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The White CouncilRe: Elven and Dwarven Weapons and their UseTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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The White CouncilRe: Elven and Dwarven Weapons and their UseTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by Michael Martinez on April 04, 2000 at 04:01:18 In Reply to: Re: Elven and Dwarven Weapons and their Use posted by Neithan on April 04, 2000 at 02:48:57:
The information provided by Tar-Elenion is pretty accurate. You can find references to the weapons preferred by the Noldor and Sindar of the First Age in THE SILMARILLION, UNFINISHED TALES, and a few other sources. : Secondly, that sort of equipment seem not to be very suited for : auxillia moving around in forests (remember how Quintillius : Varus fared with his heavy legions?). I would agree with : regards to a small elite, but as the Sindar and Silvan elves : were mostly bimbling around in forests I see them as somewhat : lighter equipped. The Sindar of Beleriand lived in a variety of environments. Cirdan's folk were coastal dwellers. The Sindar of Nevrast were absorbed into Turgon's kingdom, and the Sindar of Hithlum and Dorthonion were absorbed into the kingdoms of Hithlum and Nargothrond. The Sindar were originally equipped by the Dwarves of Nogrod and Belegost, who taught them how to make swords, spears, axes, shields, helms, and mail. The Noldor were probably better smiths than the Sindar overall (Eol was an exception, of course) but the Sindar were hardly unsophisticated. The Green-elves of Ossiriand were said to be lightly armed and armored, and it's reasonable to infer that other Nandorin groups and the Avari will also lightly armed and armored. At least some of the Elves of Lorien wore mail (mail-clad warriors guard the base of Celeborn and Galadriel's tree). Arms and armor would have most reflected the needs of the Elves. Thranduil's people probably did not need to meet the great threats that the more ancient Elvish kingdoms of Beleriand had once contended with.
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