The Ring of Stone, often called the Ring, is a mountain range which encircles the Ringlands. They are barren rocky mountains, topped by ice and snow. Jutting out from the landscape, the Ring provided natural geographic protection and isolation for the inhabitants of the Ringlands during the apex of the civilization of the Tall Men. However, since their exodus from the Ringlands, the Ring serves to prevent others (mainly the nearby Samari) from venturing into the Ringlands.