Question about Lord of the Rings (series, not MTG dream set)
The Blind Eternities forum
Posted on May 28, 2022, 1:01 p.m. by TypicalTimmy
Although, having "The One Ring to Rule Them All" as Sol Ring would be sweet.
No, okay, so I never read the series nor have I watched the movies. I know, I'm super lame like that.
When... Frodo? goes up to the volcano at the end to drop the ring into the lava to destroy it...
. . . like literally why?
If the goal was to destroy the ring, why not just make a forge hot enough to melt gold - as they literally would have had in order to stamp gold coins? Or for that matter, actually any volcano in all of Middle Earth? Even if it means venturing allllll the way to the other side of the actual planet to find another volcano - it'd be a lot safer than venturing all the way up to the BBEG, wouldn't it?
Then, they actually COULD use their giant friggen birds since they aren't flying straight into an all-seeing evil eye.
Abaques says... #2
As for why the One Ring couldn't be destroyed by just using a forge or finding another volcano, well, Sauron, who forged it, is one of the most powerful entities in Middle Earth, and he poured a great deal of his power into the One Ring. It's just immune to anything except the fires of Amon Amarth. This is something Tolkien addresses early on in the Fellowship of the Ring (and that scene is also in the movie) with a scene where Gandalf tosses the One Ring in Frodo's fireplace and then after pulling it out of the fire Frodo finds it quite cool.
It also has a will of its own and has a way of making things happen. So if they just tossed it in another volcano it would be pretty likely that the volcano would erupt and the One Ring would end up getting sent some place else for someone to find it. Same thing as if they threw it in the ocean.
If you've ever played D&D you can think of the One Ring as a major artifact. I mean, D&D basically designed artifacts around the One Ring.
As as a major Lord of the Rings nerd (I have read the books many times) you can color me apprehensive about the upcoming set. There are very few things as iconic as the characters, events, items and locations in Tolkien's world. There is also a massive backstory far exceeding what is in the Hobbit or the Lord of the Rings. I think it will be very difficult for Wizards to do justice to the cards for Gandalf, Aragorn, Frodo or even characters that had smaller parts such as Glorfindel or Prince Imrahil. Also, fitting things into Magic's color identities is going to be extremely hard. Tolkien simply didn't organize his world in the fashion that the Magic universe is organized on and making things fit that paradigm will be awkward.
May 28, 2022 3:37 p.m.