The Council of Elrond (chapter)

This article is about the chapter. For the event in Rivendell, see Council of Elrond.

The Council of Elrond
Chapter Information
Number	2
Location	Rivendell
Date	October 25, 3018
Previous	Many Meetings
Next	The Ring Goes South

The Council of Elrond is the second chapter of Book Two of The Fellowship of the Ring.

Plot

The Council of Elrond is summoned by Lord Elrond to discuss what is to be done with the One Ring. During the meeting, Gandalf tells the story of his escape from Saruman. Ultimately, the members of council decide that the Ring must be destroyed, and Frodo offers to take it himself to Mordor.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Species and creatures	Locations	Factions, groups and titles
Events	Objects and artifacts	Miscellanea

Characters

Dramatis personae

Frodo Baggins Elrond Gandalf Aragorn Boromir Legolas Glóin

Samwise Gamgee Bilbo Baggins Glorfindel Erestor Galdor of the Havens Gimli

Other characters

Balin (Mentioned only) Dain II Ironfoot (Mentioned only) Óin (Mentioned only) Ori (Mentioned only) Gollum (Mentioned only) Thranduil (Mentioned only) Celebrimbor (Mentioned only) Gil-galad (Mentioned only) Círdan (Mentioned only) Elendil (Mentioned only) Isildur (Mentioned only) Smaug (Mentioned only) Nazgûl (Mentioned only)

Valandil (Mentioned only) Thror (Mentioned only) Thrain (Mentioned only) Thorin (Mentioned only) Anarion (Mentioned only) Meneldil (Mentioned only) Brand (Mentioned only) Ohtar (Mentioned only) Denethor II (Mentioned only) Radagast (Mentioned only) Gwaihir (Mentioned only) Saruman (Mentioned only) Sauron (Mentioned only)

Species and creatures

Hobbits Elves Dwarves Men Orcs (Mentioned only)

Locations

Rivendell Shire (Mentioned only) Annuminas (Mentioned only) Lake Evendim (Mentioned only) Moria (Mentioned only) Khazad-dûm (Mentioned only) Mirkwood (Mentioned only) Dol Guldur (Mentioned only) Rhosgobel (Mentioned only) Anduin (Mentioned only) Lonely Mountain (Mentioned only) Gladden Fields (Mentioned only)

Argonath (Mentioned only) Rohan (Mentioned only) Gondor (Mentioned only) Osgiliath (Mentioned only) Minas Ithil (Mentioned only) Minas Anor (Mentioned only) Mordor (Mentioned only) Black Gate (Mentioned only) Mount Doom (Mentioned only) Dead Marshes (Mentioned only)

Factions, groups and titles

Men Númenor (Mentioned only) Haradrim (Mentioned only) Easterlings (Mentioned only) Last Alliance Chieftain of the Dúnedain

Events

The meeting of the Council of Elrond Battle of Dagorlad (Mentioned only)

Objects and artifacts

Rings of Power One Ring Narsil (Mentioned only) Aiglos (Mentioned only)

Songs and verses

1. Seek for the Sword that was broken

Portrayal in adaptations

The Council of Elrond as seen in Peter Jackson's film The Fellowship of the Ring

In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the only characters who speak, other than Elrond himself, are mostly Gandalf, Aragorn, Boromir, Gimli and Legolas. Other members of Elrond's household like Erestor and Glorfindel are omitted. There are no signs of talking about the current War and of Gollum's escape in Mirkwood. In addition to this, it was not only Sam who was eavesdropping, but also Merry and Pippin.

Translations

Foreign language	Translated title
Afrikaans	Die Raad van Elrond
Albanian	Këshilli i Elrondit
Bengali	দ্য কাউন্সিল অফ এলরন্ড
Bosnian	Vijeće Elronda
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Съветът на Елронд
Catalan	El Consell d'Elrond
Cebuano	Ang Konseho sa Elrond
Croatian	Vijeće Elronda
Czech	Rada Elronda
Danish	Rådsforsamlingen hos Elrond
Dutch	De Raad van Elrond
Esperanto	La Konsilio de Elrond
Estonian	Elrondi ülemkogu
Filipino	Ang Konseho ng Elrond
Finnish	Elrondin neuvonpito
French	Le conseil d'Elrond
Frisian	De Ried fan Elrond (Western)
Galician	O Consello de Elrond
Georgian	ელრონდის საბჭო
Greek	Ο Συμβούλιο της Ελρονδ
Gujarati	આ એલરોન્ડની કાઉન્સિલ
Hindi	द एल्रोन्द् की परिषद
Italian	Il Consiglio di Elrond
Japanese	エルロンド評議会
Kannada	ದಿ ಎಲ್ರಾಂಡ್ ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲ್
Korean	엘론드 의회
Latvian	Elrondas padome
Lithuanian	Elrondo taryba
Luxembourgish	De Conseil vun Elrond
Macedonian Cyrillic	Советот на Елронд
Maithili	द एलरोंड के परिषद
Marathi	द एलरॉंडची परिषद
Polish	Narada u Elronda
Portuguese	O Conselho de Elrond
Punjabi	ਦ ਐਲਰੌਂਡ ਦੀ ਕੌਂਸਲ
Romanian	Consiliul de la Elrond / Sfatul lui Elrond
Russian	Совет у Эльронда
Sinhalese	ද එල්රොන්ඩ් කවුන්සිලය
Slovak	Elrondova rada
Spanish	El Concilio de Elrond
Tamil	த எல்ரோன்ட் கவுன்சில்
Tatar	Элронд Советы
Telugu	ఆ ఎల్రోండ్ కౌన్సిల్
Turkish	Elrond'un Konseyi
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Рада Елронда
Vietnamese	Hội đồng của Elrond
Yiddish	דער קאָונסיל פון עלראַנד