gives the Nine Rings bound to the One to great rules in the east and the south. In the late period of these years the Nazgûl first begin to appear.

S.A.3262-3320. Sauron is taken prisoner to Númenor but he seduces the king and corrupts the Númenorians and finally causes the Downfall of Númenor. Sauron himself with the One Ring escape and returns to Middle-earth and Mordor.

S.A.3441. Sauron overthrown by the Last Alliance and Isildur takes the One Ring but fails to destroy it in the fire of Mount Doom. Instead he keeps it.

3 Age.

T.A.2. Isildur dies in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields and the One Ring is lost in Anduin.

T.A.2460-2470. Between these years Déagol finds the One Ring again in Anduin but he is killed by Sméagol who takes the One Ring and ends up hiding in the deep tunnels and caves beneath Hithaeglir.

T.A.2941. Bilbo finds the One Ring and Sméagol.

T.A.2942. Bilbo and the One Ring returns to the Shire.

T.A.3001. Frodo received the One Ring from Bilbo.

T.A.3019. (25/03) The One Ring is destroyed in the fire of Mount Doom.

Related Links.: Battles.: War of Elves and Sauron. Downfall of Númenor. War of the Last Alliance. Disaster of the Gladden Fields. Objects.: Rings.