"Ash nazg durbatuluk
ash nazg gimbatul. Ash nask thrakatuluk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul"
Written in Tengwar in the
Black Speech of mordor, the inscription reads: "One ring to rule
them all, one ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in
the darkness bind them."
The ring of power was forged
by Sauron in secret in the fires of Mount Doom; with it he controlled
the races of elves, men and dwarves. From his fortress of Barad-dur
he fought to destroy the Numenorians of the second age. Sauron tightened
his grip on the lands of Middle-earth and threatened the royal line
of Men. Elendil (The first King of Gondor) and Gil-galad (the last
high king of the Noldor Elves) marched into Middle-earth gathering
a Last Alliance of Men and Elves. They fought Sauron on Dagorlad at
the gates of Mordor. The sword of Elendil - Narsil - shattered under
the power of Sauron and the ring. Isildur took up what was left of
his father's sword and in a moment when it seemed all hope was lost,
cut the ring from the hand of Sauron.
"Isildur took [the
ring], as should not have been. It should have been cast into Orodruin's
fire nigh at hand where it was made"
- The Lord
of the Rings
The ring betrayed Isildur,
and he died. From the river bed, the ring lured a new bearer - Sméagol.
The ring consumed Sméagol and drove him mad. He wandered, cursing
the Sun, winding his way into the misty mountains. For five hundred
years the ring poisoned his mind. One day, the creature Gollum (for
that was what Sméagol had become) misplaced his precious ring
and it came into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit of the shire.
Our version of the ring from
J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" is bronze with 18 Karat gold and deeply engraved
with the Tengwar script of the Elves. The outside reads "One
Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them"™, and on
the inside "One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind
them"™. Custom designed and fully licensed to be 'The One
Ring'™ as portrayed in the "The Lord of the Rings"
written by J.R.R. Tolkien. One size (approx. a size 10). A keepsake
for the mantle or wear it with the 24" neck chain (included).
When ordering just the ring please select the One Ring shipping option, which is $7.00 anywhere in the world!
*"The Lord of the Rings" and the characters and places therein,
are trademarks of the Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises
under license to Badali Jewelry. All Rights Reserved.
