Strider Helps The Ring
Chapter Four: Strider Helps The Ring Chapter Four: The Council Of Four Races (elves, humans, dwarfs and hobbits)
A/N: Here's Part Four! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: The Characters belong to Tolkien....As much as I wish they were mine!!
The hobbits had been in Rivendell for fourteen days now, on the third day, Frodo had got up and was still exploring and discovering all the delights of the elves. Pippin and Merry were content, they had as many drinks as they wanted, and dancing and feasts every night. They had learnt not to play tricks on the elves, as waking up covered in thorns, wasn't exactly pleasant! Sam was restless, he loved the elves, the music, the peace, but it wasn't and never could be the Shire, that was home.
"What are you doing Sam?" inquired Frodo, he had just come back from having a long talk with Bilbo, who kept asking about the ring, so he was feeling a little unsettled, and had gone looking for Sam.
"I'm packing, Mr Frodo, I just figured that we wouldn't stay here forever and I wanted to be ready to leave, I miss the Shire"
"So do I, I guess you're right Sam, it's just its so easy to lose track of time here" sighed Frodo.
Aragorn looked intently at the silent forest surrounded Rivendell, he was waiting for the other members of the council to arrive, the elves had called for all races to join under one, to destroy The One Ring, and the council was due to start tomorrow morning, but so far only The Stewart of Gonder's son, Boromir and Gloin with his son Gimli of the dwarves had arrived. Representers from the three races but only one from each, where was the Woodland Realm of elves with his friend Legalas? The hobbits were the fourth race, Aragorn admired their strength and or foolhardiness, but they were a race best to be forgotten and left to their own world.
Aragorn was worried, the time in Rivendell was just time for Mordor to get stronger,
Arwen: A si i-Dhúath ú-orthor, Aragorn.
Arwen: "Till now the Shadow not masters, Aragorn"
Arwen: Ú or le a ú or nin.
Arwen: "Not over you and not over me"
Arwen: Renich i lú i erui govannem?
Arwen: "Do you remember the time when we first met?"
Aragorn: Nauthannen i ned ôl reniannen.
Aragorn: "I thought I had strayed into a dream"
Arwen: Gwennin in enninath...
Arwen: "Long years have passed..."
Arwen: Ú-'arnech in naeth i si celich.
Arwen: "You did not have the cares you carry now."
The council of four races began at 12 hundred hours on a Tuesday morning, (AN: I do not know this time format? It just sounds better for this time period, if anyone, can fix/adjust it, please do!) 15 days after the arrival of Frodo Baggins and The One Ring to Rivendell.
Aragorn sat calmly listening to the smoothing voice of Elrond relate the events of the past few weeks, of the hobbits and the movement of The RingWraiths. Looking around he saw the wise faces that would decide the fate of Middle Earth.
"The Ring needs to be destroyed" summarized Elrond, "If Sauron lays his hands on it, he will not be defeated for once and for all, he will just keep coming back to haunt and kill your children, grandchildren and their children."
"Why don't we use it against him? Why don't we spare some brave lives, who go to their death to try, and keep their families and people they don't even know safe. Let Gondor use the ring" shouted Boromir.
"The Ring can not be tamed Boromir, son of Denethor" replied Aragorn.
"And who may you be, just a lowly ranger I gather? Who are you to know of such things?" Boromir asked definitely.
"He's not just a ranger, Boromir, be careful what you say, he's heir to the throne of Gondor" Legalas of Northern Mirkwood, (the Woodland Realm of elves) answered with distaste at Boromir, in support of his childhood friend.
Boromir sat back down in his seat with a grim expression on his face,
"Gondor needs, no king, no king who abandon's it's people"
Aragorn son of Arathorn, descended through many fathers from Isildur Elendil's son of Minias Ithil, took this all in calmly but inside he was shaking, did the people of Gondor, hate him? Had he really abanded them? No, it was for their own good, they couldn't have a weak king.
He steaded his resolve to stay away from his destiny.
In a corner of the council room, sat a shocked Frodo, he was looking around at the tense people taking it all in. Gandalf sat beside him with a hand on Frodo's knee protectively.
Elrond brought the meeting to order with
"Are we decided the ring needs to be destroyed?" he glanced around at every member on the council, with an exceptionally long glance of determaination at Boromir.
Everyone nodded, and seeing this Boromir nodded to, but still unconvinced.
Aragorn and Gandalf saw this but both sighed inwardly and let it pass. There was only so much people were willing to believe.
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