Reaching a Consensus! How Can Origins Matter When Interests Are Paramount

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It could be said that, as things stood in Middle-earth, the Dark Lord Sauron had already won ninety percent of the battle. All that remained was the final step: destroying the two surviving human kingdoms, Gondor and Rohan, to achieve the epic feat of unifying Middle-earth.

The only remaining uncertainty, the only thing that still gave humanity the right to contend with the Dark Lord Sauron, was the ring the Grey Wizard Gandalf had passed to Frodo through Bilbo Baggins—after investigation, it had been confirmed that this ring was the king of all rings that had been separated from the Dark Lord Sauron for three thousand years—the One Ring!

And the Dark Lord Sauron's greatest weakness was precisely this One Ring, which contained most of his divine-demonic body and evil will. The enormous fiery red eye currently standing atop Mordor's Tower of the Eye was merely a portion of the Dark Lord Sauron's body and will. Only by reclaiming the One Ring could the Dark Lord Sauron truly return in full!

Therefore, as long as the One Ring could be destroyed first, the Dark Lord Sauron would be utterly annihilated.

Once the Dark Lord Sauron was completely destroyed, the Mordor Empire he ruled and the armies of Mordor under his command would likewise collapse and cease to exist. As for the other major villain, the White Wizard Saruman, he would be unable to stand alone, and there were plenty of ways to deal with him.

So the most troublesome question now was how to destroy the One Ring!

As everyone knew, the One Ring had been forged by the Dark Lord Sauron in Mount Doom, using its scorching flames.

Thus, the only way to destroy the One Ring was to melt it in