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[@ActRaiserTheReturned] Were you interested? What would the Ring do, out of curiosity? 
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In Wagner's opera, the Nibelungenleid, The Ring grants the power to control the universe at the expense of the user's soul, sort of. Basically, to use the Ring, the wielder has to renounce love, then they will have all the power they want, at the expense of their eventual life.