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Where is the "Ring-verse" inscribed on the One Ring?
I know that the inscription of the rings says:
"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them,"
But my question is more about the ...
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Why didn't Gandalf take Frodo with him to Isengard?
In The Fellowship of the Ring, why didn’t Gandalf take Frodo (and the Ring of Power) with him to Isengard?
Since Gandalf was unaware that Saruman had joined forces with Sauron, why wouldn’t he want ...
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How does Gandalf know that the Ring had previously been called precious?
In The Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf says:
It [the ring] has been called that [precious] before, but not by you.
But we know that, at that time, Gandalf didn’t know whether that ring was the One ...
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Could somebody use the Ring to control or influence Sauron or the Nazgûl?
The book makes it quite clear that the One Ring could control the bearers of the lesser rings. We also know that Sauron had recaptured at least one of the seven dwarvish rings, presumably to use ...
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What does one do with a Ring of Power? [duplicate]
I've looked over multiple different questions, and they either dealt with something similar, or gave frustratingly vague answers. So I'm certain that my question is not technically a duplicate (though ...
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Was Gollum the key to destroying the Ring?
It seems that the Ring took control over Frodo, and he used it instead of throwing it to lava.
It was destroyed by pushing Gollum, who was holding the Ring, into the lava.
Does it mean that Frodo ...
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Why doesn't the "One Ring" make itself impossible to remove?
The "One Ring" seemed capable of changing its size, which is why Frodo wore it on a chain around his neck - to keep from accidentally losing it in the same way it was lost to Gollum.
The Ring seems ...
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Is there a similarity between the breaking of Narsil and the loss of the One Ring by Sauron?
I wonder whether there is any suggestion in Tolkien's books that the breaking of Narsil led to the weakening of the strength of the men of the West and thus to the corruption of Isildur and the fall ...
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Why not encase the One Ring in solid metal?
In the Lord of the Rings, the One Ring corrupts the people near it, and it seems to have a stronger effect on anyone who sees it or touches it. Sauron and the Ring Wraiths also seem to be able to ...
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Was it the ring that gave Sauron all of his strength? [duplicate]
Sauron was defeated by Isildur but he did not die. I suppose because the ring was taken from him but it was not destroyed. Having lost the ring how did he begin to gain power again? Did the ring have ...
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What is the One Ring's theme?
In the Hobbit and LOTR trilogy we hear this haunting piece (especially at 0:45) each time the One Ring is about to make its presence felt. It's a powerful audio cue to the viewer, and is sometimes ...
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Why didn't the Fellowship throw the One Ring into some other volcano? [duplicate]
As I understand it, there were two things that could hypothetically destroy the One Ring: dragonfire and lava in a volcano. Unfortunately, the last dragon was killed before the events of Lord of the ...
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Why didn't Sauron make another ring to replace the One Ring? [duplicate]
When Sauron returned to Mordor, he had his forge, Mount Doom, and probably all of the tools that he has used to make the One Ring, so why didn't he just create a second Ring? Was it because he put too ...
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Why could Sauron only detect the One Ring if someone wore it? [duplicate]
As has been noted in many instances Sauron was searching for the One Ring and it has been subtly suggested that the ring itself was trying to get back to Sauron. That's why it deserted Gollum after ...
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Why was the One Ring of Sauron unadorned?
In this question we learn a great deal about the differences between the rings of power in Middle Earth. Here it's also quoted:
"The Nine, the Seven, and the Three," he said, "had each their ...
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