Recently, I've become quite obsessed with Elrond's relationship with Arwen and the rest of his family. We never see Celebrian, but I can only assume he loved her very much and was very torn up to see her "go before him". In a way, Elrond's life seems like much of a tragedy mixed with bits of happiness to me.

He spent much of his life fighting for a cause that seemed hopeless at times, and was left with a wife dead [in a sense], 2 sons at war, and a daughter who could have been just as good as dead since she gave away her immortality.

I can only hope that when Elrond passed over the sea he had some relief from grief in the prospect of seeing his wife again though he was leaving his only daughter behind.

Okay, I was reading FotR for the first time... and I got to the council of Elrond and their talking about the fall of Gil-Galad. Well, Elrond says "I remember well the splendour of their banners" and a big long paragraph, and then:

"'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.'" (word for word from my book, and so is the next part)

"'So it was indeed,' answered Elrond greavely. 'But my memory reaches back even to the Eldar Days. Earendil was my sire, who was born in Gondolin before it's fall; and my mother was Elwing, daughter of Dior, son of Luthien of Doriath'"

Well, I have alway been told by my dad(who has read the books and is an LotR fan), and friends, and a few people here on A-U that Elrond is the son of Galadriel and Celeborn. But this gives me doudtes. Unless Celeborn is Earendil, and Elwing is Galadriel... but if so, why different names? I've pondered this alot... and I can't figure this out... can someone help me? Who are Elrond's sire and dam(father and mother)?

Okay, I was reading FotR for the first time... and I got to the council of Elrond and their talking about the fall of Gil-Galad. Well, Elrond says "I remember well the splendour of their banners" and a big long paragraph, and then:

"'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.'" (word for word from my book, and so is the next part)

"'So it was indeed,' answered Elrond greavely. 'But my memory reaches back even to the Eldar Days. Earendil was my sire, who was born in Gondolin before it's fall; and my mother was Elwing, daughter of Dior, son of Luthien of Doriath'"

Well, I have alway been told by my dad(who has read the books and is an LotR fan), and friends, and a few people here on A-U that Elrond is the son of Galadriel and Celeborn. But this gives me doudtes. Unless Celeborn is Earendil, and Elwing is Galadriel... but if so, why different names? I've pondered this alot... and I can't figure this out... can someone help me? Who are Elrond's sire and dam(father and mother)?

Recently, I've become quite obsessed with Elrond's relationship with Arwen and the rest of his family. We never see Celebrian, but I can only assume he loved her very much and was very torn up to see her "go before him". In a way, Elrond's life seems like much of a tragedy mixed with bits of happiness to me.

He spent much of his life fighting for a cause that seemed hopeless at times, and was left with a wife dead [in a sense], 2 sons at war, and a daughter who could have been just as good as dead since she gave away her immortality.

I can only hope that when Elrond passed over the sea he had some relief from grief in the prospect of seeing his wife again though he was leaving his only daughter behind.