Timeline for Is the location of Rivendell a secret?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
10 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2020 at 15:31 | comment | added | chepner | Thorin's company was led there by Gandalf. I don't think there's any indication in general that Dwarves knew the location prior to that. | |
| Aug 29, 2020 at 18:00 | comment | added | Ian Thompson | @Gaurav --- fair point. One reason to single out 1409 is that it involves a significant number of elves from Lorien travelling to Rivendell, not just the boss's daughter. | |
| Aug 29, 2020 at 15:33 | comment | added | Mark Olson | It's worth remembering that this is a hidden house in an area which has been uninhabited for a millennium. Even without Elrond making a special effort to hide it, it will have long ago passed into legend among Men. Dwarves probably knew where it was -- Thorin and his group visited -- but given the antipathy between Elves and Dwarves, probably went there only at great need. | |
| Aug 29, 2020 at 15:29 | comment | added | Gaurav | Great answer! One minor point: it’s not too surprising that the elves of Loth Lorien knew where Rivendell was in TA 1409, since Elrond married Galadriel’s daughter early in the Third Age. Galadriel seems to me to be the kind of person who would keep an eye on her son-in-law :-P. | |
| Aug 29, 2020 at 14:28 | comment | added | Ian Thompson | @Edlothiad --- Not much to go on for this subject. All ranger cheiftains were fostered at Rivendell except Aranarth (the first cheiftain) [LotR appendix A(iii)]. There are various references to the sons of Elrond working with the Rangers (e.g. just after Frodo sees Arwen in Many Meetings). There is some evidence that the rangers had a settlement somewhere to the East of Bree, e.g. Butterbur's remark 'There's no accounting for East and West' in 'At the Sign of the Prancing Pony'. That's about it, as far as I know. | |
| Aug 29, 2020 at 14:07 | history | edited | Rand al'Thor♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
formatting for asterisk
|
| Aug 29, 2020 at 13:26 | comment | added | Edlothiad | I’d be interested to know if there’s a better reference for how much the Rangers know, there’s reason to believe the Kings of Arnor had dealings with the Elves of Imladris before its fall, further more its likely more of them were hosted at Imladris other than Aragorn. | |
| Aug 29, 2020 at 13:24 | history | edited | Edlothiad | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 1 character in body
|
| Aug 29, 2020 at 13:11 | vote | accept | Harry | ||
| Aug 29, 2020 at 12:48 | history | answered | Ian Thompson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |