Legolas, a Famous Archean

There are many fiction characters in English literature relating to archery. Different novelists and story tellers have created different fictional characters in various stories and made archery as their super talent. Legolas is one of the most famous fiction archers of all time, created by J.R.R. Tolkien in his epic master piece "Lord of the Rings."

J.R.R. Tolkien described Legolas as:

He was tall as a young tree, lithe, immensely strong, able swiftly to draw a great war-bow and shoot down a Nazgul, endowed with the tremendous vitality of Elvish bodies, so hard and resistant to hurt that he went only in light shoes over rock or through snow, the most tireless of all the Fellowship." (Book of Lost Tales 2, p. 333)

In Lord of the Ring series, Legolas is shown as an elf having extraordinary archery skills, who is one of the main heroes of the whole series. Legolas is shown as the son of Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood. Legolas first appearance was in "Fellowship of the Ring" at the council of Elrond of Rivendell where his purpose was to convey the message about the escape of Gomel from their custody, and later he was chosen as the member of Fellowship because of his archery skills.

Legolas played a vital role in the whole series in saving the fellowship and defeating the army of Dark Lord. In every battle, Legolas fought with the enemies with the help of his bow and arrows. The character of Legolas became more famous after the release of movies and Orlando Bloom played this character, and this character made Orlando Bloom famous as well.

In all three parts, Legolas has been shown as one of the most important member of the fellowship, the archery skills of Legolas are extraordinary and these are shown like no others. Legolas helped the fellowship in passing through many hurdles and winning many battles.

The archery skills of Legolas are an inspiration to everyone especially for those who love this adventurous activity. Legolas is one of the characters who have made archery famous, archery is now associated with this famous character. The main competencies of Legolas are his cunning aim and fast speed; in the movies, Legolas is shown as throwing many arrows in a few second and killing many enemies in no time, the speed of Legolas in throwing arrows is just like shooting bullets from a gun.

The fascination of archery has made this activity so famous in English literature and has given birth to the famous characters like Legolas. Archery is still very famous today and is admired by the people all over the world.

By Adam Jhones