<Ul> <Li> Sauron </Li> <Li> Isildur </Li> <Li> Déagol </Li> <Li> Sméagol / Gollum </Li> <Li> Bilbo Baggins </Li> <Li> Frodo Baggins </Li> <Li> Samwise Gamgee </Li> <Li> Celebrimbor </Li> </Ul> <Li> Sméagol / Gollum </Li> <P> The One Ring is an artefact that appears as the central plot element in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954--55). It is described in an earlier story, The Hobbit (1937), as a magic ring of invisibility . In the sequel, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien ascribes to the Ring a darker character, with malevolent power going far beyond conferring invisibility: it was created by Sauron the Dark Lord as part of his design to win domination over Middle - earth . The Lord of the Rings concerns the quest to destroy the Ring to keep Sauron from fulfilling his design . </P> <P> In The Lord of the Rings and the posthumously published The Silmarillion, Tolkien provides a detailed internal development from the forging of the Ring to its destruction . In the fictional context of Middle - earth, these events take place during several thousand years in the Second and Third Age of Arda . </P>

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