Tied for 5th most-quoted character in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012): in 6 of its 54 quotes
Most scenes with: Gandalf the Grey (5), Bilbo Baggins (2), Thorin Oakenshield (2)
Elrond Welcome, Thorin, son of Thrain.
I do not believe we have met.
Elrond You have your grandfather's bearing. I knew Thrór when he ruled under the mountain.
Indeed? He made no mention of you.
Elrond What is he saying? Does he offer us insults?!
No, Master Gloin, he's offering you food. [pause]
Well, in that case, lead on.
Elrond This is Orcrist, the Goblin-Cleaver. A famous blade forged by the High Elves of the West. My kin. [returns it to Thorin] May it serve you well. [unsheathes Gandalf's sword] And this is Glamdring, the Foe-hammer, sword of the King of Gondolin. These swords were forged long ago for the Elven-Goblin Wars...
I wouldn't bother, laddie. Swords are named for the great deeds they do in war.
What are you saying? My sword hasn't seen battle?
I'm not actually sure it is a sword. More of a letter opener, really.
Elrond Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks, and the setting sun with the last light of Durin's Day will shine upon the key-hole.
Durin's Day?
It is the start of the Dwarves' new year when the last Moon of Autumn and the first Sun of Winter appear in the sky together.
This is ill news. Summer is passing, Durin's Day will soon be upon us.
We still have time.
Time for what?
To find the entrance. We have to be standing in exactly the right spot, at exactly the right time. Then... and only then can the door be opened.
Elrond So this is your purpose? To enter the mountain?
What of it?
Elrond There are some who would not deem it wise.
Who do you mean?
Elrond You are not the only guardian to stand watch over Middle-earth.
Of course I was going to tell you, I was waiting for this very chance. And really, I think you could trust that I know what I am doing.
Elrond Do you? That dragon has slept for sixty years. What will happen if your plan should fail? If you wake that beast?
But if we succeed... If the Dwarves take back the mountain, our defences in the East will be strengthened.
Elrond It is a dangerous move, Gandalf.
It is also dangerous to do nothing or cut the throne of Erebor, it's Thorin's birthright. What is it you fear?
Elrond Have you forgotten? A strain of madness runs deep in that family. His grandfather lost his mind, his father succumbed to the same sickness. Can you swear Thorin Oakenshield will not also fall? Gandalf, these decisions do not rest with us alone. It is not up to you or me to redraw the map of Middle-earth.
Tell me, Gandalf, did you think these plans and schemes of yours would go unnoticed?
Unnoticed? No, I... I'm simply doing what I feel to be right.
The dragon has long been on your mind.
This is true, my lady. Smaug owes allegiance to no one, but if he should side with the Enemy... A dragon could be used to terrible effect.
What enemy? Gandalf, the Enemy is defeated. Sauron is vanquished. He can never regain his full strength.
Does it not worry you that the last of the Dwarf-rings should simply vanish along with its bearer? Of the Seven Dwarf-rings, four were consumed by dragons, two were taken by Sauron before he fell in Mordor. The fate of the last Dwarf-ring remains unknown. The ring that was borne by Thrain.
Without the Ruling Ring of Power, the Seven are no value to the Enemy. To control the other Rings, he needs the One. And that Ring was lost long, long ago. It was swept out to sea by the waters of the Anduin.
Elrond Gandalf. For four-hundred years, we have lived in peace, a hard-won, Watchful Peace.
Are we- are we at peace? Trolls have come down from the mountains, they are raiding villages, destroying farms. Orcs have attacked us on the road!
Elrond Hardly a prelude to war.
Always you must meddle, looking for trouble when none exists.
Let him speak.
There is something at work beyond the evil of Smaug. Something far more powerful. We could remain blind to it but it will not be ignoring us, that I can promise you. A sickness lies over the Greenwood. The Woodsmen who live there now call it Mirkwood and, uh, they say...
Well, don't stop now. Tell us what the Woodsmen say.
They speak of a Necromancer living in Dol Guldur, a sorcerer who could summon the dead.
That's absurd. No such power exists in this world. This "Necromancer" is nothing more than a mortal man. A conjurer dabbling in black magic.
And so I thought too, but Radagast had seen...
Radagast? Do not speak to me of Radagast the Brown. He is a foolish fellow.
Well, he's odd, I'll grant you. He lives a solitary life...
It's not that. It's his excessive consumption of mushrooms! They've addled his brain and yellowed his teeth!
You carry something. It came to you from Radagast. He found it in Dol Guldur.
Yes.
Show me.
Elrond What is that?
A relic... of Mordor.
Elrond A Morgul-blade!
Made for the Witch-king of Angmar... And buried with him. When Angmar fell, the Men of the North took his body and all that he possessed and sealed it within the High Fells of Rhudaur. Deep within the rock, they buried him. In a tomb so dark... it would never come to light.
Elrond This is not possible. A powerful spell lies upon those tombs, they cannot be opened.
What proof do we have this weapon came from Angmar's grave?
Because there is none! Let us examine what we know: A single Orc pack has dared to cross the Bruinen, a dagger from a bygone age has been found and a human sorcerer who calls himself the Necromancer has taken up residence in a ruined fortress. It's not so very much. After all, the question of this Dwarvish company, however, troubles me deeply. I'm not convinced, Gandalf. I do not feel I can condone such a quest. If they had come to me, I might have spared them from this disappointment...
They are leaving.
Yes.
You knew. [Lindir rushes in]
My lord, the dwarves, they're gone!
