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00:47:30 |
Elrond
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You may examine them.
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| 00:47:32 |
00:47:34 |
Círdan
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I've seen Celebrimbor's work before.
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| 00:47:35 |
00:47:37 |
Círdan
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He's remarkable.
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| 00:47:35 |
00:47:37 |
Elrond
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He is.
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| 00:47:38 |
00:47:42 |
Círdan
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I remember, he used to speak of, one day, crafting objects of such power,
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| 00:47:42 |
00:47:45 |
Círdan
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they could change the heart of any who beheld them.
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| 00:47:47 |
00:47:49 |
Círdan
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If, as you say,
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| 00:47:49 |
00:47:53 |
Círdan
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these Rings have so quickly turned Elf against Elf...
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| 00:47:56 |
00:47:58 |
Círdan
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it would appear he has succeeded.
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| 00:47:59 |
00:48:03 |
Elrond
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Perhaps it was not Celebrimbor's hand that produced that effect.
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| 00:48:04 |
00:48:06 |
Círdan
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If what you've told me is true,
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| 00:48:07 |
00:48:11 |
Círdan
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these three Rings were made without Sauron's touch.
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| 00:48:11 |
00:48:13 |
Elrond
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The Enemy is cunning.
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| 00:48:14 |
00:48:16 |
Elrond
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The Rings may well be a ploy on his part.
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| 00:48:16 |
00:48:19 |
Elrond
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A device in some larger plan, the end of which we cannot yet see.
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| 00:48:25 |
00:48:27 |
Círdan
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What would you ask of me?
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| 00:48:28 |
00:48:30 |
Elrond
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The Rings must be destroyed.
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| 00:48:31 |
00:48:34 |
Círdan
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Do so, and the Age of the Elves will end.
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| 00:48:37 |
00:48:41 |
Círdan
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We would be abandoning all Middle-earth to its fate.
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| 00:48:42 |
00:48:43 |
Círdan
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Could you accept that?
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| 00:48:43 |
00:48:48 |
Elrond
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If to do otherwise means falling prey to the designs of the Enemy...
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| 00:48:49 |
00:48:50 |
Elrond
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Yes.
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| 00:48:51 |
00:48:53 |
Círdan
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You do your father proud.
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| 00:49:05 |
00:49:06 |
Círdan
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Long ago, there was a battle.
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| 00:49:08 |
00:49:11 |
Círdan
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One whose weapons were the very bones of the continents.
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| 00:49:11 |
00:49:14 |
Círdan
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Still now, at the spot where our bay meets the sea,
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| 00:49:14 |
00:49:17 |
Círdan
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there remains on the seabed a scar so deep,
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| 00:49:17 |
00:49:20 |
Círdan
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its end none but Manwë himself knows.
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| 00:49:20 |
00:49:25 |
Círdan
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If one were to cast these Rings into its depths, they--
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