Elrond is an important person in the history of Middle-Earth. He is a Half-elf with Elves and Men as ancestors who has choosen life as an Elf. Born briefly before the end of the First Age as son of Earendil and Elwing he was during the Second Age together with Gil-galad, Galadriel and Celebrimbor one of the leaders of the High-elves. During the first war with Sauron he founded the refuge Imladris, later called Rivendell. Here during the next 5000 years gatherings and councils were held, plans were made, refugees and wanderers were sheltered and the most important decisions of Middle-Earth were made.
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