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October 24, TA 3018
24 October 2005 14:25:34Categories: Tolkien Calendar
Frodo recovers and wakes. Boromir arrives in Rivendell at night.
Ah, Rivendell! Who among us wouldn't endure the terror of the Black Riders to find ourselves waking up in one of Rivendell's many peaceful rooms, with its richly carved beams and patches of sunlight on the walls? Why is it that this place has captured the imaginations of so many artists?
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Frodo was now safe in the Last Homely House east of the Sea. That house was, as Bilbo had long ago reported, 'a perfect house, whether you like food or sleep or story-telling or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all'. Merely to be there was a cure for weariness, fear, and sadness.
But Imladris is no ordinary country inn. Elrond Half-Elven is Middle-earth's loremaster, and Frodo is in extraordinary need of wisdom. And, 'by chance', as it seems, all those who are needed to tell the full story of the Ring and Middle-earth's peril appear in the same place at the same time. By chance.
Calendar entry by Merry
Artwork: "Rivendell" by Alan Lee
Calendar entry by Merry
Artwork: "Rivendell" by Alan Lee