Rivendell

2008-06-30T21:57:27Z

Juanber91:

{{location
| image=[[Image:J.R.R. Tolkien - Rivendell.jpg|300px]]
| name=Rivendell.
| othernames=[[Imladris]], the [[Last Homely House]].
| etymology=Riven (cloven) + dell?
| type=Valley/City.
| location=West of [[Hithaeglir]].
| inhabitants=[[Elves]].
| realms=[[Elrond]]'s dominion.
| description=Hidden valley with permanent elven settlement.
| events=[[Quest of Erebor]].
| references=''[[The Lord of the Rings]], [[The Hobbit]].''
|}}

'''Rivendell''' is an [[Elves|Elven]] outpost in [[Middle-earth]]. It is also referred to as "The Last Homely House East of the Sea", a reference to [[Valinor]], which is west of the sea. It is established by [[Elrond]] in the [[Second Age]] of Middle-earth (four or five thousand years before the events of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''). Besides Elrond himself, notable Elves who lived there include [[Arwen]] and [[Glorfindel of Rivendell|Glorfindel]].

During the [[War of the Elves and Sauron]] in the [[Second Age]], Rivendell was under siege by the forces of [[Sauron]].

In ''[[The Hobbit]]'', [[Bilbo Baggins]] stopped off at Rivendell with the Dwarves on the way to the [[Lonely Mountain]] and also on the way back to the [[Shire]] with [[Gandalf]].

In ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', [[Frodo Baggins]] and his [[Hobbit]] companions journey to Rivendell, where they meet with Bilbo, who had retired there after his 111th birthday, spending his time on his memoir, ''[[The Hobbit|There and Back Again]]''. Several other Elves, [[Dwarves]] and [[Men]] also arrive at Rivendell on separate errands; at the Council of Elrond they learn that all of their errands are related to the fate of the [[One Ring]], and they must decide what to do about it. In the end it is the Hobbits who influence the decision.

Rivendell is located at the edge of a narrow gorge of the [[Bruinen|Bruinen River]] (one of the main approaches to Rivendell comes from a nearby ford of Bruinen), but well hidden in the moorlands and foothills of the [[Hithaeglir]] or the [[Misty Mountains]].

The [[Sindarin]] translation of Rivendell is '''''Imladris''''', meaning "Deep Valley of the Cleft".

==Inspiration==
* Possibly ‘the Dell’ at [[Sarehole]], Warwickshire, England

{{quote|But in order to get to the place where we [Ronald and Hilary] used to blackberry (called '''the Dell''') we had to go through the white one’s [the Sarehole miller’s son’s] land...|[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]}}

==See also==
* [[:Category:Images of Rivendell|Images of Rivendell]]

[[Category:Eriador]]
[[Category:Elven Cities]]
[[Category:Elven Realms]]
[[Category:Sieges]]

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