Timeline for Why didn't Elrond or Círdan take the ring from Isildur by force and destroy it?
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| Aug 16, 2017 at 19:46 | comment | added | Pryftan | Cowards? No. Tolkien makes that very clear. It was part of the Ring's very nature. You note that even Frodo couldn't do it. And he was reluctant to throw it into his fire and puts it back in his pocket. Frodo was strong enough to get it to Mount Doom and that should be praised highly but if it wasn't for his kindness to Gollum/Sméagol the quest would have utterly failed. | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 19:16 | history | answered | Arien | CC BY-SA 3.0 |