Among the lighter-equipped foreign troops in Trissian are these Arbalesters, part of the same expedition as the Shotelai, their heavy crossbows used to pierce enemy armor. Meklit is one of these specialized skirmishers.

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Among the mercenary troops in the service of Trissian are a unit of Elves from an arid mountain kingdom across the sea. Lishan is one of their frontline soldiers, wielding the Shotel, a curved sword designed to circle around a shield and pierce.

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Day 5 of Tolktober- Elven 🤘✨️

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My conference paper “Tolkien's Philological Imagination - On Aelfwine's Spelling, the AB Tolkien's Philological Imagination - On Aelfwine's Spelling, the AB Language and the Inner Consistency of Philological Reality’ scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcont... #tolkien #elvish #language