Posted by Jan den Breejen (145.53.141.105) on January 19, 2003 at 10:56:53:

Legolas is the dopey-eyed elf; warrior ‘from the other world’:
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There was also a strange Elf clad in green and brown, Legolas, a messenger from his father, Thranduil, the King of the Elves of Northern Mirkwood.
Source: J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
'Only one of us is an Elf, Legolas from the Woodland Realm in distant Mirkwood.' (Aragorn)
Source: J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
'You are a Wood-Elf, anyway, though Elves of any kind are strange folk.' (Gimli)
Source: J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Assessment: Idiosyncratic Style
Jan