known as Gollum. The ring acts almost as if it were a separate entity suggesting and tempting the bearer to do things that will either bring the bearer into safety or into harms way. Such as when Frodo is making a simple speech.
             He felt the Ring on its chain, and quite unaccountably the desire came over him to slip it on and vanish out of the silly situation. It seemed to him somehow, as if the suggestion came to him from outside, from someone or something in the room. He resisted the temptation firmly, and clasped the Ring in his hand, as if to prevent it from escaping or doing any mischief.
             Upon first seeing the Ring, Gollum undergoes a transformation from a curious hobbit, to a greedy murderer. The Ring warps the mind of Gollum, to make his foremost thought the desire to possess the Ring. Gollum's willpower dwindles to nothing, and he kills his friend without even a thought.
             '"Give us that, Déagol, my love," said Sméagol, over his friend's shoulder. '"Why?"' said Déagol. '"Because it's my birthday, my love, and I wants it," said Sméagol. '" I don't care," said Déagol. "I have given you a present already, more than I could afford. I found this, and I'm going to keep it." '"Oh, are you indeed, my love" said Sméagol; and he caught Déagol by the throat, and strangled him, because the gold
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