I wonder if Vilya was able to create a miniature, less effective version of the Girdle of Melian?
That way earlier in the Age if people were fleeing across the mountains due to turmoil there could be some way that the Last Homely House would be made nice and Homely, but less of a security threat, since anyone evil wouldn't even find it, right?
Just trying to figure out ways to square Rivendell's generosity away with its hidden nature.
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