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 19:32 | comment | added | Pryftan | ...But they didn't know where the Ring was at the time. And Saruman of course wanted it for himself so he was persistently saying it'd never be found so he could look. And indeed he does eventually look around Gladden. They knew very well the danger of the Ring. Saruman overruled some of their actions and by the time they went for the attack in Mirkwood Sauron simply retreated to Mordor. | |
| Aug 16, 2017 at 19:30 | comment | added | Pryftan | 'For Isildur would not surrender it to Elrond and Círdan who stood by. They counselled him to cast it into the fire of Orodruin nigh at hand, in which it had been forged, so that it should perish, and the power of Sauron be for ever diminished, and he should remain only as a shadow of malice in the wilderness.' So yes they did know or if they didn't know they had a pretty good idea about it. I like your point about extreme actions. Re the film: they cut out the Battle of Dagorlad which was 7 years. White Council: see above. And I am pretty sure they did know the danger.... | |
| Oct 19, 2015 at 19:01 | comment | added | leftaroundabout | @SayaPerez: Isildur was Elrond's great-great-...(24 generations)-grand nephew. That doesn't mean your point isn't valid... but realistically speaking, Isildur isn't more closely related to Elrond than any other man. | |
| Oct 15, 2015 at 10:51 | comment | added | Saya Perez | Not only were Elrond, Cirdan and Isildur friendly and as such unwilling to go into combat for the sake of the ring, but if I remember correctly, Elrond and Isildur are family, Isildur being Elrond's nephew. This adds to Elrond's probable unwillingness to stir up contention -or worse, commit an act of violence- because of Isildur's decision to keep the ring. It just doesn't seem reasonable for an uncle to attack his nephew because his nephew is making what appears to be a bad decision. | |
| Jan 23, 2014 at 0:34 | history | bounty ended | Martha | ||
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| Jan 21, 2014 at 16:31 | history | answered | user21851 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |