Why All 9 Members Of The Fellowship Are In Rivendell In The Lord Of The Rings Books (& How The Movies Change It)

The Lord of the Rings is one of the most famous stories of all time, but the movies distorted one of the key coincidences lying at the heart of the story – the meeting of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring. English high fantasy inventor J.R.R. Tolkien wrote and published his masterwork, The Lord of the Rings, in three parts between 1954 and 1955. It developed a cult following throughout the ’60s, but only really rose to global prominence through the movies. So, non-readers may not know why the Fellowship was actually in Rivendell for the Council of Elrond.

Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies had to cut a lot of content from the books to give the movies feasible runtimes. Tolkien’s vast, sprawling story had many nuances that the movies ignored, but would have been difficult to include. One of these was the fact that the Fellowship members were in Rivendell for differing reasons at the time of the Council of Elrond, making it a chance meeting of a particularly magical sort. The book provides details on why each individual member of the Fellowship was around at the time.

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Frodo Baggins

Hobbit

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Frodo Baggins ended up in Rivendell in The Lord of the Rings book and movies very clearly because Gandalf had told him to go there. This was a plan on both Frodo and Gandalf’s part to get Lord of the Rings’ One Ring out of the Shire. As soon as Gandalf had thrown the ring into the fire in Bag End, he realized it was the One and that its presence in Hobbiton put its residents in danger.

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Frodo realized the same thing and suggested leaving. Gandalf suggested he make for Rivendell, despite not knowing where the mission would end up. But the immediate priority was for Frodo to leave the Shire as soon as reasonably and discreetly possible. Frodo did indeed get to Rivendell in time for the Council of Elrond, although he got there on the Middle-earth equivalent of a stretcher after his run-in with the Nazgûl.

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Samwise Gamgee

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Frodo left Hobbiton with his gardener, Samwise Gamgee, in tow. Sam was inclined to follow Frodo to the ends of Middle-earth, and so he did. Gandalf caught Sam snooping at the window of Bag End, in all fairness, shearing the garden, as was his job. But on pulling Sam in through the window, Gandalf determined to kill a few birds with one stone. In sending Sam with Frodo, he ameliorated the threat of the knowledge Sam gained while eavesdropping, and gave Frodo a companion for his journey.

Samwise Gamgee was played by Sean Astin in The Lord of the Rings movies, while Frodo was played by Elijah Wood.

He also gave Sam what he wanted – Sam wanted to see the Elves as much as Frodo wanted to get the One Ring out of the Shire. Sam was all too happy to follow Frodo to keep him safe. Increasingly throughout the book, Sam embodied the concept of the batmen assigned to officers in the war that Tolkien had fought in – loyal to the end, and a total hero in their own right. It’s likely that Lord of the Rings’ God, Eru Ilúvatar, had a plan for Sam from the beginning.

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Merry Brandybuck

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Meriadoc Brandybuck, otherwise known as Merry, was another Hobbit who ended up following Frodo to Rivendell. Like Sam, Merry wasn’t keen to let Frodo go on his quest unsupported. The movies presented Merry, along with Pippin, running into Sam and Frodo as they left the Shire. This was as good a depiction as any of how, ultimately, they came to be in Rivendell, because they had chosen to follow Frodo and Sam in the book as well.

Voiced by Michael Collins, more can be heard from Pippin in the 1955 Lord of the Rings radio series.

Merry’s decision to go with Frodo was all his own. However, in the book, it was a slightly more complex affair than Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema portrayed. Merry schemed, along with Pippin, to assess Frodo’s suspicious plotting to leave the Shire and help him out, as his friend. Merry kept an eye on Frodo and intelligently and proactively raised his desire to leave the Shire at the right time, and conspired to help Frodo cover up his reasons for leaving.

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Pippin Took

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Pippin was as united with Merry in The Lord of the Rings as Sam was with Frodo, and as such, he went with Merry to Rivendell. Pippin was one of the Conspirators who knew why Frodo was leaving the Shire, along with Merry, Sam, and Fredegar Bolger, also known as Fatty Bolger. Between them, the Conspirators helped Frodo move from Bag End to Crickhollow to make his leaving less suspect. This was cut from the movies, wrapped up in 17 years’ worth of time that the book spent in the Shire between Frodo and Bilbo’s party and Frodo leaving the Shire.

Protected by Strider, Pippin was able to reach Rivendell in one piece.

Pippin was with Merry, Frodo, and Sam all the way through their journey from Hobbiton, into the Old Forest, and to Bree. The Old Forest adventure was removed from the movies too, but Pippin’s role in the story was kept roughly the same – he made it through his encounter with the Barrow-wights to get to Rivendell. Protected by Strider, Pippin was able to reach Rivendell in one piece, although Frodo took a stabbing from one of Lord of the Rings’ Ringwraiths.

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Gandalf

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As one of Lord of the Rings’ five Wizards, Gandalf was always the man with the plan, including meeting the Hobbits at Rivendell. It was one of the most significant plans of the Third Age. Gandalf had suggested that Frodo aim for Rivendell during their early discussions on Frodo having to leave the Shire with the One Ring. Gandalf was good friends with Elrond, who ruled over Rivendell, and Gandalf knew that Frodo would be safe there while he planned his next move.

Tolkienian Age	See more : Who are Chris Buescher Parents? Meet Jim Buescher and Donna Buescher Event Marking The Start	Years	Total Length In Solar Years
Before time	Indeterminate	Indeterminate	Indeterminate
Days before Days	Ainur entered Eä	1 – 3,500 Valian Years	33,537
Pre-First Age Years of the Trees (Y.T.)	Yavanna created the Two Trees	Y.T. 1 – 1050	10,061
First Age (F.A.)	Elves awoke in Cuiviénen	Y.T. 1050 – Y.T. 1500, F.A. 1 – 590	4,902
Second Age (S.A.)	War of Wrath ended	S.A. 1 – 3441	3,441
Third Age (T.A.)	Last Alliance defeated Sauron	T.A. 1 – 3021	3,021
Fourth Age (Fo.A)	Elven-rings left Middle-earth	Fo.A 1 – unknown	Unknown

While Gandalf didn’t know what would transpire at Rivendell, and didn’t plan to be there for any particular meeting, he certainly intended to be there to work out what to do with the One Ring from that point onward. Gandalf didn’t know there would be any sort of Council of Elrond at Rivendell in the book, and nor did anyone else who attended. It was a chance meeting, but Gandalf orchestrated the arrival of himself and four Hobbits, accounting for many of the Fellowship members who did attend.

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Aragorn

Human Dúnadan Leader

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Aragorn had many names in Lord of the Rings, but it was as Strider that he met the Hobbits and joined their traveling party onward to Rivendell. The Hobbits met Strider at the Prancing Pony inn in Bree, where they had finally arrived after one too many adventures for Sam’s comfort already, having escaped Barrow-wights and Old Man Willow. Unbeknownst to the Hobbits, Strider had been watching them for quite some time.

Aragorn had learned of the Hobbits’ identity and had been previously advised by Gandalf to keep them safe and assist them. Gandalf, thankfully, had instructed the Hobbit of this in a letter that he had given to Barliman Butterbur, which Butterbur gave to the Hobbits on their arrival. This letter was meant to arrive to the Hobbits before, but Butterbur’s forgetfulness resulted in a quite timely opening of it. As such, it was agreed that Strider would accompany the Hobbits to Rivendell, with the Ringwraiths presenting the Hobbits far too great a danger for them to go alone.

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Boromir

Human Son Of The Ruling Steward Of Gondor

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Boromir was in Rivendell to deliver tidings of Gondor, his realm, his father being the Ruling Steward of Gondor. After the Hobbits and Strider joined up to get to Rivendell and eventually met Gandalf there as planned, the other members of the Fellowship were introduced in Rivendell. Frodo woke up after being attacked and slowly recovered, eventually being called to the Council of Elrond, where he encountered Boromir. Boromir, unfortunately, had bad news.

Gondor had been attacked by Sauron’s forces, signifying the growing threat of Mordor and its armies. Overwhelmed by Orcs, Gondor’s forces were only just defending their city, and Boromir wanted to share this news, while armed with a foretelling of some sort. Faramir dreamed many times (and Boromir once) of a light on the Western horizon and a voice telling him to seek the broken sword and Imladris. This was essentially Lord of the Rings’ Valar speaking to them through ósanwe, resulting in Boromir doing as the dream advised and being in Rivendell just in time for the Council of Elrond.

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Gimli

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Gimli, son of Glóin, was in Rivendell with his father to share some bad news, just like Boromir. Boromir and Gimli were both in Rivendell at the same time, coincidentally, but coincidences in Middle-earth were orchestrated by greater forces. The Valar and Eru were still involved with the safety of Middle-earth, just from a distance. It was mostly Glóin who spoke at the Council of Elrond in the book, warning of the Black Rider who kept coming to his realm.

However, Gimli occupied this position in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie. Glóin and his people had been perturbed by a Ringwraith coming to them and asking for news of Hobbits. The Dwarves knew, from Thorin and his Company, that Bilbo Baggins had the One Ring. In friendship, Glóin had come to warn Bilbo, who was at Rivendell. After the Council of Elrond, it was determined that Gimli would go with the Fellowship on their mission.

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Legolas

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Legolas, like Boromir and Gimli, was in Rivendell by chance for the Council of Elrond. Like Boromir, Legolas had come to share news from his realm – Mirkwood. His father, Thranduil, ruled this realm, as seen in The Hobbit movies and the children’s book. Legolas shared that Gollum had broken free from his prison in Mirkwood after a raid by Orcs. This event was covered by the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, rather than covered in detail in the novel.

It was only really Legolas’ report and the appendices that mentioned the Mirkwood raid, but it was quite significant, representing perhaps the first move made in the War of the Ring. Gollum’s escape meant that anyone who spoke to him might learn what he knew about the ring and Bilbo. Legolas’ arrival in Rivendell meant that he was able to join the Council of Elrond and, ultimately, the Fellowship of the Ring in The Lord of the Rings.

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is a multimedia franchise consisting of several movies and a TV show released by Amazon titled The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The franchise is based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s book series that began in 1954 with The Fellowship of the Ring. The Lord of the Rings saw mainstream popularity with Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies.

Movie(s)

The Lord of the Rings (1978), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

Created by

J.R.R. Tolkien

First Film

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Cast

Norman Bird, Anthony Daniels, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Andy Serkis, Brad Dourif, Karl Urban, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Morfydd Clark, Mike Wood, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Charlie Vickers, Markella Kavenagh, Megan Richards, Sara Zwangobani, Daniel Weyman, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Lenny Henry, Brian Cox, Shaun Dooley, Miranda Otto, Bilal Hasna, Benjamin Wainwright, Luke Pasqualino, Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, John Hurt

TV Show(s)

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Video Game(s)

The Lord of the Rings Online (dupe), Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum, The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria

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