Legolas' hair changes colors like the seasons, as par for the course wih elves. In spring, his hair takes on a greenish tint due to the dye he soaks it in 'cuz everyone knows Elves are like rebellious teens in the spring!). In Summer, his hair returns to a brown like the dry dust of the desert. In Autumn, he dyes his hair again in streaks - some red here, brown there, black in between, yellow roots... - and in late October it all falls out to be regrown in Spring. Meanwhile, in winter, as he has no hair, the only thing to do is polish his head, making any sunlight coming off it reflect as white. Thus, when he is up in the trees of Lorien, he is camoflagued to all the men and dwarves below - they think he's a bald eagle! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
Why are Hobbits so short?
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"'Hold it up!' said Gandalf. 'And look closely.'
As Frodo did so, he now saw fine lines, finer than the finest pen-strokes, running along the ring, outside and inside: lines of fire that seemed to form the letters of a flowing script. They shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth.
'I cannot read the fiery letters,' said Frodo in a quavering voice.
'No,' said Gandalf, 'but I can. The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough:
One Ring to Bring them all and in the darkness bind them.'"
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