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| e415cab | For Isildur would not surrender it to Elrond and Cirdan who stood by. They counselled him to cast it into the fire of Orodruin night at hand... But Isildur refused this counsel, saying: 'This I will have as weregild for my father's death, and my brother's. Was it not I that dealt the Enemy his death-blow?' And the Ring that he held seemed to him exceedingly fair to look on; and he would not suffer it to be destroyed. | the-ring-of-power isildur the-one-ring sauron lord-of-the-rings | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| 1f444d6 | For the rest, they shall represent the other Free Peoples of the World: Elves, Dwarves, and Men, Legolas shall be for the Elves; and Gimli son of Gloin for the Dwarves. They are willing to go at least to the passes of the Mountains, and maybe beyond. For Men you shall have Aragorn son of Arathorn, for the Ring of Isildur concerns him closely | men arathorn free-people-of-the-world isildur legolas the-fellowship-of-the-rings gimli gloin dwarves the-lord-of-the-rings j-r-r-tolkien | J.R.R. Tolkien |