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(Lord of the Rings) What if the One Ring somehow found its way to Valinor?

Can the Valar destroy it, or does it have to be sent back to Middle Earth and cast into Mount Doom?
gpt
The Valar, especially Aulë, could destroy it. The reason for their non-intervention in Middle Earth is because of the massive carnage that took place in the last war of the First Age (they literally sunk and destroyed parts of the world), so the only reason they have for not destroying the ring is on principle. That is, they don't want the inhabitants of Middle Earth to rely on them.