EGLAN GWENETH-Galadhrim March Warden

"......By contrast, the Galadhrim wore simple outfit of suede and soft fabrics when in Lothlórien, because their principal protection came from the trees in which they hid and from which they attacked their enemies. The camouflaging grays, browns and greens meant they were all but invisible, and their natural stealth and speed made them almost invincible when moving through the canopy......"

From Page 121, LORD OF THE RINGS: WEAPONS AND WARFARE

Rumil and Orophin are the 2 younger brothers of Haldir. In the movie, The Fellowship Of The Ring, both is seen in the Lothlorien Scene aiming their Arrows at the Fellowship members from behind Haldir.

Formerly named March Warden No. 3, he's named so as I saw the costume on the Games Workshop Figuring I gotten from the Games Workshop Shop, and is the 3rd Figuring in the set of 3 (1 like Haldir's Garb, the other similar to Rumil's). After getting a loose piece of the Sabertooth Hexo, I finally found out his role.

Well, I choose to do a Costume Study of Dinendal's March Warden Garb cause he got a name and there is a good amount of images of him online. :Þ It's easier to refer back too when discussing online.

"......The royal guards did wear the leather components of their battle armor, but this was probably more ceremonial than functional, as Galadriel would have sensed any threat entering her domain long before it reached Caras Galadhon."

From Page 121, LORD OF THE RINGS: WEAPONS AND WARFARE

"......The seven-foot stave was sealed with mallorn resin and gilded in an elegant embossed pattern of twining golden leaves on either side of the leather handgrip; the curved ends of the stave were gilded and bore a spur, but the nock was located a few inches farther in. The length of the bow meant that it could never be fully drawn, but the Elves would still pull the string back beyond the eye rather than up to it. This required a huge amount of individual strength and years of training as the bows would have had a draw of more than two hundred pounds. It is said that the strings of the bows carried within them a single strand of Elven hair, to give greater strength and power to the arrow's flight. The combination of the inherent power of the mallorn wood and the energy generated from the curves in each arm of the bow meant that the Galadhrim could send an arrow with pinpoint accuracy across enormous distances, perhaps a quarter of a mile or more......"

From Page 118, LORD OF THE RINGS: WEAPONS AND WARFARE

"......The pale arrows were almost four feet long, made from unstained ash or occasionally mallorn shoots, with long broad-headed tips made of gold, which extended into a long sleeve that gave greater stability. The barbs gave the tips the subtle appearance of a mallorn leaf and were used as cutting edges to tear into the enemy; they were lethal against all targets, whether armored or not. The flights were long white goose or swam feathers, and these were skillfully tied to the shaft in a spiral pattern with a single cock-screwing loop of gold wire. Lórien arrows were the only ones at that time to employ a spiral fletching, so it can be assumed that the Elves were unique in discovering that an arrow fired with a spiraling flight is much more accurate than a normal one.

To withstand the force generated by these powerful bows, the nocks were reinforced with a transverse piece of deer antler so that the wood did not shatter when the string was released.

From Page 118, LORD OF THE RINGS: WEAPONS AND WARFARE

".......The design of the quiver, like that of the sword, differed little from that used almost three thousand years before; it was leather, stood roughly half the length if the arrows, and its mouth resembled two overlapping leaves. However, the Elves of Lórien did embellish them with the same embossed gold vine pattern found on all their armor."

From Page 118, LORD OF THE RINGS: WEAPONS AND WARFARE

"The sword carried by the Elves of Lórien differed little from that carried by their Noldorin kin during the Last Alliance. It can therefore be assumed that the design had already reached its pinnacle in the Second Age, and was merely faithfully reproduced whenever a new sword was required. Of course, some of the Elves that marched to Helm's Deep may have had kin that fought against Sauron's army, and so might have inherited the weapon when that family member took ship to the Undying Lands.

As has been said before, the five-foot sword was half blade and half handgrip; the blade was relatively wide given its length, sharp only along the lower edge and with more weight in the top of the blade than near the cutting edge- its was fullered along the entire length of the top part of the blade. The cutting edge curved up to meet the tip, rather than tapering like a normal sword, partly to keep the blade strong along its entire length and partly to extend the cutting edge.

The Elves kept both hands on the handgrip, one at each end, and swung the sword in a whirling motion: this motion meant that the tip, which was the fastest-moving part of the blade, would have been scything into the Elves' enemy, so it had to be able to withstand the impact of hitting armor at high speed...."

From Page 119, LORD OF THE RINGS: WEAPONS AND WARFARE

"......The scabbard of the Elven swords was the twin of them in terms of beauty; made from the trees of the Golden Wood, it was deep burnished honey color, with gold tengwar patterns etched along its length.

It seems to have been attached to the rig that held the quiver as well as to the belt that were around the warrior's waist; like the arrows, it was long and so was worn on the back, being drawn over the shoulder rather than across the body. The usual configuration meant that an Elf would reach over his right shoulder for an arrow and over his left for his sword."

From Page 120, LORD OF THE RINGS: WEAPONS AND WARFARE

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