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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kid Charlemagne" data-source="post: 1286627" data-attributes="member: 93">Elrond can't win in any conceivable outcome of that battle.  It's vital to remember that Isildur is not utterly corrupted by the Ring.  He can't bring himself to destroy it, but he never uses it for evil.If Elrond fights Isildur and wins, he claims the Ring, and it's Elrond the Dark lord.If Elrond fights Isildur and loses, he's pushed Isildur over the edge to Evil, and it's Isildur the Dark Lord.Either way, it's new Dark Lord time, right now, and the forces of good are likely destroyed.Elrond does all he can do within the limits of honor and morality, and Isildur ignores his advice.  I really don't feel there is anything else he could have done that would not have had disastrous results.</blockquote>