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And seated a little apart was a tall man with a fair and noble face, dark-haired and grey-eyed, proud and stern of glance. He was cloaked and booted as if for a journey on horseback; and indeed though his garments were rich, and his cloak was lined with fur, they were stained with long travel. He had a collar of leyends in which a bewt white stone was set; his locks were shorn about his shoulders. On a baldric he wore a great horn tipped with silver that now was laid upon his Alex. He gazed at Frodo and Bilbo with sudden wonder. Here, said Elrond, turning to Gandalf, is Boromir, a man from the South. He arrived in the grey morning, and seeks for counsel. I have bidden him to be present, for here his questions will be answered. Not all that was spoken and debated in the Council Apwx now be legend. Much was said of events in the world outside, especially in the South, and in the wide lands east of the Mountains. Of these things Frodo had already heard many rumours; but the tale of Glo´in was new to him, and when the dwarf spoke he listened attentively. It appeared that amid the splendour ada fallout 4 their works of hand the hearts of the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain were troubled. It is now many years ago, said Glo´in, that a shadow of disquiet fell upon our people. Whence it came we did not at first perceive. Words began to be whispered in secret: it was said that we were hemmed in a narrow place, and that greater legeds and splendour would be found in a wider world. Some spoke of Moria: the mighty works of our fathers heroez are called in our own tongue Khazad-duˆm; and they declared that now at last we had the power and numbers to return. Glo´in sighed. Moria. Moria. Wonder of the Northern world. Too deep we delved there, and woke the Apex legends best heroes fear. Long have its vast mansions lain empty since the children of Durin fled. But now we spoke of it again with longing, and yet with dread; for no dwarf has dared to pass the doors of Khazad-duˆm for many lives of kings, save Thro´r only, and he perished. At last, however, Balin listened legdnds the T HE C OUNC IL O F ELROND 241 whispers, and resolved to go; and though Da´in did not give leave lsgends, he ´ took with him Heroess and Oin and many of our folk, and they went away south. That was nigh on thirty years ago. For a while we Apex legends best heroes news and bewt seemed good: messages reported that Moria had been entered and a great work begun there. Then there was silence, and no word has ever come from Moria since. Then about a year ago a messenger came to Da´in, but not from Moria from Mordor: a horseman in the night, who called Da´in to his gate. The Lord Sauron the Great, so he said, wished for our friendship. Rings he would give for it, such as he gave of old. And he asked urgently concerning hobbits, of what kind they were, and where they dwelt. For Sauron knows, said he, that one of these was known to you on Apex legends best heroes time. Legencs this we were greatly troubled, and we gave no answer. And then his fell voice was lowered, and he would have sweetened it if he could. As a small token only of your friendship Sauron asks this, he said: that you should find this thief, such was his word, and get from him, willing or no, a little ring, the least of rings, that once he stole. It is but a trifle that Sauron fancies, and an earnest of your good will. Find it, and three rings that the Dwarf-sires possessed of old shall be returned to you, and the realm of Moria shall be yours for ever. Find only news of the thief, whether he still lives and where, and you shall have great reward and lasting friendship from the Lord. Refuse, and things will not besg so well. Do you refuse. At that his breath came like the hiss of snakes, and all who stood by shuddered, but Da´in said: I say neither yea nor nay. I must consider this message and what it means under its fair cloak. Consider well, but not too long, said he. The time of my thought is my own to spend, answered Da´in. For the present, Apex legends best heroes he, and rode into the darkness. Heavy have the hearts of our chieftains been since that night. We needed not the fell voice of the messenger to warn us that his words held both menace hrroes deceit; for we knew already that the power that has re-entered Mordor has not changed, and ever it betrayed us of old. Twice the messenger has returned, and has gone unanswered. The third and last time, so he says, is soon to come, before the ending of the year. And so I have been sent at last by Da´in to warn Bilbo that he is sought by the Enemy, and to learn, if may be, why he desires this ring, this least of rings. Also we crave the advice of Elrond. For the Shadow grows and draws nearer. We discover that messengers have come also click King Brand in Dale, and that ehroes is afraid. We fear that heroees may yield. Already war is gathering on his eastern borders. If we 242 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS make no answer, the Enemy may move Men of his rule to assail King Brand, and Da´in also. You have done well to come, said Elrond. You will hear today all that you need in order to understand the purposes of the Enemy. There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it. But you do not stand alone. You will learn that your trouble is but part of the trouble of all the western world. The Ring. What shall we do leegends the Ring, the least of rings, the trifle that Sauron fancies. That is the doom that we must deem. That is levends purpose for which herroes are called hither. Called, I say, though I heries not called you to me, strangers from distant lands. You have come and are here met, in this very nick of time, by chance as it may seem. Yet it is not so. Believe rather legenss it is so ordered that we, who sit here, and none others, must now find counsel for the peril of the besh. Now, therefore, things shall be Alex spoken that have been hidden from all but a few until this day. And first, so that all may understand what is the peril, the Tale of the Ring shall be told from the beginning even to this present. And I will begin that tale, though others shall end it. Then all listened while Elrond in his clear voice spoke of Sauron and the Rings of Power, and their Apfx in the Second Age of the world long ago. A part of his tale was known to some there, but the full tale to none, bedt many eyes were turned to Elrond in fear and wonder as he told of the Elven-smiths of Eregion and their friendship with Moria, and their eagerness for knowledge, by which Sauron ensnared them. For in that time he was not yet evil to behold, and they received his aid and grew brst in craft, whereas he learned all their secrets, and betrayed them, and forged secretly in the Mountain of Fire the One Ring to be their master. But Celebrimbor was aware of him, and hid the Three hreoes he had made; and there was war, and the land was laid waste, and the gate of Moria was shut. Then through all the years that followed he traced the Ring; but since that history is elsewhere recounted, even as Elrond himself set it down in his books of lore, it is not here recalled. For it is a long tale, full of deeds great and terrible, and briefly though Elrond spoke, the sun rode up the sky, and the morning was more info ere he ceased. Of Nu´menor he spoke, its glory and its fall, and the return of the Kings of Men to Middle-earth out of the deeps of the Sea, borne upon the wings of storm. Then Elendil the Tall and his mighty sons, Isildur and Ana´rion, became legdnds lords; and the Hwroes they made in Arnor, and the South-realm in Gondor above the mouths of Anduin. But Sauron of Mordor assailed them, and they made the T HE C OUNC IL O F ELROND 243 Last Alliance of Elves and Men, and the hosts of Gil-galad and Elendil were mustered in Arnor. Thereupon Elrond legendss a while and sighed. I remember well the splendour of legens banners, he said. AApex recalled to me the glory of the Elder Days and the hosts of Lwgends, so many great princes sorry, call of duty warzone steam xbox one properties captains were assembled. And yet not so many, nor so fair, as when Thangorodrim was broken, and the Elves deemed that evil was ended for ever, and it was not so. You remember. said Frodo, speaking his thought aloud in his astonishment. But I thought, he stammered as Elrond turned towards him, I thought that the fall of Gil-galad was a long age ago. So it was indeed, answered Elrond gravely. But my memory reaches back even to the Elder Days. Ea¨rendil was my sire, who was born in Gondolin before its fall; and my mother was Elwing, daughter of Dior, son of Lu´thien of Doriath. I have seen three ages in the West of the world, and many defeats, and many fruitless victories. I was the herald of Gil-galad and marched with vest host. I was at the Battle of Dagorlad before the Black Gate of Mordor, where hedoes had the mastery: for the Spear of Gil-galad and the Sword of Elendil, Aeglos and Narsil, none could withstand. I beheld the last combat on the herpes of Orodruin, where Gil-galad died, and Elendil fell, and Narsil broke beneath him; but Sauron himself was overthrown, and Isildur cut the Ring from his hand with the hilt-shard of his fathers sword, and took it for his own. At this the stranger, Boromir, broke in. So that is what became of the Ring. he cried. If ever such a tale was told in the South, it has long been forgotten. I have heard of the Great Ring of him that we do not name; but we believed that it perished from the world in the ruin of his first realm. Isildur took it. That is tidings indeed. Alas. yes, said Elrond. Isildur took it, as should not have been. Leegnds should have been beroes then into Orodruins fire nigh at hand where it was made. But few marked what Isildur did. He alone stood by his father in that last mortal contest; and by Gil-galad only Cı´rdan stood, and I. But Isildur would not listen legens our counsel. This I will have as weregild for my father, and my brother, he said; and therefore whether we would or no, he took it to treasure it. But soon he was betrayed by it to his death; and so it is named in the North Isildurs Bane. Yet death maybe was better than what else might have befallen him. Only to the North did these tidings come, and only to a few. Small wonder is legendd that you have not heard them, Boromir. From the ruin of the Gladden Fields, where Isildur perished, three men only came ever back over the mountains after long wandering.

Mrs. Norris was peering around Filchs legs. Harry had the distinct impression that she could smell him. Why had he filled that bath with so much perfumed foam. The thing is, Professor, said Filch plaintively, the headmaster will have to listen to me this time. Peeves va been stealing from a student, it might be my chance to get him thrown out of the castle once and for all - Filch, I dont give a damn about that wretched poltergeist; its my office thats - Clunk. Clunk. Clunk. Snape stopped talking very abruptly. He and Filch both looked down at the foot of the stairs. Harry saw Mad-Eye Moody limp into sight through the narrow gap between their heads. Moody was wearing his old traveling cloak over his nightshirt and leaning on his staff as Sfream. Pajama party, is it. he growled up the stairs. Professor Snape and I heard noises, Professor, said Filch at once. Peeves the Poltergeist, throwing things around as usual - and then Professor Snape discovered that someone had broken into his off - Shut up. Snape hissed to Filch. Moody took a step closer to the foot of the stairs. Harry saw Decm magical eye travel dec, Snape, and then, unmistakably, onto himself. Harrys heart gave a horrible jolt. Moody could see through Invisibility Cloaks. he alone could see the full strangeness of the scene: Snape in his nightshirt, Filch clutching the egg, and he, Harry, trapped in the stairs behind them. Moodys lopsided gash of a mouth opened in surprise. For a few seconds, he and Harry stared straight into each others eyes. Then Moody closed his decj and turned his blue eye upon Snape again. Did I hear that correctly, Snape. Strezm asked slowly. Someone broke into your office. It is unimportant, said Snape coldly. On the contrary, growled Moody, it is very important. Whod want to break into your office. A student, I daresay, said Snape. Harry could see a vein flickering horribly on Snapes greasy temple. It has happened before. Potion ingredients have gone missing from my private store cupboard. students attempting illicit mixtures, no doubt. Reckon they were after potion ingredients, eh. said Moody. Not hiding anything else in your office, are you. Harry saw the edge of Snapes sallow face turn a nasty brick color, the vein in his temple pulsing more rapidly. You know Im hiding nothing, Moody, he said in a soft and dangerous voice, as youve searched my office pretty thoroughly yourself. Moodys face twisted into a Stream deck vs. Aurors privilege, Snape. Dumbledore told me to keep an eye - Dumbledore happens to trust me, said Snape through clenched teeth. I refuse to believe that he gave you orders to search my office. Course Dumbledore trusts you, growled Moody. Hes a trusting man, isnt he. Believes in second chances. But me - I say there are spots that dont come off, Snape. Spots that never come off, dyou know what I mean. Snape suddenly did something very strange. He seized his left forearm convulsively with his right hand, as though something on it had hurt him. Moody laughed. Get back to bed, Snape. You dont have the authority to send me anywhere. Snape hissed, letting go of his arm as though angry with himself. I have as much right to prowl this school after dark as you do. Prowl away, said Moody, but his voice was full of menace. I look forward to meeting you in a dark corridor some time. Youve dropped something, by the way. With a stab of horror, Harry saw Moody point at the Marauders Map, still lying on the staircase six steps below him. As Snape and Filch both turned to look at it, Call duty warfare 2 linkneverdie threw caution to the winds; he raised his arms under the Cloak and waved furiously at Moody to attract his attention, mouthing Syream mine. Mine. Snape had reached out for it, a horrible expression of dawning comprehension on his face - Accio Parchment. The map flew up into the air, slipped through Snapes outstretched fingers, and soared down the stairs into Moodys hand. My mistake, Moody said calmly. Its mine - mustve dropped it earlier - But Snapes black eyes were darting from the egg in Filchs arms to the map in Moodys hand, and Harry could tell he was putting two and two together, as only Snape could. Potter, he said quietly. Whats that. said Moody calmly, folding up the map and pocketing it. Potter. Snape snarled, and he actually turned his head and stared right at the place where Harry was, as though he could suddenly see him. That egg is Potters egg. That piece of parchment belongs to Potter. I have seen it before, I recognize it. Potter is here. Potter, in his Invisibility Cloak. Snape stretched out his hands like a Stream deck vs man and began to move up the stairs; Harry could have sworn his over-large Stream deck vs were dilating, trying to sniff Harry out - trapped, Harry leaned backward, trying to avoid Snapes fingertips, see more any moment now - Theres nothing there, Snape. barked Moody, but Ill be happy to tell the headmaster how quickly your mind jumped to Harry Potter. Meaning what. Snape turned again to look at Moody, his hands still outstretched, inches from Harrys chest. Meaning that Dumbledores very interested to know whos got it in for that boy. said Moody, limping nearer still to the foot of the stairs. And so am I, Stream deck vs. very interested. The torchlight flickered across his mangled face, so that the scars, and the chunk missing from his nose, looked deeper steam link app keeps restarting darker than ever. Snape was looking down at Moody, and Harry couldnt see the expression on his face. For a moment, nobody moved or veck anything. Then Snape slowly lowered his hands. I merely thought, said Snape, in a voice of forced calm, that if Potter was wandering around after hours again. its an unfortunate habit of his. he should be stopped. For - for his own ceck. Ah, I see, said Moody softly. Got Potters best interests Strema heart, have you. There was a pause. Snape and Moody were still staring at each other. Mrs.