Or... they had other duties to do, during the Council of Elrond, and thus, couldn't make it to the Council. In the Books, I don't believe that it says that they are present. I suppose if they were, then things would have gone slightly differently. But by the time the Grey Company needed to ride, they weren't needed in the defense of Imladris any more, because Elrond knew that what was happening in the South was of utmost importance, and that Aragorn needed as much help as he could get.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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