Isildur’s Bane

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Isildur’s Bane is the legendary malevolent artifact in Tolkien’s Middle-earth whose corrupting power drives much of the conflict in The Lord of the Rings.

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Isildur's Bane 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cursed object
fictional magical artifact
legendary artifact
malevolent artifact
object in Middle-earth
object in The Lord of the Rings
alsoKnownAs the Great Ring of Power NERFINISHED
the Master-ring NERFINISHED
the One Ring NERFINISHED
the Ring of Power NERFINISHED
the Ruling Ring NERFINISHED
appearsIn The Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED
The Return of the King NERFINISHED
The Silmarillion
The Two Towers NERFINISHED
Unfinished Tales
carriedBy Frodo Baggins NERFINISHED
Samwise Gamgee NERFINISHED
category Fictional rings
Magical items in literature
Tolkien legendarium objects
centralTo the plot of The Lord of the Rings
containsPartOf Sauron’s power
controls the other Rings of Power NERFINISHED
corrupts Boromir NERFINISHED
Gollum NERFINISHED
its bearers
createdBy Sauron NERFINISHED
destroyedBy the unmaking of the Ring in Mount Doom
destroyedIn Mount Doom NERFINISHED
extends the life of its bearer
firstOwnedBy Sauron NERFINISHED
forgedIn Mount Doom NERFINISHED
foundBy Bilbo Baggins NERFINISHED
grants invisibility to its mortal bearer
hasCreator J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED
inheritedBy Frodo Baggins NERFINISHED
inscribedWith Black Speech inscription NERFINISHED
laterFoundBy Déagol NERFINISHED
locatedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth NERFINISHED
medium gold ring
namedAfter Isildur NERFINISHED
ownedBy Gollum NERFINISHED
responsibleForDeathOf Isildur NERFINISHED
soughtBy Saruman NERFINISHED
Sauron NERFINISHED
the Nazgûl NERFINISHED
stolenBy Sméagol NERFINISHED
symbolizes absolute power
addiction
corruption
takenBy Isildur NERFINISHED
takenFrom Sauron NERFINISHED
tempts Boromir NERFINISHED
Frodo Baggins NERFINISHED
Galadriel NERFINISHED
Gandalf NERFINISHED
visibleInscriptionWhen heated

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The Ring alsoKnownAs Isildur’s Bane
this entity surface form: Isildur's Bane
The One Ring otherName Isildur’s Bane