What's this? A dozen posts, and no mention of Salgant of Gondolin, lord of the House of the Harp?
Mind you, we are talking "Book of Lost Tales" here, but he's most definitely described as fat:
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Originally Posted by Tolkien, in the Book of Lost Tales,
but Salgant bore [a shield with a harp] of gold, and he alone rode into battle of all the sons of the Gondothlim, and he was heavy and squat.
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Whether or not Tolkien had this idea of Elves in the LotR or post-LotR era (Galion is a possible proof for the
Hobbit era), he clearly did in the Lost Tales era.