Elrond at the First Siege of Imladris

[bunn]

“By that time, Sauron had mastered all Eriador, save only besieged Imladris”  Unfinished Tales: p239

After the death of Celebrimbor and the ruin of Eregion, Elrond ‘had gathered such few of the Elves of Eregion as had escaped, but he had no force to withstand the onset’ of Sauron.  Elrond escaped when Dwarves out of  Khazad-dûm and Elves from Lorien attacked Sauron’s forces in the rear.  Elrond was forced North and took refuge at Imladris, where Sauron left a strong force to besiege him and prevent him coming to the aid of Gil-galad in Lindon.

So here is Elrond in that first, desperate siege, before Rivendell had bridges and buildings and defences, but was instead an emergency camp and refuge for Elrond’s rescue force and the refugees of Eregion.  It was three years before the siege was relieved by Ciryatur of Numenor.

Comments

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I meant them as stars of Earendil (they are six-pointed). No doubt he could wear Feanorian stars if he wanted to in Rivendell, but one assumes his gear on this occasion was probably made in Lindon, where putting Feanorian stars on things might be seen as rather an undiplomatic political statement. I tend to assume that people from Gondolin and Nargothrond tended to stay in Lindon and it's more people from East Beleriand who went to Eregion.

[hhimring]

D'oh--Earendil, of course!
I did see they were six-pointed.