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The Council of Elrond
Andfirst,sothatallmayunderstandwhatistheperil,theTaleoftheRingshallbetoldfromthebeginningeventothispresent.AndIwillbeginthattale,thoughothersshallendit."
ThenalllistenedwhileElrondinhisclearvoicespokeofSauronandtheRingsofPower,andtheirforgingintheSecondAgeoftheworldlongago.Apartofhistalewasknowntosomethere,butthefulltaletonone,andmanyeyeswereturnedt=ElrondinfearandwonderashetoldoftheElven-smithsofEregionandtheirfriendshipwithMoria,andtheireagernessforknowledge,bywhichSauronensnaredthem.Forinthattimehewasnotyeteviltobehold,andtheyreceivedhisaidandgrewmightyincraft,whereashelearnedalltheirsecrets,andbetrayedthem,andforgedsecretlyintheMountainofFiretheOneRingtobetheirmaster.ButCelebrimborwasawareofhim,andhidtheThreewhichhehadmade;andtherewaswar,andthelandwaslaidwaste,andthegateofMoriawasshut.
ThenthroughalltheyearsthatfollowedhetracedtheRing;butsincethathistoryiselsewhererecounted,evenasElrondhimselfsetitdowninhisbooksoflore,itisnothererecalled.Foritisalongtale,fullofdeedsgreatandterrible,andbrieflythoughElrondspoke,thesunrodeupthesky,andthemorningwaspassingereheceased.
OfNumenorhespoke,itsgloryanditsfall,andthereturnoftheKingsofMentoMiddle-earthoutofthedeepsoftheSea,borneuponthewingsofstorm.
