Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-31215921-20170526024038/@comment-31215921-20170626231618

Elrond stands, looking at Decimus.

"Your variance is much appreciated, Decimus Maximus."

He says to all,

"Alas, no, we cannot use the Ruling Ring. That we know too well. It belongs to Sauron and was made by him alone, and is altogether evil. Its strength is too great for anyone to wield at will, save only those who have already a great power of their own. But for them it holds an even deadlier peril. The very desire of it corrupts the heart. Consider Saruman. If any of the Wise should with this Ring overthrow the Lord of Mordor, using his own arts, he would then set himself on Sauron's throne, and yet another Dark Lord would appear. And there is another reason why the Ring should be destroyed: as long as it is in the world it will be a danger even to the Wise. For nothing is evil in the beginning. Even Sauron was not so. I fear to take the Ring to hide it. I will not tale the Ring to wield it."

Gandalf adds, "Nor I."