![]() One of the members at the Council was Galdor. And then Frodo told the first few chapters of Lord of the Rings, which was new to everyone but Aragorn. Now it’s Bilbo’s turn, and he basically retold The Hobbit, which some people had apparently not yet read (looking at you, Boromir). Honestly, Aragorn sounds fairly bitter, seemingly claiming that Gondor wasn’t all that great at keeping out evil things, and that his Rangers had to clean up quite a few messes. He does, Boromir is grumpy about it, and Aragorn seems to challenge Boromir about the whole Sword of Elendil thing, Boromir claims that he doesn’t want a hand out – only advice, but admits that the Sword of Elendil would be pretty handy.Īragorn then talks a bit (after Bilbo whips out the “All that is gold does not glitter” poem), mostly calling Boromir out. With that, Gandalf tells Frodo to bring out the Ring. Elrond does some more explaining, telling Boromir that Boromir is the Chief of the Dúnedain. He focuses mostly on the Battle of Osgiliath and the dream that he had once (but that his brother had a bunch of times).Īragorn interjected, revealing to all (but especially Boromir) that he was the subject of “the Sword that was broken” part of the dream. During his talk, Elrond expands the world of The Hobbit into the world of Lord of the Rings, even dipping into the Silmarillion.īoromir then says a bit, adding to what Elrond was saying about Gondor, Boromir’s home. Quite a bit of history, most of which he witnessed himself, was delivered. Glóin and his son, Gimli, had come to warn Bilbo, as well as to get Elrond’s advice.Įlrond spoke next, giving us all the background we could ever want on Sauron and the Rings of Power. He also related the story of the messenger from Sauron coming to Dáin. Word hasn’t come from them lately, and they are feared to be lost. Balin, Ori and Óin all went to Moria about thirty years ago. Glóin spoke first, and we learn about Moria (which he related to Frodo the night before). It’s also safe to assume that what is written about the Council was probably chronological, but we’re still only getting the pertinent bits. We’re even told that much more was said than was related in the book. The Council of Elrond had seven scheduled speakers: Glóin, Elrond, Boromir, Bilbo, Frodo, Gandalf, and Aragorn.Īgain, most of this material has already been covered here. And with a bell ring, it was Council time. Frodo’s big plans for the day (apart from the Council, which seemed neither here nor there to him) were “to go walking today and explore the valley.” He had his eye on some of the pine trees. ![]() “Next day Frodo woke early…” The Council of Expositionįrodo was up and walking with Sam when they came across Bilbo and Gandalf chatting away. But we’ll hit some highlights, I’m sure.īook Two, Chapter 2: The Council of Elrond Since most of the stuff covered at the Council has already been covered in this blog (it was exposition, to be sure), there doesn’t seem to be much new material for us to go over. ![]() Today is the Council of Elrond where Tolkien goes off on everything he’s been thinking about since he started writing Lord of the Rings. Today is a huge day full of heaps of exposition. Greetings and welcome to Octoof the Third Age. ![]()
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