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**lindil** · 03-14-2001, 09:58 AM

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The White Council

The White Council seemed to be made up of a rather closed clique of Immortals. Gandalf, Saruman, Elrond,Galadriel are known members. Celeborn,Cirdan [or his representative],Glorfindel can be I think safely assumed.

I have always wondered wether the chief of the Dunedain [or king of Arthedain was in on it] along with the ruler of Gondor.
Thranduil does not seem that Thranduil was at the last meeting [during the Hobbit] as he was in his halls overseeing the imprisonment of the Dwarves.Dain also was not in on it.
Basically it seems that there was such a level of secrecy that the major allies [other than Lorien /Rivendell/the Havens] were largely unaware of what was going on each others realm other than sporadic messages. Thranduils realm is a puzzle, on the one hand we have aragorn travelling all the way past Lorien to take Gollum to Thranduil. And we have Legolas admitting to a virtual communication breakdon in FotR between the Mirkwood elves and Lothlorien 'It is many yearts since any of my kindred...' or some such.

Others I hope may have more insight.

Lindil is often found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowowns and working on his own board Osanwe-Kenta[/i]- 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p>

03-14-2001, 09:58 AM	#2
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Seeker of the Straight Path Posts: 474</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> The White Council The White Council seemed to be made up of a rather closed clique of Immortals. Gandalf, Saruman, Elrond,Galadriel are known members. Celeborn,Cirdan [or his representative],Glorfindel can be I think safely assumed. I have always wondered wether the chief of the Dunedain [or king of Arthedain was in on it] along with the ruler of Gondor. Thranduil does not seem that Thranduil was at the last meeting [during the Hobbit] as he was in his halls overseeing the imprisonment of the Dwarves.Dain also was not in on it. Basically it seems that there was such a level of secrecy that the major allies [other than Lorien /Rivendell/the Havens] were largely unaware of what was going on each others realm other than sporadic messages. Thranduils realm is a puzzle, on the one hand we have aragorn travelling all the way past Lorien to take Gollum to Thranduil. And we have Legolas admitting to a virtual communication breakdon in FotR between the Mirkwood elves and Lothlorien 'It is many yearts since any of my kindred...' or some such. Others I hope may have more insight. Lindil is often found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowowns and working on his own board Osanwe-Kenta[/i]- 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p> __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.