ASTRIDE THE AGES
How could a people step confidently into the future without understanding their past?
About Elrond books and documents formed tottering heaps, titles lost beneath centuries of mildew, droppings and dust. Here was housed the collective knowledge and history of the people of Numenor, perhaps some even saved from the flood. He caressed a tattered and faded document. Could Elros' hand grace some of these pages?
Elrond drew a deep breath, resisting the urge to sneeze, and pushed up his sleeves. "Take everything out then clean and catalogue it," the lore-master instructed his helpers. "Gondor will have its honourable past restored."
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