The One Ring

The One Ring from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) is an Object that just Oozes Evil. Needing none of the fancy jewels and etching that appear on the other Rings of Power, this no nonsense plain gold band prefers to make an Understated Display of Authority - at least until you toss the thing into the fire. Only then does it show off, what with the Black Speech of Mordor and all those flaming letters. The Ring also has a Voice, which is pretty impressive for an Object with no mouth. Then again it twitches while on its chain (see freaky Boromir scene in Fellowship of the Ring), a feat that adds exponentially to its Evil Quotient.

Ash nazg durbatuluk, Ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatuluk, Agh burzum-ishi krimpatul - that's pretty poetic stuff. (For those of you who can't speak the Black Speech of Morder, it says "One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in The Darkness bind them." It's not the complete Ring Poem, but then the Ring isn't all that big.) I have trouble believing that Sauron wrote that himself. I mean, he was probably pretty busy trying to take over the world. Maybe he had an Official Poet or some such. Not so much with the job security, though.