While we're discussing the role of Elrond - and I agree that the banner-bearer/messenger,etc. would have had to be able to fight, even though he wasn't commanding fighters - in the Council of Elrond chapter, he also says that he tried to talk Isildur into throwing the Ring away (they showed this as a flashback in the film, rather than having him tell the Council, but he did say it). Don't tell me he was busy bandaging Isildur at the time. :-)
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