Rivendell, city of elves and home of
Elrond, was founded in year 1267 of the
Second Age. Located at the foot of the
Misty Mountains, and in the steep valey
Imladris, it was built in the "wedge" of land between the
Hoarwell and the
Loudwater (
Bruinen). The magical waters that surrounded the valley were said to be under the power of
Elrond, and they would rise up at his bidding to keep out any attackers.
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Rivendell became known as the
Last Homely House East of the Sea, eventually serving as a refuge for
Bilbo on his quest to
Erebor, and nursing the
Company of the Ring near the end of the
Third Age. Even the
Dunédain often visited there. (Indeed,
Aragorn son of
Arathorn was raised by
Elrond himself; it was in the woods surrounding Rivendell that
Elessar first beheld
Arwen Evenstar - see
The Arwen/Aragorn Issue.)
Imladris was an immortal land, holding an untarnished and beautiful magic. Little was it known that one of the
Three Rings was hidden there. This was
Vilya, "
Ring of Air" - it was given to
Elrond by
Gil-Galad before he died. When the
One Ring was destroyed, the power of this ring faded - and so did the "
magic" of Rivendell. Soon after the
fall of Sauron, Elrond departed for the
Grey Havens and left
Middle-Earth forever. The remaning
Elves soon followed, and the valley of Imladris was eventually deserted.
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