Talk:King Sombra/@comment-16424758-20121118060954/@comment-26973802-20121121024039

LotR inspired a lot of things in MLP. Sauron is the main villain, who put his power and part of his soul in a ring he forged in the fires of Mount Doom called The One Ring. When a man cuts off his finger with the ring, his body is destroyed but he still exists as a shadow because the existence of the ring keeps him alive. He eventually regains his power and takes the form of an eye, but needs the ring to become physical again and rule Middle Earth. When the ring is cast back into the fire from when it is forged, it is destroyed, and so is Sauron.

Elves and Maiar (which are basically demigods, like Sauron and also one of the major protagonists, Gandalf) are immortal like Celestia and Luna, meaning they cannot die of old age but they can still be killed