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Bandobras Took · 12-13-2004, 03:01 PM

This thread is for the discution of the origin of frodo's mithril vest. And a little bit on Legolas's age.
Theory: King Thranduil ordered the vest for his young son Legolas, but was never deliverd due to the arival of Smaug.

clues:
1. found in eribor
2. Thorin said it was made by his people
3. it was said that it could not have fit a dwarf
4. made for an elf-prince
Why Legolas and Thranduil? It was said that Thranduil had a weekness for silver and white gems. The vest had these. Beregond said Pippin looked like a boy of nine summers, and young elves had about the same growth rate as humans. Thranduil's kingdome was closest to Eribor too. He also had only one son. Elronds sons where to big and to old for it to fit them also. Celeborn and Galadrial had only a doughter and there is no mentoin of Cirdan having children.
Thranduil said to Bilbo " Bilbo Baggins! you are more worthy to wear the armor of elf princes than many that have looked more comely in it." Legolas would have to be around 250 in the war of the ring. Besides the arival of Smaug there is no reason it would not have been delivered. It would have had to be compleated around the same time Smaug came or it would have been delivered before he arived. I know he is not the only elf prince in middle earth. It is just the one theory out of many I thought most reasonable.

12-13-2004, 03:01 PM	#1
Bandobras Took Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Green Dragon Inn Posts: 22	mithril vest This thread is for the discution of the origin of frodo's mithril vest. And a little bit on Legolas's age. Theory: King Thranduil ordered the vest for his young son Legolas, but was never deliverd due to the arival of Smaug. clues: 1. found in eribor 2. Thorin said it was made by his people 3. it was said that it could not have fit a dwarf 4. made for an elf-prince Why Legolas and Thranduil? It was said that Thranduil had a weekness for silver and white gems. The vest had these. Beregond said Pippin looked like a boy of nine summers, and young elves had about the same growth rate as humans. Thranduil's kingdome was closest to Eribor too. He also had only one son. Elronds sons where to big and to old for it to fit them also. Celeborn and Galadrial had only a doughter and there is no mentoin of Cirdan having children. Thranduil said to Bilbo " Bilbo Baggins! you are more worthy to wear the armor of elf princes than many that have looked more comely in it." Legolas would have to be around 250 in the war of the ring. Besides the arival of Smaug there is no reason it would not have been delivered. It would have had to be compleated around the same time Smaug came or it would have been delivered before he arived. I know he is not the only elf prince in middle earth. It is just the one theory out of many I thought most reasonable. Last edited by Bandobras Took; 12-13-2004 at 03:30 PM.