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00:12:06 |
Elrond
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Fëanor's hammer.
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| 00:12:08 |
00:12:11 |
Elrond
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The tool that wrought the Silmarils.
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| 00:12:13 |
00:12:16 |
Elrond
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The jewels that contain the very light of Valinor.
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| 00:12:17 |
00:12:18 |
Elrond
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Strange, isn't it?
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| 00:12:19 |
00:12:23 |
Elrond
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How one object could be responsible for creating so much beauty...
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| 00:12:24 |
00:12:25 |
Elrond
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And so much pain.
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| 00:12:26 |
00:12:29 |
Celebrimbor
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True creation requires sacrifice.
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| 00:12:31 |
00:12:35 |
Celebrimbor
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They say that Morgoth found the Silmarils so beautiful
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| 00:12:37 |
00:12:39 |
Celebrimbor
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that after he'd stolen them, for weeks,
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| 00:12:39 |
00:12:41 |
Celebrimbor
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he could do nothing but stare into their depths.
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| 00:12:41 |
00:12:43 |
Elrond
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Hmm.
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| 00:12:43 |
00:12:46 |
Celebrimbor
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It was only after one of his tears fell upon the jewels
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| 00:12:46 |
00:12:49 |
Celebrimbor
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and he was faced with the evil of his own reflection,
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| 00:12:49 |
00:12:51 |
Celebrimbor
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that the reverie was finally broken.
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| 00:12:53 |
00:12:55 |
Celebrimbor
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From that moment, he...
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| 00:12:55 |
00:12:57 |
Celebrimbor
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He looked upon their light no more.
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| 00:13:00 |
00:13:04 |
Celebrimbor
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Fëanor's work nearly turned the heart of the Great Foe himself.
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| 00:13:06 |
00:13:08 |
Celebrimbor
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What has mine ever accomplished?
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| 00:13:09 |
00:13:12 |
Elrond
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I... It has turned my heart, my lord.
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| 00:13:12 |
00:13:13 |
Elrond
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The heart of many an Elf.
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| 00:13:15 |
00:13:17 |
Celebrimbor
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But I aspire to do far more than that.
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| 00:13:18 |
00:13:21 |
Celebrimbor
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An Age ago, our kind brought war to these shores.
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| 00:13:21 |
00:13:22 |
Celebrimbor
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I want to fill them with beauty.
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| 00:13:23 |
00:13:27 |
Celebrimbor
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To grow beyond petty works of jewel-craft, and devise something of real power.
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| 00:13:28 |
00:13:30 |
Elrond
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What is it you hope to craft?
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| 00:13:30 |
00:13:33 |
Celebrimbor
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What is but a glint on the far horizon.
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| 00:13:33 |
00:13:39 |
Celebrimbor
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You have come to Eregion to help me achieve the "how."
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| 00:13:40 |
00:13:41 |
Elrond
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A tower?
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| 00:13:42 |
00:13:47 |
Celebrimbor
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One that can host a forge more powerful than any ever built.
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| 00:13:47 |
00:13:50 |
Celebrimbor
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Able to birth a flame as hot as a dragon's tongue,
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| 00:13:50 |
00:13:52 |
Celebrimbor
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and as pure as starlight.
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| 00:13:52 |
00:13:56 |
Celebrimbor
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The things we could use it to create could transform Middle-earth.
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| 00:13:56 |
00:13:57 |
Elrond
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What seems to be the difficulty?
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| 00:13:58 |
00:14:00 |
Celebrimbor
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I need it completed by spring.
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| 00:14:02 |
00:14:04 |
Elrond
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My lord, that would require a...
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| 00:14:04 |
00:14:06 |
Celebrimbor
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A workforce greater than any ever assembled.
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| 00:14:06 |
00:14:09 |
Celebrimbor
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Yes. The High King cannot provide one.
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| 00:14:09 |
00:14:12 |
Celebrimbor
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So he has sent me you instead.
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| 00:14:15 |
00:14:19 |
Elrond
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Have you considered seeking partners outside the confines of our own race?
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| 00:14:20 |
00:14:22 |
Celebrimbor
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How far outside?
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