I agree with Saucepan. I don't think that Elrond was talking about the Council itself being "gathered" in Rivendell. It wasn't planned out, but once Elrond knew that everyone was there for a purpose, he probably thought that a Council would be the only way to get them all together to spill their news.
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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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