Ring in Hand Smeagol's used the Ring as a simple talisman of invisibility, unaware of its true power and malevolence, or that fact that it was devouring his mind. Smeagol soon developed many undesirable qualities, like stealing, eavesdropping, and being sneaky whenever he had the opportunity. It was these qualities which got him banished from his household. Cursing his bad luck and his family, he eventually made his way to a gloomy den underneath the Misty Mountains. He was so consumed by the Ring that it physically transformed him into a distorted creature of considerable wretchedness, later lost it in the tunnels near the Orc lairs under the Misty Mountains. Living in darkness, he grew to hate the light of the sun and moon, but the moon he would tolerate.