Note: The origin of the ring of power and how it came to Reed.
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne,
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
J. R. R. Tolkien
The being called "Daniels" could pass as human, though one could not say with certainty what he was. His people had conquered time but had not conquered strife. To mold the timeline to their liking, they had fabricated rings of power. Some they gave to elegant Vulcans with pointed ears, though that tribe split and some were lost to darkness. Some they gave to Andorians, miners in the ice. Some were given to humans of the bright blue world. It was there that the One Ring that controlled them all slipped unfelt from his finger. The precious thing was gone!