Is Elrond a wuss? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**lindil** · 08-26-2002, 04:34 AM

Where does it say he 'sent' his sons?
I was always under the impression Elladan and Elrohir wanted to go. they traveled alot w/ the Rangers. Elrond prob sent messages w/ them when they were already resolved to go to the Wars in the South.

Recall Gwindor of nargothrond? he was not sent by Orodreth, he went because he wanted to.

As for 'Why did not Elrond go?'

He was not an independent bachelor. He was a patriarch of one of 4 elven settlements [ not counting Dorwinion]we hear of at the end of the 3rd age. He was responsible for the safety and protection not of just the dwellers there, but of a place of refuge for travelling Dwarves, rangers and the wandering companies.

In short he had a home to run. He had been to war in Mordor before [ and who else involved in the final battles [ Minas Tirith and the Morannon] can say that?

No one.

I imagine that if his conscience had led him to Mordor he would have gone.

He did journey for the wedding, acompanying his daughter, buit if he had left earlier - the right sequence of events could have been disturbed.

He to my mind obviously did exactly what he was supposed to do.
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08-26-2002, 04:34 AM	#7
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	Where does it say he 'sent' his sons? I was always under the impression Elladan and Elrohir wanted to go. they traveled alot w/ the Rangers. Elrond prob sent messages w/ them when they were already resolved to go to the Wars in the South. Recall Gwindor of nargothrond? he was not sent by Orodreth, he went because he wanted to. As for 'Why did not Elrond go?' He was not an independent bachelor. He was a patriarch of one of 4 elven settlements [ not counting Dorwinion]we hear of at the end of the 3rd age. He was responsible for the safety and protection not of just the dwellers there, but of a place of refuge for travelling Dwarves, rangers and the wandering companies. In short he had a home to run. He had been to war in Mordor before [ and who else involved in the final battles [ Minas Tirith and the Morannon] can say that? No one. I imagine that if his conscience had led him to Mordor he would have gone. He did journey for the wedding, acompanying his daughter, buit if he had left earlier - the right sequence of events could have been disturbed. He to my mind obviously did exactly what he was supposed to do. N __________________ 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.