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Rivendell is an Elven outpost in Middle-earth, a fictional realm created by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is also referred to as 'The Last Homely House East of the Sea,' a reference to Valinor, which is west of the sea. It is established by Elrond in the Second Age of Middle-earth (four or five thousand years before the events of The Lord of the Rings). Besides Elrond himself, notable Elves who live there include Arwen and Glorfindel.

In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins stopped off at Rivendell with the dwarves on the way to the Lonely Mountain and also on the way back to the Shire with Gandalf.

In The Lord of the Rings, Frodo BagginsFrodo Baggins is the main fictional character of J. Tolkien's monumental and mythological novel, The Lord of the Rings''. He is a Hobbit, born on September 22 of the year 2968 of the Third Age (T. to Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck. 2980, Frodo lost and his Hobbitfan's idea of a typical Hobbit . Hobbits are a fictional race from J. Tolkien's Middle-earth universe which first appears in the book The Hobbit''. They also play a major role in The Lord of the Rings''. Description Hobbits are two to four feet tall, with companions journey to Rivendell, where they meet with Bilbo, who had retired there after his "Long-expected Party". Several other Elves, DwarvesKhazad" redirects here. See KHAZAD for the block cipher named after Khazad-dum. The Dwarves of J. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth are beings of short stature, often friendly with Hobbits although long suspicious of Elves. They are typically b and MenThe race of Men in J. Tolkien's Middle-earth books, such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings refers to humanity and does not denote gender. They are distinct from the various humanoid races, though some, like hobbits, are probably human in origin, and also arrive at Rivendell on separate errands; at the Council of Elrond they learn that all of their errands are related to the fate of the One RingThe One Ring also known as the Ruling Ring or Ring of Power is an artifact from J. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth universe. The Andvarinaut in the Volsunga saga is considered to have been the main inspiration. It was created by the Dark Lord Sauron duri, and they must decide what to do about it. In the end it is the Hobbits who influence the decision.

Rivendell is located at the edge of a narrow gorge of the river BruinenTolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the river Bruinen or Loudwater is a river which appears in The Hobbit as well as The Lord of the Rings. The Bruinen began with two tributaries in the Misty Mountains, one of them was began at the High Pass whe (one of the main approaches to Rivendell comes from a nearby fordA ford is a section of water (most commonly a section of a river) that is sufficiently shallow as to be traversable by wading. The name of several towns is derived from such a location, i. Stratford or Oxford where an ox could cross the river (note the Ox of Bruinen), but well hidden in the moorlands and foothills of the Hithaeglir or the Misty Mountains.

The Sindarin name for Rivendell (which is a translation thereof) is Imladris, meaning "deep valley of the cleft".