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<p>House/group/event article, book-canon (Corvus)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;Council of Elrond&#039;&#039;&#039; was the great meeting held at [[Rivendell]] in the year 3018 of the Third Age, at which the free peoples of [[Middle-earth]] took counsel concerning the [[One Ring]] and resolved that it must be destroyed. Convened by [[Elrond]], lord of Rivendell, the Council brought together representatives of Elves, Dwarves, and Men, along with the wizard [[Gandalf]] and the hobbit [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], bearer of the Ring. It was at this Council that the course of the [[War of the Ring]] was set, and the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] was formed.<br /> <br /> == The Gathering ==<br /> The Council was not summoned by design so much as gathered by chance -- or by the workings of a deeper purpose. Many errands had brought messengers and travelers to Rivendell at the same hour: [[Boromir]] of [[Gondor]], seeking the meaning of a riddling dream; [[Glóin]] the Dwarf, bearing troubling tidings from [[Erebor]]; Elves from [[Mirkwood]] and the Grey Havens; and [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] himself, who had carried the Ring to safety out of the [[Shire]] at great peril.<br /> <br /> == The Counsel ==<br /> Over the course of the Council the long history of the Ring was laid bare. [[Elrond]] recounted the tale of its forging by [[Sauron]] and the fall of the [[Last Alliance]]; [[Gandalf]] revealed the treachery of [[Saruman]], who had turned to evil and sought the Ring for himself; and the journeys that had brought the Ring to Rivendell were told in full. The assembled wisdom weighed every course: to hide the Ring, to send it over the Sea, to wield it against Sauron. Each was found wanting, for the Ring could not be used for good, and Sauron would never cease to hunt it.<br /> <br /> At last it was resolved that there was but one road: the Ring must be carried into [[Mordor]] and unmade in the fires of [[Mount Doom]] where it was forged. When the choice was made and none knew who should bear so dreadful a burden, [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] spoke up and offered to take the Ring, though he did not know the way.<br /> <br /> == Outcome ==<br /> The Council named Frodo the Ring-bearer, and [[Elrond]] chose companions to go with him -- the [[Fellowship of the Ring]], nine walkers to stand against the Nine Riders: Frodo and three hobbit companions, [[Gandalf]], [[Aragorn]], [[Boromir]], [[Legolas]] the Elf, and [[Gimli]] the Dwarf.<br /> <br /> == Significance ==<br /> The Council of Elrond is the hinge on which the whole War of the Ring turns. It was here that the free peoples, despite their old divisions and mistrust, chose the seemingly hopeless path of destroying the Ring rather than wielding it -- and entrusted the fate of the world to the courage of a hobbit. From this council came the Fellowship and the quest that would, in the end, bring down Sauron.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Lord of the Rings]]<br /> [[Category:Events]]</div>

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