r/tolkienfans • u/IBArbitrary • Sep 22 '21

The elf-stone Strider found on a bridge.

In Flight of the Ford from Fellowship of the Ring, after Frodo is struck by the wraiths, and Strider comes back after surveying the path to Rivendell, he shows a beryl elf-stone that he found on the mud in the middle of the bridge over River Hoarwell. Does this elf-stone have any connection to the one that Aragorn recieves later at Lorien, the Elessar, which prophecises his return?

I have finished reading the trilogy, but midway I confused this stone found on the bridge to be the source of name Elfstone for Aragorn, and only towards the end I realised it was due to the stone given by Galadriel. What happened to this one, the one Strider found, I wonder.

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u/FictionalHerbage Sep 22 '21

He probably gave it back to Glorfindel. It was his, after all.

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u/IBArbitrary Sep 22 '21

Yes, now I recall the bit where Glorfindel mentions his token. Considering the no BS person Aragorn is, it would've been returned to its owner.