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Half Elven
Father Earendil / Mother Elwing
Other Names: None
Notable Quotes:
"Believe rather that it is so ordered that we, who sit here, and none others, must now find counsel for the peril of the world."
"I have seen three ages in the West of the world, and many defeats, and many fruitless victories."
"Now at this last we must take a hard road, a road unforeseen...we must send the Ring to the Fire."
"I think that this task is appointed for you, Frodo; and that if you do not find a way, no one will. This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great. Who of all the Wise could have foreseen it?"
"The further you go, the less easy will it be to withdraw; yet no oath or bond is laid on you to go further than you will. For you do not yet know the strength of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet upon the road."
Biography:
One of the greatest Elves in the history of Middle-Earth, Elrond was born at the Havens of Sirion late in the First Age. During their sack, he and his brother Elros were taken captive by the Sons of Feanor, but Maglor took pity on them and released them. When they were rescued, Elrond was found playing in a cave beneath a waterfall, and so received his name.
Both of Elrond's parents were half-elven, and after the War of Wrath he was given a choice: whether to be counted amongst the kindred of Elves or of Men. He chose the Firstborn, and remained in Lindon with High King Gil-Galad.
After the invasion of Eriador by Sauron in the mid-Second Age, Elrond founded a refuge there in a deep hidden mountain vale; this was named Imladris, or Rivendell in the Common Speech. After Sauron's defeat by Tar-Minastar of Numenor, Elrond remained in Rivendell, where he prospered with the aid of the Great Ring, Vilya.
Elrond played a great part in the histories of the Second and Third Ages; he marched as the herald of Gil-Galad and Elendil to the War of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, and he was a leading member of the White Council. At the time of the Council of Elrond in 3018 (Third Age), he had dwelt in Middle-Earth for some 6,500 years.
It was the wisdom of Elrond that prevailed at his own council in Rivendell. It was his reasoning that the Dark Lord should not suppose it possible for mankind to wish to destroy the Ring, and so, forsaking other paths of "wise course," he suggested that it be sent to the fire of Orodruin, the only possible place it could be destroyed. Frodo Baggins became the designee of this task, taking it upon himself to journey the many hundreds of leagues to Mordor to unmake the Ring in the Cracks of Doom.
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