Quotes from Elrond (FotR EE)

- Lasto beth nîn. tolo dan ngalad. ('Hear my voice, come back to the light.')

- Welcome to Rivendell, Frodo Baggins.

- His strength returns.

- And yet to have come so far still bearing the Ring the Hobbit has shown extraordinary resilience to its evil.

- Gandalf, the enemy is moving. Sauron's forces are massing in the east. His Eye is fixed on Rivendell. And Saruman, you tell me, has betrayed us. Our list of allies grows thin.

- This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves. We do not have the strength to fight both Mordor and Isengard! Gandalf ... the Ring cannot stay here. This peril belongs to all Middle-earth. They must decide now how to end it. The time of the Elves is over. My people are leaving these shores. Who will you look to when we´re gone? The Dwarves? They hide in mountains seeking riches. They care not for the troubles of others.

- Men? Men are weak. The race of Men is failing. The blood of Númenor is all but spent, its pride and dignity forgotten. It is because of Men the Ring survives. I was there, Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago...when Isildur took the Ring I was there the day the strength of Men failed. [backflash:Isildur, hurry! Follow me.] I led Isildur into the heart of Mount Doom where the Ring was forged, the one place it could be destroyed. [bf: Cast it into the fire! Destroy it! Isildur!] It should have ended that day, but evil was allowed to endure. Isildur kept the Ring. The line of kings is broken. There's no strength left in the world of Men. They're scattered, divided, leaderless. (Gandalf: There is one who could unite them. One who could reclaim the throne of Gondor.) He turned from that path a long time ago. He has chosen exile.

- Strangers from distant lands, friends of old you've been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor. Middle-earth stands upon the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unit, or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate, this one doom. Bring forth the Ring, Frodo.

- You have only one choice. The Ring must be destroyed.

- The Ring cannot be destroyed, Gimli, son of Glóin, by any craft that we here posess. The Ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there can it be unmade. It must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came. One of you must do this.

- No, indeed, it is hardly possible to seperate you even when he is summoned to a secret Council and you are not.

- Nine companions. So be it. You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring.

- Anirne hene beriad i chên în. Ned Imladris nauthant e le beriathar aen. (='She wanted to protect her child. She thought in Rivendell you would be safe.') In her heart your Mother knew you'd be hunted all your life, that you'd never escape your fate. The skill of the Elves can reforge the sword of kings, but only you have the power to wield it.

- The Ringbearer is setting out on the Quest of Mount Doom. On you who travel with him, no oath nor bond is laid to go further than you will. Farewell. Hold to your purpose. May the blessings of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you.

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