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Ursprungligen postat av Salorm
Det här du beskriver har jag inget minne av, är det i Silmarillion det står? Elronds rådslag är väl i Sagan om Ringen ioförsig och det är väl inte omöjligt att Elrond inte vet vem Tom Bombadill egentligen är?
Under rådslaget berättar alla - Elrond, Bilbo, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Gandalf och Frodo - på vilket sätt de berörts av Saurons jakt på Ringen och en del bakgrundsfakta. Därefter börjar rådslaget reflektera och diskutera tänkbara lösningar. Först ut är Elrond, som säger
"But I had forgotten Bombadil, if indeed this is still the same that walked the woods and hills long ago, and even then was older than the old. That was not then his name. Iarwain Ben-adar we called him, oldest and fatherless. But many another name he has since been given by other folk: Forn by the Dwarves, Orald by Northern Men, and other names beside. He is a strange creature, but maybe I should have summoned him to our Council.'"
Så Elrond torde ha träffat Bombadill tidigare, men det var länge sedan och de kan båda ha ändrats till nära nog oigenkännlighet.
Gandalf, som ju är en maia och borde ha träffat Illivutar personligen, konstaterar att Bombadill vore en ytterst olämplig vakt av Ringen.
"And if he were given the Ring, he would soon forget it, or most likely throw it away. Such things have no hold on his mind. He would be a most unsafe guardian; and that alone is answer enough.'"
Slutligen anser Glorfindel att Bombadill må vara mäktig i sitt eget territorium, men inte mäktigare än Sauron: "`But in any case,' said Glorfindel, `to send the Ring to him would only postpone the day of evil. He is far away. We could not now take it back to him, unguessed, unmarked by any spy. And even if we could, soon or late the Lord of the Rings would learn of its hiding place and would bend all his power towards it. Could that power be defied by Bombadil alone? I think not. I think that in the end, if all else is conquered, Bombadil will fall, Last as he was First; and then Night will come.'"