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				...and in his hand was Sting, and its light smote the eyes of the orc like the glitter of cruel stars in the terrible elf-countries, the dream of which was a cold fear to all his kind.
			
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 Why might this be? Might it be referring to areas guarded by the Girdle of Melian or Elven Rings?