: : : Boy, I don'know. I see breastplate,long skirt, greaves and what
: : : looks like a helm with deep sides and back. I guess someone
: : : might say it looks a bit like samurai armor, but the quality of
: : : the picture isn't that great. To me, the breast plate and
: : : greaves look more like early greek hoplite, and the helm looks
: : : bit like an open-faced barbutte. The elf weapon looks like a
: : : naginata to me.

: : I think people should be patient on this issue, and keep in mind we will see some variety among the Elves (and hopefully not just between time periods).

: : I don't believe the Elves are actually wielding katanas as Galadriel (the spy on TheOneRing.Net) suggests. If you look at the warrior to the far left-hand side of the picture, he is not wielding a katana. His hands are too far apart.
: : : ~Aelmer

: Is there any proof that these are actually Elves? Other than the word of Galadriel who told us that Arwen was at Moria, sorry the Morannon - well a woman was there somewhere.

: Finarfin - a poster on TheOneRing.Com messageboards - posted this

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:

I saw an animation of this shot at http://io.spaceports.com/~therealm/NewFiles/downloadbar.html
: awhile ago. What they were pointing out and I saw for myself was that these pseudo-Japanese looking warriors were riding wolves. Look in the front attacking row to the left of screen. Now Elves don't ride wolves, but Orcs do. Also the line of warriors holding the pikes appear to be Rohan types not Orcs. I think she's got it turned around. Look at the shot again. I think the Orcs are charging Rohan warriors, maybe elven.

: I think this is probably another case of shoddy reporting and kneejerk reactions. Ho hum.

Oops - I've being doing too much posting on UBB boards! :)