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Aragorn took Elrond's advice, using the Paths of the Dead to reach Gondor in time to come to its aid. [T 12] Elrond remained in Rivendell until the destruction of both the Ring and Sauron in the War of the Ring. He then travelled to Minas Tirith for the marriage of Arwen and Aragorn, now King of the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor.
"The Council of Elrond" is the second chapter of Book 2 of J. R. R. Tolkien's bestselling fantasy work, The Lord of the Rings, which was published in 1954–1955.It is the longest chapter in that book at some 15,000 words, and critical for explaining the power and threat of the One Ring, for introducing the final members of the Company of the Ring, and for defining the planned quest to destroy it.
Elrond, High King Gil-galad, and the forces of Lindon arrive at Eregion to find the Orcs holding Galadriel hostage. Elrond attempts to negotiate her release, but refuses to hand over her ring, Nenya, to Adar. Elrond kisses Galadriel as cover to give her a pin that she can use to escape her shackles. The Elves continue their attack.
A principal figure in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, and the title character in The Return of the King, he becomes king over the reunited kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor. Arwen: Daughter of Elrond Half-elven and Celebrían.
Elrond withholds permission to marry his daughter from Aragorn until he is king of both Gondor and Arnor. Elrond fears that in the end, Arwen might find the prospect of death too difficult to bear. [T 5] Years later, Gandalf grows suspicious of Bilbo Baggins's magic ring, which he finds to be Sauron's One Ring.
By volume, he identifies and quotes 25 dreams in The Fellowship of the Ring; 10 in The Two Towers; and 10 in The Return of the King. [9] Thus for example in "The Council of Elrond", the protagonist Frodo exclaims "I saw you", explaining to the wizard Gandalf: "You were walking backwards and forwards. The moon shone in your hair."
"The Council of Elrond", the second chapter of Book 2, is the longest chapter in that book at some 15,000 words, and critical for explaining the power and threat of the Ring, for introducing the final members of the Fellowship of the Ring, and for defining the planned quest to destroy it.
Eärendil's son Elrond too chose elvish immortality, becoming known as Half-elven, and in the Third Age played an important role in The War of the Ring, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. [ T 4 ] Elros chose mortality, the gift of Men, founding the line of the Kings of Númenor ; [ T 4 ] his descendant at the time of The War of the Ring was ...