Lord Elrond (Adventure: Arthedain)

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"Now at this last we must take a hard road, a road unforeseen. There lies our hope, if hope it be. To walk into peril - to Mordor. We must send the Ring to the fire."
—Elrond

Lord Elrond Halfelven was one of the two children of Eärendil and Elwing. He chose to be among the Eldar and spent the Second Age with Gil-Galad in Middle-earth. During the War of Sauron and Elves, Elrond built the sanctuary of Imladris and was later present at the War of the Last Alliance where he watched Isildur claim the One Ring. With the Elven Ring Vilya, Elrond maintained his realm throughout the Third Age, keeping his role as loremaster and healer. His home was a place for all weary travelers as well as the Dunedain of the North. He had three children: the Twins Elladan and Elrohir, and a daughter, Arwen. Although he was originally going to send Glorfindel to reinforce Arthedain in the final stages of the war vs. Angmar, he would hear disturbing rumors of the One Ring being sighted in Arnor and decided to personally provide his assistance and battle prowess to Arthedain, understanding that keeping the last realm of Arnor intact would be vital in preventing the One Ring from falling into Angmar's, and by extension, Sauron's hands.

Elrond has multiple variants throughout the Age of the Ring, with two separate versions of himself as the faction leader of Rivendell and the Lord of the RIngs campaign. In the Adventure: Arthedain subfaction, he is the Ring Hero and can only be recruited at the Arthedain Fortress once the One Ring is found and delivered to the fortress.

*For his Rivendell faction leader variant, see the Elrond page. For his Lord of the Rings campaign and Last Alliance variant, see the Elrond (Last Alliance) page.*

## Abilities

**The Fate of Middle-Earth** - Modifier type: Leadership. Nearby allies in a large radius gain +50% damage, +50% armour, and earn experience twice as fast. Nearby unit and hero ability cooldown timers are reduced by 25%. Passive ability.

**Herald of Gil-galad (R)** - Elrond gains +50% damage while his attacks deal splash damage and knockback damage for 30 seconds. At level 5, attack radius is further increased. Left click to activate.

**Level 3: Leithio I Philinn! (T)** - Elrond calls elven archers to instantly bombard anywhere within a great radius with a hail of arrows. At level 6, a second volley is shot shortly after the first. Left click icon then left click on target area.

**Level 5: Veterans of the Last Alliance (C)** - Elrond equips his heavy armour. Modifier type: Spell. Elrond gains +33% armour and +50% resistance to knockback. Passive ability.

At Level 7, permanently summons a battalion of Veterans of the Last Alliance. Limited to 1. Left click to activate.

**Level 10: The Last Homely House (V)** - Heals nearby allies and fully freshes their special ability timers. Left click icon then left click on target area.

## Strategy

As the Ring Hero of the Adventure: Arthedain subfaction, Lord Elrond is easily the most powerful hero both in the faction itself as well as in comparison to his other variants. He is unique to the Good Ring Heroes in that, in addition to providing powerful support to allies, he excels in combat as well (although not to the degree of Ring Heroes like Sauron). **The Fate of Middle-Earth** provides an incredibly powerful leadership that boosts the overall strength of his army and benefits heroes as well by reducing their cooldowns. **Herald of Gil-galad** is what makes this version of Elrond so powerful in combat, allowing him to destroy groups of enemies thanks to the splash damage and fight more powerful units like heroes or monsters effectively as well thanks to the damage boost. **Leithio I Philinn** excels in destroying spam units and damaging stronger ones by calling down an arrow volley onto the field, with multiple being called down at level 6. **Veterans of the Last Alliance** permanently increases Elrond's durability and allows him to summon the Veterans of the Last Alliance, which by itself can be incredibly devastating as they are one of the most powerful Heroic units in the game and Elrond can summon them instantly for free instead of spending 2500 gold like in Rivendell. **The Last Homely House** allows Elrond to heal his allies and instantly recharge their special abilities, allowing them to unleash multiple spells against enemies in quick succession.