Serpent's Ring

The Serpent's Ring was an artifact "of unspeakable power" created by the Snakemen during the time of the Elders.

History
After locating the Ring, King Hiss began a search for the long lost Ophidian Spire, which would provide him with a place of power through which he could channel the power of the Serpent's Ring to spread across all of Eternia. He-man proved incapable of stopping the ritual, however, he managed to dislodge the Spire from its roots to the earth and send it flying into the sun where both it and the Serpent Ring were destroyed.

Background
The Ring resembled a coiled scaled ring roughly the size of a Human head. It was a magical artifact that could be controlled through the power of its user and was able to fire greenish bolts of snake shaped energy at a target. Once hit by the magical blast, the person would transform into a Snakeman, making it a dangerous tool, as it was capable of transforming the entire denziens of a planet into Snakemen followers.

How each victim looked after transforming could be uniform or unique. Man-At-Arms lost his beard and gained a yellow scaly face. Mecha-Neck's head and neck turned into a cobra hood. Teela's face lost her human beauty and had a long tongue. When He-Man tried to bring Man-At-Arms to his senses after Man-At-Arms was transformed, his friend said (albeit strained) that he was fighting against the magic.

Appearances

 * Second Skin