How Evil Was Smeagel?

The character of a ring bearer does have an impact on how quickly they come under the sway of that ring. Bilbo began his possession of the ring with an act of mercy, and so because of that, he didn't fall to its influence as quickly or even as severely over time,. As gallam did. I think gallam must have had some kind of seed of evil in him to begin with. Ye, for example, it does nothing at all to tom bombadil. There's just no evil inclinations there. And you look at somehing like farimir, who, he's not incorruptible, but he has that personal code of honor that he ad at all