Elrond the Half-elven (FA 525 - ?) was Lord of Rivendell, one of the mighty rulers of old that still remained in Middle-earth in its Third Age.

He was the son of Eärendil and Elwing, and a great-grandson of Lúthien, born in Beleriand, in the First Age, making him well over 6,000 years old by the time of the War of the Ring. Elrond's brother was Elros, Tar-Minyatur, the first High King of Númenor.

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