Thought provoking if nothing else

[Kalimac]

Tolkien said that Legolas probably accomplished the least out of the Fellowship, and he may have meant something like this; most of the members of the Fellowship (especially Merry and Pippin, who at first seem to be good only for comic relief) affected the course of events enormously. But Legolas (and Gimli to some extent) didn't really do too much along that line. Not having them there at all would have made something of a difference - more difficulty tracking the Orcs across Rohan, for example, eighty-odd fewer dead Orcs at Helm's Deep, etc - but nothing quite as wildly different as say, the difference between Faramir being rescued (if Pippin is there) and Faramir being burned alive by his father (if Pippin is left behind in Rivendell). Not that I'm saying it would be better with Legolas and Gimli out of the story, quite the opposite, just that they didn't force any pivotal events to happen or to change. Sorry, hope that made sense [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img].