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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Salthanas" data-source="post: 756472" data-attributes="member: 9689">The one ring seemed to confer invisibility on all mortals that wore it. The way that invisibility worked was that the wearer was transported to the Shadow Realm. I'm pretty certain in the books that Isilder tries to escape that Gladden Fields by using the invisibility power but the ring slips from his finger revealing his location and resulting in his death. The Ringwraiths exist almost exclusively in the Shadow Realm (which is why they can see Frodo much more clearly when he wears the ring) and I think Tolkien said somewhere that the nine also transported the wearer there where they were much more vulnerable to the influence of Sauron. The reason the Ringwraiths exist in the shadowworld is because they wore their rings of power for so long IIRC and its possible that Frodo would have ended up that way if he had forsaken the quest and used the ring at great length.With regards to the power of the Ring not only does it amplify the capabilities of the wearer it also provides huge powers of command, A Ringbearer who had trained his mind to the domination of others could not only command and see the effects of the other rings of power but could also prove almost irresitiable with his urgings for people to follow him. Even Saurons own armies would be hard pressed to avoid the call of the ringbearer which was probably what he feared the most.As for why everyone wants the One Ring this is because the Ring has a will of its own, and being evil in nature it tempts and corrupts those around it. Tolkien seemed to suggest that everyone is tempted by power in some way which is why the ring is so hard for anyone to ultimately give up and why it can wreck havoc on those around the bearer as it urges them to sieze that power for themselves. The ring does this by mainly showing its victims what they desire most and suggesting that through it they can achieve this. Sam imagines himself as a great gardner,who turns the ash land of Mordor into a rolling valley of flowers, Boromir imagines himself as a great leader who could use its influence to destroy the armies of Sauron and save his people, Gollum simply imagines that with the ring he can eat fish everyday and escape from all those that pursue him etc etc. yours Salthanas</blockquote>

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