What Would Happen if Someone Got All 20 Rings of Power? Middle-earth Explained & Artifacts of Arda
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- Опубликовано: 9 дек 2023
- Within Tolkien’s Middle-earth, we know that each Ring of Power carries an extraordinary amount of enigmatic power, but, what if ALL 20 rings were worn by one being? Today, we explore that hypothetical idea! Thank you all so much for watching, let me know your thoughts on someone wearing each ring in the comments below! As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description!
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I’m just assuming that person explode but I’ll finish the video yoystan
It’s a long story, but I actually don’t think they would.
Implode into a wraith, then back to original form.. On loop?
Explodes….on to a wheaties box!
Yoysten when they find out you can wear more than one ring on a finger: 🤯
"The hypotethical Bearer has 10 rings in his fingers and other 10 in his toes".
Yes, and the Ring of Barahir in his nose ; )
Sounds like it could be worn by a lady from India. Check out their spiritual bling. And the meaning of each stone and metal for different parts of the body and even stuff for what occasion. ❤
Yes, his nose indeed
1:21 into the video I'm expecting shenanigans, but Chad Stonehammer killed me! Naming my next Return To Moria dwarf this! Okay, gonna watch the rest now. This is great so far.
I could probably do a whole video essay on how Gilgalad is my favorite of the elves. To be trusted with two out of the three Elven Rings is really telling on his strength of character and his leadership
@@Shimmergloom3k Gilgalad had both at some point it may not have been simultaneously, but he had Narya and passed it to Cirdan
Watch RoP lol cryin
@@x0UncleSam0x HOW DARE YOU
I got a question. Could it be possible for anyone highly powerful outside of Sauron to actually control and use the One Ring?
one does not simply wear 20 rings on 10 fingers
If you collected all the rings you would unlock the achievement of Hoarder of the rings .You would be able to down load all the special ring tones. You would also receive unlimited onion rings . However you would always have a ring around your bath tub. Another plus you would always be able to put a ring on it. More likely the one ring would just do its thing and corrupt you to Sauron's will with the others just speeding the process.
Your words have the ring of truth
@@DavidOfWhitehills I maintain he has inside knowledge, obviously he is a Ringer
The worst thing about the Dwarven rings is that the wearer of one becomes so greedy that he turns into one of the worst tippers in the entire history of Middle Earth. Endless Elvish waiters and Halfling takeout delivery drivers have been reduced to tears from the miserly treatment they received from one of these horrific Dwarven cheapskates.
Let’s pull the answer from another universe shall we?
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I think it would drive the person completely insane to have all 20 rings of power. Unless they were a Valar, I definitely don't think any of the 2nd children could handle them or the 1st children for that matter. Maybe one of the Maiar but I don't even know if any of them could. I bet Saruman would love to have them all. He thinks so much of himself, he'd try to convince himself that he could control them all but I think they would destroy his mind eventually.
Think Sauron might be able to control them all. But the elves and humans would be destroyed by all the rings especially the One.
That hero could have ringed his every finger and toe.
Even Eru iluvatar would be amazed by this achievement 😮
CHAD Stonehammer speake for itself 😂
I mean it’s particularly iconic that the One goes on a bloody pinky toe 🤣🤣🤣
Sauron would have in theory had them all before giving them away. If they would have had combined power I don't believe he'd've given them away. After all, "there can only be one Lord of the Rings and he does not share power".
Sauron didn't ever have the 3 elven rings.
@@kitamibu hmmm 🤔 maybe that's why he wanted them. Still, I imagine it's true at least for the other 16 rings.
If the one ring rules them all, then the other "lesser rings" would be redundant
Yeah sauron got more use out of the rings by giving them away and dominating the bearer (in the case of men) or attempting to (in the case of dwarves) but even his failed attempt to dominate the dwarves still worked in his favor by their effects on the dwarf kingdoms and the dragon fallout the resulted.
I've wondered this for the longest time!
"You offer it to me freely...."
My goodness, whoever this Rings bearer is would have to b strong and powerful, not to mention find the right outfit to compliment them all. But assuming one could wield all this power at one point they would have to conquer everything quickly because ultimately it would drive them mad.
But that's one mighty pinky toe 😂
If you collect all the rings you are teleported into a dark and dank room where you must play the Gollum game until Dagor Dagorath.
Yikes. True nightmare would be ROP
I mean, first thing you'd need to do is prioritize which ones you'd wear on your fingers and which on your toes
Wonderful, Yoystan! Cheers, buddy!
Thanks man! Stay well, my friend!
It's probable that the negative quality of the nazgul rings would be offset by the anti decay of the other rings
I loved how you where trying not to laugh
Since you like "What if" videos so much, why don't you do a "What if Butterbur hadn't forgotten Gandalf's message and sent it to The Shire immediately?"
I was gonna go with everyone else and say they spontaneously combust.
Very interesting question, and even more intriguing theories! I have to be honest, I had some difficulty following up on this video essay; like you said, it went on many different directions and had multiple twists and turns! Even so, a fun thing to think about. In all my years of being a fan of LOTR, Tolkien and all things Middle-earth, I must say I haven't come across this type of question! This tells me that the fandom is alive and well because there are still questions to be asked and mysteries to solve!
6:49 Now THAT is a believable & convincing Sauron as depicted by Tolkien!
I was hoping you would do the verse in Black speech
How would they even fit on their toes? I can’t see that happening without it being very uncomfortable for them to walk or without the rings falling off. (I was thinking they’d be wearing 2 rings on each finger.)
They shrink or expand to fit as needed apparently.
@@glennross85 I thought that only the one ring could do that.
Well done as always
I can't help but imagine someone picking up the last ring and then instantly dying and sending the rings flying everywhere like Sonic got killed.
I have wondered what would happen if Tom Bombadil was given all the rings to protect.
Whomever has all 20 Rings would be Super OP or Dead, because that would be too much power for a single person to handle!!!
Thanks for this Curious Discussion, on this Topic that I am surprised no one has asked Tolkien or it before, Until ROTK Retrospective Review...Marion Baggins Out!!!
This is a fun idea!! Thanks!
What broke my suspension of disbelief was the one ring on the pinky toe. I laughed, then said, "seems disrespectful," out loud.
That would be a Platinum Trophy achievement in a LOTR video game.
This would be like some sort of Arda version of Highlander. There can only be one!
The giant stuffed animal is theirs.
I feel like if someone were able to collect all the rings of power you'd end up with a situation like when Hal Jordan went nuts and claimed as many of the Green Lantern rings as possible before destroying the whole Lantern corp. The owner of all 20 rings would inevitably go nuts and probably destroy Middle-Earth.
Tom would juggle them before promptly losing them all.
Can you do a video of how you do a third age show soon
Is there any information on the minor rings, or trifles as it was said, and what happened to them, also what became of the ring Saruman created and what was its power if any.
If one could collect all 20 rings, said person surely wouldn't really need them at all.
Theory upon theory. I like it 😅
"Chad Stonehammer" 🤣
Thank you
All I can picture is Hal Jordan from the Emerald Twilight storyline, but it’s some guy with a beard with all the rings of power instead.
Anyone else picturing the Watcher wearing a ring on each tentacle?
Tom Bombadil could wear all of them- he’d probably feel a slight tingle. 😂
He might eat them or something ridiculous like that.
1:21 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀💀💀💀🤣
That name had me on the floor!
I had a Power play Wargaming “Friend” who did this with his Dwarven Army I think.... it was not over powered at all...... we stepped Wargaming .
If we're going all fingers and toes for these 20 rings, I'm just glad there isn't a 21st ring
Sauron managed to get all nine rings for Men, which he used to control the Nazgul. He was suspected to have retrieved all three of the surviving seven rings of the Dwarves, although the ring of Thror was the only one mentioned specifically. The other four were presumed to be lost or destroyed by dragonfire. He never had any of the three Elven rings. He had, then lost the One ring.
That would mean that Sauron had at least 10 rings (the Nine plus the One) before Isildur took the One from him, and he may have had two of the Dwarves' rings too, or 12 of the surviving 16 rings. He lost the One and took a Dwarven ring, so he held perhaps 12 when he was finally destroyed.
I wonder how middle earth would look like if hypothetically sauron corrupted all seven dwarf ringbearers (obviously pre dragonfire) and the nine rings of men? Or all the rings for that matter? I mean as far as Sauron was concerned, wasn't THAT the endgame? Things didnt work out sure, the plan had a few hiccups along the way.. But im guessing thats the logic behind "The One Ring"??
They'd look FABULOUS!! 😁😁
All 20 rings? Two on each finger? Someone is getting punched out ;)
Why does the one ring cause only invisibility and long life? The majority of Saurons power was in the ring, but while Sauron was wearing it he could be seen and use it in other ways.
He was the One Rings master and knew of all the powers and abilities. The other Ring bearers only see the side effects of using and possessing the ring.
Invisibility is not explained in the movie, you just have more interaction with the unseen realm. The realm the Eldar literally walk in simultaneously with the “physical plain”
Others could learn to use more abilities of the One Ring than that if they had sufficient will and power of their own.
One theory I've seen, and I am uncertain as to it's veracity, is that the One Ring could enhance the natural powers of the person wearing it. For the most part, we've seen Hobbits wear the Ring, namely Frodo and Bilbo.
Hobbits are known to be small, light on their feet, and naturally stealthy; hence Bilbo being Gandalf's logical choice for a burglar.
Hobbits also live longer than other mortal men, such that their coming of age is at 33 rather than 16-18 for men, and Bilbo being 111 wasn't particularly a shock - only the fact he hadn't aged.
The theory goes that the Ring enhanced both traits, stealth becoming pure invisibility and their long life becoming longer. But that could be entirely BS in canon for all I know. Gandalf infers that tempting him with the Ring could lead to terrible abuses of his power, and I choose to assume he means more than simply an invisible Gandalf.
Feel like I asked this question on an older video either here or another middle earth lore channel
One for every finger and toe.
Thanos tried it originally, but Glorfindel promptly kicked his &$$.
Could anyone give me their experiences with those mythology candles? Let’s hear your reviews ❤
Great question! Never have thought about it before, but it's really interesting.
I think some high elf /maia /vala /even maybe man with very strog will (actually, I think only someone from Elendil's liniage) could controll the rings and use them, but I'm not able to imagine what would he /she use them for, because they have whidely different purposes. I think that the ringsbearer would more likely take just the One ring and give other rings to some creatures which he would controll. He could delegate the rings to them and use them to fulfill his will and plans /desires. It would be much more sensible and practical than leaving the rings for himself. So I think he just would take the rings, put them on his /her fingers, made a popular photo on Instagram (could take a video on TikTok as well) and then would create an army (or, let'say bureaucratic apparate) of infinitely loyal servants. I would act so. :)
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All twenty fingers covered? Cool!
Holding the one ring would have made it easy for Sauron to step in and collect them all. They were all tuned to be subservient to the one, and Sauron controlled the one.
See Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight for further details.
Chad Stonehammer?
LMAO. Will his brother Kevin object?
They would turn into Mr.T
gimme that speccccccc
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It would be a dwarf that got them. So, they would look like bearded rapper. All rings and no fingers.
I imagine something like "The Wheel of Time" breaking of the world. Dude would have great power and be insane, he would try to rule but be too mad to do it, he would bring incredible devastation and than die, his armies disolving after him in endless civil wars.
He could out bling the valar themselves
If someone got all the rings of power I expect you would have the Nazgul knocking on your door shortly after
Saurons steps over
thanks for the collecting effort
kills you in one snap because the One only responds him
Sauron truly becomes the only lord of the rings
What if Aragorn and the Hobits stopped for second breakfast?
Why is it that it's always either fire air and water but never Earth they usually lump in Earth with one of the other three elements
I think it goes back to Aulë who shaped the molten earth of the world, which seems to be both fire and stone? I'm not entirely sure.
I don't know what would happen, but what i DO know is that that creature would be unstoppable, save for eru iluvatar or tulkas. I don't think anyone else could defeat it alone.
Soft magic is awesome but in a sense wild. Hard magic is if I am right would be limited to the one wielding it. That is how I see it usually. A ring is unique or a special kind of choice and the one ring set a presidence or standard, I would love to see a video by this channel to on what if they made their own ring, would it be bound to the one or distinct, would they have items or other rings connected to it, would this ring be godly or more mortal in its potential and or obvious use. Also I wanted to say that Dragons Dogma had a ring as well which could be used as a reference for more ideas.
Four out of the seven Dwarven Rings were consumed by dragons and those dragons are long dead, and their corpses are lost to time.
Probably killed them like what the silmaril did to Carcaroth. Who knows haha.
@@Makkaru112 I sincerely doubt the rings of power were enchanted in the same way the simarils were to burn the hands of all evil that touched them. Remember Sauron’s evil was imbued into the 16 lesser rings
1:43 When speaking of hypotheticals, it’s incorrect to use the word was. “If someone WERE, somehow, able to gather…”
Total Perspective Vortex
so basiclly what would easily happen with the comic book infinity gauntlet. that version of it couldn't simply be used by just anyone
Chadstonehammer the second?! Does that mean there was a first! 😂
I have always thought of the rings as lens that focus existing power. For example, the one on Frodo's finger is not as powerful as on Sauron's. The ring isn't the source of the power, it amplifies what already exists. Use of the rings seems to require some focus as well, whether it be regular meditation or hand gestures/focus. I do not think that anyone could utilize all the rings at the same time. I have also always kind of thought of the one and the others as being opposites. If you brought the one together with all the rest, they would cancel each other out.
My view is, if they could survive long enough to actually put on all 20 rings, then they would immediately be consumed with fire, unless they were a being of Sauron's level.
I think the reason the One Ring doesn't do that is because it was designed more to control or dominate, rather than to overtly give power.
But when its power is joined with all 19 lesser rings, then all power associated with it and them is now focused onto one node, and any lesser being just couldn't handle it.
The common feature of all power rings (except for the powers found in the Three Rings and those coming from Sauron) is that they have an effect that increases the will power of the owner since they are created for the same purpose. It is possible for a being who holds all the power rings to maximize his willpower, but I cannot foresee whether this will cause any side effects.
Rings of power do not carry within them pure power, expressed by Tolkien as the "inherent energy of the spirit". In fact, in the power ring doctrine, the source of this power is not explained other than the One Ring. Rings of power only help a being to unleash its inherent volitional power potential. It can be simply thought of as follows: If a person can use 5% of his brain, he can access 100% of it through these rings of power. In this way, the power ring bearer becomes perfect in his ability depending on the purpose of use.
Only someone with great power, like a light elf or a Maia, could really draw out the power of even one ring. Even having all the rings other than the one wouldn’t help if they couldn’t draw the one that they possessed. Having all 20 rings in the possession of one Maia or light elf might potentially make them a threat to Sauron without the one ring, if Sauron’s taint on the seven and the nine didn’t destroy the holder. One ring was enough to enslave a man of Nûmenor. Magnifying that by 16 might overwhelm even the strongest Maia and light elf. Even including the one ring wouldn’t be enough to take on the Valar.
You get an extra life.
Sonic taught me that
"Assuming someone did their best impression of Thanos..."
>Thanos
Bro, Emerald Twilight.
I think that happened to Green Lantern one time. It wasn't pleasant.
I think it makes more sense to wear two rings on each finger rather than wearing one ring on every finger and toe.
I would think if that happened, Captain Arda would show up...
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Can we get a video of what would've happened if Gandalf was not delayed by Saruman please?
I think that the one ring would have to be acquired first then go after the other rings. Like if someone found the one ring as happened but knew there were 19 other rings and went out to acquire the rest of them
You don't need all 20. Just the One that rules over all others.
The one ring would drive you mad tho
@@gorillacookies3171 It most certainly would.
Except the 3
The only being besides a Maia that could retrieve all 20 rings would be Glorfindal. He could get one elf ring from Elrond. Take the One Ring from Frodo and command the Nazgul. He would have the strength and will to overthrow Middle Earth.
Tolkien saw magic (the concept) for what it is: The direct imposition of the will over matter. Things happen because you want them to happen, and in response to your will, reality obliges to some degree. The Ainur had this power, the Elves had it to a lesser degree, and Men did not have it at all.
Tom gets all 20 on a whim, then later discards them on a whim.
Gotta collect em all.😅
He would distribute them.
I've seen Nenya on France, I, France am in possession of Nenya.
Why not just wear two rings on each finger like a sick gangsta rapper? Why resort to wearing the rings of power on your toes?
As long as a person has control over the one ring and somehow is able to overpower souron that’s enough