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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 1283699" data-attributes="member: 307">And it is still murder. You can cloak it in pretty phrasing all you want, but killing someone because they won't give up their justly claimed property is still murder. And murder, attempted muyrder, or even the intent to commit murder (or any other sinful act) opens your soul to the corrupting power of the Ring. Elrond would not have "won", even if he killed Isildur, he would have been dominated by the Ring and then he would have been the new Dark Lord.Because he understands the power of the Ring, and you, clearly, do not. Trying to take the Ring from Isildur, or kill him with the Ring, would have left not only Isildur potentially corrupted, but would have also corrupted Elrond. And Elrond knew it. He knew that doing this would have led to open war between the armies of men and elves as Isildur and Elrond vied for control of the Ring, and Sauron would have gained immediate victory even in defeat.As it was, the next great war over the Ring was postponed for several thousand years. Are you certain that Elrond acted wrongly? By refusing to be drawn into an immediate struggle over the Ring that would have inevitably led to immediate war between former allies and a new Dark Lord within days (and no one left to oppose him), his actions postponed war for about 4,500 years.Your "solution" would have resulted in disaster. That is why Elrond is wise, and you aren't.</blockquote>