Why didnt Elrond kill Isildur and destroy the ring?
Because he couldn’t. Elrond could try to convince Isildur to destroy the Ring; but he could not force him to do so. If he had taken the Ring by force, it would have corrupted his mind sooner than later.
Why was Isildur a Nazgul?
In Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Isildur is shown to have become a Nazgûl after his death at the Gladden Fields, when Sauron places one of the Nine rings on his finger, which resurrects him.
Would Elrond have destroyed the Ring?
The ring would have been destroyed, as it was at the end of the War of the Ring. And with it, the spirit of Elrond. For in destroying the ring through such an act of treachery and betrayal, Elrond would have destroyed himself – and likely broken the Last Alliance into a brutal war between Elves and betrayed Men.
Was Isildur corrupted by the Ring?
There is no indication that he was ever corrupted by the Ring. In fact, Tolkien wrote in a later story “The Disaster of the Gladden Fields” (published in Unfinished Tales) that Isildur had repented of his decision not to destroy the Ring and intended to return to Mt. Doom to do so.
What if Isildur destroyed the One Ring?
If Isildur had decided to destroy the One Ring instead of taking it for himself, the same thing that happened when the Gollum fell in the fires of Mount Doom with the One Ring would have happened – the Ring would have been destroyed and along with it, Sauron and the Ringwraiths.
What would happen if Bilbo took the ring to the undying lands?
Short answer: nothing. The ship would not find the Straight Road. Long answer: let’s assume the ship did find the Straight Road, and let’s assume they were allowed to land and allowed to petition the Valar for help, just as Earendil did back in the First Age.
Was isildur corrupted by the Ring?
What if Elrond had the Ring?
The ring would be returned to sauron and he would rule. Only one person can wear the ring. Whoever wore it would command the effort against Sauron.
What did Isildur do with the Ring?
Isildur took the hilt shard of his father’s sword and cut the One Ring from Sauron’s finger. Ignoring the advice of Elrond and Círdan, lieutenant of Gil-galad, Isildur did not destroy the Ring; instead he claimed it as a weregild for the deaths of his father and brother, and an heirloom for his House.
Is Mordor in Middle-Earth?
In J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional world of Middle-earth, Mordor (pronounced [ˈmɔrdɔr]; from Sindarin Black Land and Quenya Land of Shadow) is the realm and base of the evil Sauron. It lay to the east of Gondor and the great river Anduin, and to the south of Mirkwood.