My friend and fellow author Gillian Bronte Adams asked an interesting question over at her blog yesterday. It was thought provoking, to say the least:
When I saw that question, I immediately thought of the One Ring, but let’s face it, that wouldn’t be any fun, what with being chased by nazgûl and slowly turning into something like Gollum. But then I remembered the One Ring’s spiritual ancestor, the Ring of Gyges, which can turn a person invisible. But then I remembered Plato’s point about the ring was that sort of power would corrupt a person anyway. It may not drive them into the depths of a cave, where you’d wait to play at riddles with nasty Hobbitses, but it’s still maybe not the healthiest object to own.
Then I thought of the DragonCrown from Michael Stackpole’s DragonCrown War Cycle
And that’s as far as I got. So I thought I’d ask you: What magical object would you want to own?
Thanks, Gillian, for asking such a thought-provoking question. And hey, after you answer my question here, do me a favor and go over to Gillian’s blog and answer her there. And like her on Facebook while you’re at it, okay?
That’s a tough question, of course. I think I’ll go for the “elvish sword of great antiquity” and the accompanying iconic brass lantern from the original Zork game (which is also of great antiquity — I would have to be at least twice my age to have played it in its authentic environment).
You know, the closest I’ve ever come to playing Zork was reading a choose-your-own-adventure book based on it. May have to correct that at some point. 🙂