At the Council, Elrond remembers the Last Alliance, but comments that great and glorious as it was it didn't compare to the host at the breaking of Thangorodrim.
Of course, the former was just the remnant Faithful of Numenor plus Gil-Galad's elves, whereas the latter was the combined hosts of the Maiar/Vanyar/nonexiled Noldor.
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The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.
Last edited by William Cloud Hicklin; 09-08-2012 at 08:22 AM.
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