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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 1283488" data-attributes="member: 307">Forming the intent to commit an evil act (such as murder), in the presence of the Ring corrupts those who do so. Simply leading Isildur inside Mount Doom is not in and of itself an evil act. While the Ring will still corrupt by its presence even if you avoid doing evil things, its power will work on you more slowly. Let me reiterate this: you don't have to touch the Ring for it to work its corrupting influence upon you. But if you do something evil while using it, or while near it, its power to corrupt is magnified tremendously, and will consume you immediately.Further, it is made clear in the books that the more powerful you are, the more corrupting the Ring is for you. Elrond was one of the most powerful individuals alive in Middle Earth during the time of the Last Alliance (superseded only by Cirdan, Galadriel, Gil-Gilad, Sauron, and Elendil, and maybe Thingol and Celeborn). For him, the Ring is especially corrupting. Deciding to actually murder Isildur while within the presence of the Ring would have been all the wedge the corrupting power of the Ring would have needed to overwhelm Elrond.</blockquote>