The event
Frodo is wounded at Weathertop and healed in Rivendell after the Nazgûl are swept away at the Ford.
Consequences
Frodo’s wound never fully heals; the Council of Elrond is convened.
Participants
CharacterFrodo Baggins
The hobbit of the Shire who carried the One Ring across Middle-earth to Mount Doom and destroyed it.
CharacterAragorn
The heir of Isildur, raised in Rivendell in secret, who becomes King Elessar and reunites the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.
CharacterThe Witch-king of Angmar
The chief of the Nazgûl, a Ringwraith and Sauron’s most feared captain, slain by Éowyn and Merry.
CharacterGlorfindel
A mighty Elf-lord of Rivendell and, in the First Age, a hero who fell fighting a Balrog.
Place
Artifacts
Sources
The Lord of the Rings · 1954–55
Three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.