In the world of rings, there is one miraculously powerful ring that has the power to destroy the whole inhabitants and rule everything and every other ring- the One Ring.
The One Ring is known for its power and how strong it is, but do you know what those “powers” are? Let’s jump into our safari bus and explore the deep roots behind this One Ring.
What is the One Ring made of?
One Ring, also known as the Ruling Ring, the Master Ring, and The One Ring to rule them all, looks like one of the common wedding rings, but in reality, it is one of the most powerful rings with devastating power with it.
The One Ring was made the Ultimate ring to control all the other rings. It possessed massive power. It could control the powers of different countries and even dominate its bearer. The Ring was made around the time SA 1600, inside Sammath Naur on Mount Doom, by Sauron.
He used the Ring to accomplish his ultimate goal. He wanted to bring all the living beings of Middle-earth under his control. Accomplishing such goal was pretty hard for him, and he knew that the ring would need a large amount of power to exceed his goal.
Sauron then concentrated his part of the soul with the Ring. Now his soul is combined with the RIng and if the Ring got destroyed, so would his strength and powers.
Whenever Sauron had worn the Ring, he would become more powerful than he ever was. One Ring is the other form of the Dark Lord Sauron’s malice, cruelty, and evil deeds. The Ring is made from Sauron’s soul, but that’s not it.
The material used to make the One ring was actually Gold because, at first glance, it looks like it is made from gold, and it can only be destroyed in the fire where it originated from.
What are the powers of the One Ring?
Deception can be called the true meaning of the One Ring. The One Ring possesses the power that can dominate the entire people of the Earth. Its primary power was to gain control over all the rings. During the Second Age of Middle Eart, Sauron fooled the Elves of Noldorian and offered them knowledge from the realm of Valinor.
Sauron came in disguise and made them believe in that offer but in return, he wanted them to forge a magical ring, nine for Men, seven for the Dwarves, and three for the Elves. But after decades, he secretly developed the One Ring, and with that, he could control the powers of every other ring.
The main power of the One Ring is that it gives special powers to its wearers. The people who possess the One RIngs get super abilities like long life and invisibility.
The One Ring can even project a fake version of its wearers to its spectators. We can take Sam as an example; when Sam was holding the Ring, he encountered an Orc in the Tower of Cirith Ungol. When he appears in front of the Orc, the ring creates an illusion, and he appears as a mighty warrior holding a massive amount of power with him.
When The Orc witnessed that, he got terrified of Sam and fled away from him. The Ring can give multiple power to its wielders, but it can’t make sure of their protection. So, the wearer of this ring needs to be protected themselves.
But it doesn’t change the fact that the One Ring is almost indestructible. It is unaffected by any kind of magic, weapon, or even the flames of the dragon.
The power of the One Ring is so immense that Sauron gained control over the whole of Middle-earth. Now even you can imagine the terrifying power of the One Ring.
The One Ring can even alter its size. It can adapt to the size of its wearer, and sometimes it can even expand its size to escape from the wearer.
Can Anyone use the power of the One Ring?
Anyone who wears the One Ring doesn’t get granted its powers and abilities. To control its power and abilities, the wearer must be a pretty skilled user. They should be mentally trained, disciplined, have a strong will, and have a reasonable spiritual development.
Even if the wearer has all these qualities, it would take a great amount of time to master its abilities and powers. And the wearer should also be extremely powerful to be worthy of using the One Ring to its full potential. The wearer should be so powerful that they should be able to beat Sauron.
To overthrow Sauron and bring peace will take a lot of determination and training. If a person who isn’t skilled enough tries to use the power of the One Ring, then that person will fail mercilessly.
The power of the One Ring is so immense that it can even change the personality of its bearer. They can turn them into a Dark Lord like Sauron. They can even turn into worse than him.
If everyone was able to use the One Ring, then it would’ve also hampered its reputation, so it makes sense why everyone can’t use the powers of the One Ring.
Why is the One Ring so powerful?
You must be thinking that how can a single ring forged with gold have so much power? Well, as we all know, the One Ring is filled with Sauron’s Evil Power, and evil powers are always more powerful and more dangerous than the other power.
Sauron himself was powerful because he had learned many tricks and spells from Morgoth, his teacher. His teacher was one of the most influential people, the master of the wicked, filled with magical spells. Morgoth is also known as the most powerful demigod of Middle Earth. He wasn’t always evil, but when he became one of them, he was powerful enough to take on anyone.
During the Second Age period, Sauron became an incredible evil magician with the help of lessons that were taught by the most powerful demigod of Middle Earth, Morgoth. Although Morgoth was destroyed by the elves, Sauron managed to forge the One Ring with all the skills he learned with Morgoth. That’s why the One Ring is one of the most powerful and strongest.
What does the text in One Ring mean?
During its first origin, the One Ring was completely normal, a plain golden ring without any kind of text, but when it was forged into the fire, a set of letters appeared in the ring.
The letters in the One Ring were spoken as Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul, which was meant as One Ring to rule them all, One ring to find them; One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
The words in the One Ring describe its great power, the power that can control almost every other ring. It simply explains how superior the One Ring is then the rest of the rings.
“One Ring to rule them all” isn’t this statement more than enough to explain how powerful it is?
