Board Thread:Lore/@comment-26272311-20150412005128/@comment-26116279-20150423121826

Madman198237 wrote: Gil-galad's power stems from the fact that he is a descendant of the (In fact he now IS) High King of the Noldor, and all the Noldor have greater power than the Sindar and Men. Elrond has in fact the best parts of every race, according to the Hobbit. But he is descended from a Maiar, and in Tolkien's world the inheritance of certain races means a lot-i.e. Aragorn's triple-lifespan granted to him even though he has very little Elven blood in him at this point. But I will admit that without their Rings Galadriel is the stronger Elf, this is directly stated near the end of the Silmarillion. With their Rings, well, I do not know. Celebrimbor gave two rings to Gil-galad as High King of the Noldor or something like that and Gil-galad gave one to Elrond for safekeeping when he went to war and one to Cirdan, while the other went to Galadriel...sometime. I need to look it up to be sure.

The Glorfindel the Hobbits are saved by may or may not be the Gondolin Glorfindel, but the text definitively says that he is an Elven-lord, directly stating that he has dwelled in both Aman and Middle Earth, and gained much power over both worlds (Seen/unseen). Much like Galadriel.

Man I love debates over lore! So much entertainment. If both of them have their rings galadriel is more powerful than elrond, the lot that you mentioned was elrond's capability to choose his fate he chose the fate of the elves that 1/16th Maiar part is the reason he was able to do that all of his other abilities are typical of an elf from the first age who is also noldor, celebrimbor did not give Gil galad 2 rings he gave him 1 and cirdan got 1.

Glorfindel is stated to be an elven lord but that does not mean he has been to valinor, elrond never saw the two trees and he was powerful and while what race you are in ME does count for a lot it really did not give elrond much besides a certain ability to choose his fate which he did, he did not gain any other powers from it