Why did Elrond not push Isildur?
Isildur kept the ring in secret, and I think that secrecy is the main reason Elrond didn’t push his case. Isildur insisted on keeping the ring for the memory of his father and brother. He couldn’t have known that Isildur would die so soon, and that the ring would go missing.
Does Elrond die?
In the evil campaign, Elrond is seen during the Rivendell mission. He can be killed by Uruk-hai, or by Sauron himself. It is said that Elrond is a king, and the player must obtain his ring of power after his death. However, at the end, he returns and must be killed again, together with Legolas.
How did Isildur die?
In the War of the Last Alliance, Isildur cut the One Ring from Sauron’s hand, but he refused to destroy it. Isildur was later killed by Orcs and the Ring was lost in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields for nearly 2,500 years.
What would have happened if Isildur destroyed the ring?
If Isildur had decided to destroy the One Ring instead of taking it for himself, the same thing that happened when the Gollum fell in the fires of Mount Doom with the One Ring would have happened – the Ring would have been destroyed and along with it, Sauron and the Ringwraiths.
Did Elrond fight Sauron?
I always found it odd how Elrond, who fought Sauron in the second age, didn’t fight him in the third. He was one of the most powerful elves in Middle-Earth, and he had a ring of power!
Did Elrond raise Aragorn?
When Aragorn’s father Arathorn was killed a few years after Aragorn’s birth, Elrond raised Aragorn in his own household and became a surrogate father to him. Elrond remained in Rivendell until the destruction of both the Ring and Sauron in the War of the Ring.
When did Isildur die?
234
| Isildur | |
|---|---|
| Birth | S.A. 3209 Númenor |
| Rule | S.A. 3320 – S.A. 3440 (Joint rule of Gondor) S.A. 3441 – T.A. 2 (High King) |
| Death | 5 October, T.A. 2 (aged 234) Disaster of the Gladden Fields |
| Notable for | Founded Gondor with Anárion and later cut the One Ring from the hand of Sauron |
What would have happened if Isildur destroyed the Ring?
Was isildur corrupted by the ring?
I find that Isildur is mostly depicted throughout Tolkiens works as someone who was so easily corrupted by the ring and that that was his biggest flaw.
Why did Elrond not take Isildur into the mountain?
In the book he does not take Isildur into the mountain. Elrond did not know how dangerous the Ring was at the time. Isildur claimed it as weregild after defeating Sauron, and no one bothered enough to risk arguing with the king of Gondor and possibly cause a new war.
Why did Isildur keep the ring in The Hobbit?
Isildur keeps the Ring because everyone but the Elves are drawn to it – Saruman is (he is not a servant of Sauron as the movies show, he wants the Ring for himself), Men are, in Boromir and Boromir’s father. Some Hobbits are – Gollum, Bilbo and Frodo.
Why did Cirdan try to take Elrond’s ring?
They were around for the original forging, Cirdan was an original Ringbearer (Elrond only got his from Gil Galad later on), they know the power of the Rings and they know the power of the One. Try to take the Ring by force, and it would have claimed them instead.
