Elrond’s house per se was no doubt perfect, whether you liked food or sleep or story-telling or singing (or reading), or just sitting and thinking…
But Rivendell itself was a significant, powerful, populated, well-organized and fortified elven refuge and stronghold, founded in SA 1697 that endured nearly 5000 years against Sauron and multiple sieges by Angmar.
In SA 3431, the Last Alliance armies of Gil-galad and Elendil gathered in Rivendell prior to crossing the Misty Mountains to besiege...
