Why did Elrond not take the Ring?

Elrond Didn't Have the Strength to Stop Isildur
The main reason that Elrond wouldn't have pushed Isildur was that he simply couldn't have brought himself to destroy the Ring. He knew that the Ring needed to be destroyed, but actually doing it would have been different.

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Why couldn t Elrond take the Ring?

The ring would have been destroyed, as it was at the end of the War of the Ring. And with it, the spirit of Elrond. For in destroying the ring through such an act of treachery and betrayal, Elrond would have destroyed himself - and likely broken the Last Alliance into a brutal war between Elves and betrayed Men.

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Why didn t Elrond take the Ring to Valinor?

The very reason Gandalf was sent in the first place was to help the people of Middle Earth deal with their own problems. Taking the Ring to Valinor would break the deal and force the Valar to get involved. The Valar left the physical planet so that the fate of the world would no longer be their direct responsibility.

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Could Elrond resist the Ring?

Tolkien made it clear that no one could resist the call of the Ring in such a place, no matter how good they were. If Elrond had taken it from Isildur by force, then he himself would have kept it rather than destroy it. His only real option for destroying it without possessing it was to push Isildur in.

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Why didn t Galadriel tell Elrond about Sauron?

She already feels an outcast after Gil-galad tried to send her back to the Undying Lands, and she fears that if she reveals what she has done, it will be the final nail in the coffin. Instead, when Elrond pulls her from the river Glanduin, and she races back inside to Celebrimbor's forge, she chooses to stay silent.

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Why didn't Elrond take the Ring from Isildur after Sauron was defeated?

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Did Elrond realize that Halbrand was Sauron?

Though Galadriel doesn't share her news, Elrond is suspicious and wanders out to find the genealogy scroll that leads him to figure out that Halbrand is Sauron. Unfortunately, he finds this news too late, arriving back at the workshop just as the elven rings (the rings of power) are being completed.

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Why is Sauron scared of Galadriel?

Sauron Feared Galadriel

Tolkien also stated that Sauron saw Galadriel as his equal, and therefore, in his rise to power he feared that she would go after that power herself. As we saw in The Fellowship of the Ring, Galadriel told Frodo that the One Ring would consume her and turn her into a Dark Queen.

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Could Elrond have killed Isildur?

Elrond Didn't Have the Strength to Stop Isildur

The main reason that Elrond wouldn't have pushed Isildur was that he simply couldn't have brought himself to destroy the Ring. He knew that the Ring needed to be destroyed, but actually doing it would have been different.

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Why didn't they just fly the Eagles to Mordor?

Gwaihir physically cannot drop the One Ring into the fires himself. The Eagles of the Valar are huge, and that's an understatement. Not only would their flight above Mount Doom cause a stir in Sauron's forces, but there is no physical way for Gwaihir to drop the One Ring precisely into the Cracks of Doom.

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Why can't the Eagles fly the Ring to Mordor?

The Fellowship can't ride eagles to Mordor because of the giant, flying snake-dragon monsters ridden by One-Ring-sensing warrior kings and their half-mile-wide aura of fear.

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Why didn't Galadriel stop the rings being made?

She's an Elf, So Has a Very Long Lifespan

The first and most obvious reason Galadriel gets to hang on to her Ring – Nenya, the Ring of Water – from beginning (i.e. its forging) to end (the destruction of the One Ring) is that she lives long enough to do so.

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Why can't Galadriel go to the Undying Lands?

The Song of the Elves Represents Their Journey Home

This is represented on the soundtrack with Bear McCreary's original song “The Boat.” Galadriel can't join them because she feels that she has not served her purpose on Middle-earth. She would never be able to return if she entered the light of Valinor.

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Why didn t Arwen go to Valinor after Aragorn died?

And after their marriage, both Aragorn and Arwen are mortal. Arwen, therefore, could not set foot in the Undying Lands without special permission. And she wouldn't be likely to go after it in the end. So unfortunately, she would not go there, unlike Legolas, after Aragorn's passing.

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Why was Arwen dying but not Elrond?

Elrond has only Half-Elf, and he was once given the choice to be counted among Man or Elves. When he chose to be counted as Elven kind, he was then given immortality. Because Arwen is Elrond's daughter and also Half-Elf, she too has the choice to be a mortal woman or an immortal Elf.

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Why didn't they just take the Ring to the undying lands?

This in part explains why the ring could never go there, it would be like unleashing a great evil upon the sanctity of paradise, and would tarnish not only the sacred memory of those who dwell there but also the lands themselves.

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How is Elrond only half elf?

Elrond Half-elven was born in the Havens of Sirion in Beleriand, late in the First Age. His father was Eärendil, a great half-elven mariner who carried a star across the sky at the end of the First Age. Elrond's mother was Elwing, also known as Elwing the White, also half-elven.

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Why didn t Gandalf tell Gimli about Moria?

He didn't tell them his true concerns because its likely they would have assumed - recklessly - that Gandalf would defeat it. It's equally likely that the Fellowship might have fallen into despair and lost heart in the entire quest, something Gandalf couldn't afford.

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Did Tolkien say shut up about the Eagles?

This question still pesters fans to this day. Of course, the answer is that the Ring Wraiths had creatures that could fly, as revealed in The Two Towers. So this Eagle snobbery is boring and shows a lack of knowledge of the novels. However, Tolkien, as sophisticated as he was, had a simple two-word response: “shut up.”

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Why did Gandalf bring 3 Eagles?

It is a testament to the Eagle's friendship and loyalty to Gandalf, that they were willing to fly so close to danger for him, and also to Gandalf's belief and faith in the goodness of people winning out over the evil, that he took with him 3 Eagles, in the hopes that Gollum might still be able to be saved, both from ...

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Is Aragorn the heir of Isildur?

Aragorn was a Ranger of the North, first introduced with the name Strider and later revealed to be the heir of Isildur, an ancient King of Arnor and Gondor. Aragorn was a confidant of the wizard Gandalf, and played a part in the quest to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron.

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Is Isildur A Nazgul?

After he was attacked by the orcs, they transported his lifeless body to Mordor at Sauron's behest. Sauron revived Isildur with one of the nine rings, and then tortured him until his spirit was broken and he became a Nazgûl.

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Who betrayed Elrond?

The Real Reason That Elrond Went to Khazad-dûm Revealed

In his defense, Elrond has tried to convey this to Durin. But what nobody knew was that Elrond was manipulated by Celebrimbor and High King Gil-Galad.

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Why is Galadriel so unlikeable?

In Lord of the Rings, Galadriel was not shown as a warrior, which makes the comparison with the character depicted in The Rings of Power jarring and difficult to reconcile. There's considerable contention surrounding the idea that she was a warrior with many battles under her belt.

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Is Galadriel related to Arwen?

Through her great-grandmother, Idril, Arwen was also a descendant of King Turgon of the Noldor. Through her mother, she was the granddaughter of the Elf-queen Galadriel of Lothlórien, and the great-granddaughter of Finarfin.

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Is Lady Galadriel more powerful than Sauron?

In The Lord of the Rings, it is said that had Galadriel chosen to use her powers for evil instead of good, she would have been even more destructive and terrifying than Sauron himself. Galadriel was the greatest and most powerful of all Elves in Middle Earth in the Third Age.

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