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The One Ring Forums:
Tolkien Topics: Movie Discussion: The Hobbit:
Elrond from Rivendell to Rohan.:
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Otaku-sempai
Elvenhome
Jun 10 2020, 4:58pm
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Elrond from Rivendell to Rohan.
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To put Elrond's journey into perspective: according to Tolkien's chronology, he left Rivendell with Arwen on May 1 and arrived at Minas Tirith on 1 Lithe: the trip took sixty days. It took the Company the same length of time, if we subtract the month spent in Rivendell. Subtract the distance by road from Dunharrow by horse (it took the Rohirrim five days): So if the Muster took place on March 10 (never mind that Aragorn had been gone for two days by then), Elrond would have had to set out on January 15, while the Fellowship was escaping the Balrog.
Yes, in the films Elrond's journey is extremely problematic. We see him in The Return of the King still in Rivendell seeming about the same time that Gandalf and Pippin depart Edoras for Minas Tirith (March 5th in the book). It is only at this time that Narsil is reforged.We next see him on horseback approaching Aragorn's camp in Rohan (the morning of March 6th according to Tolkien). Even allowing Elrond the possibility of an extra day, he had to make a journey of maybe 600 miles or more in less than two days without benefit of the Eagles. And he couldn't leave Rivendell until after Narsil was remade.
I really wish I did have something useful to add about the main topic, but sadly I am tapped out.
#FidelityToTolkien
(This post was edited by Otaku-sempai on Jun 10 2020, 5:04pm)
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