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Legolas - Elf - Middle Earth Caches Traditional Cache

Hidden : 8/10/2008
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

I have the difficulty at 3 because of the sketchy coords. I took a number of readings and averaged them. Post yours if they are off a bit and we can update. The cache is east of the cleared area. With a tree that branches at the ground into about 5. Watch out if you go the wrong way there is a 20 foot fall into the creekbed.

Elven caches will be in the trees, hidden from the eyes of those that may search for them.

Elves live for the woods. Elves are a race of beings similar in appearance to humans but fairer and wiser, with greater spiritual powers, keener senses, and a closer empathy with nature. They are great smiths and fierce warriors on the side of good. Because their lives are nearly immortal they spend decades in their professions. Armour, weapons, jewelry, homes might take decades to learn and contruct, yet it is only a tiny portion of their lives. All of these, therefore, and beautiful and functional. They mistrust those who because of their short lives, do not have the forsight to look ahead a millenia.

Legolas was the son of Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood, who appears as "the Elvenking" in The Hobbit. Thranduil ruled over the Silvan Elves of the wood. Although he lived among them, was exposed to their customs, and (it may be inferred) considered himself one of them, Legolas was strictly not one of the Silvan Elves (Wood-elves). His father Thranduil had originally come from Lindon; he and his son were actually Sindar, or "Grey Elves", called in the singular Sinda: "Sindarin" was their language. A small minority of Sindar ruled the predominantly Silvan Woodland Realm, and Thranduil headed them.

After the destruction of the One Ring, Legolas remained in Minas Tirith for Aragorn's crowning and marriage to Arwen. Later, Legolas and Gimli went travelling together through Fangorn forest and to visit the Glittering Caves of Helm's Deep, as Legolas had promised Gimli. Eventually, Legolas founded an Elf-colony in Ithilien and spent his remaining time in Middle-earth, helping to restore the devastated forests of that war-ravaged land.

It was told in the Red Book of Westmarch (first written by Bilbo Baggins, continued by Frodo Baggins and supposedly finished by Samwise Gamgee), that after Aragorn's death in the year 120 of the Fourth Age Legolas built a grey ship and left Middle-earth to go over the Sea to Valinor, and that Gimli went with him.

GC1ERGD Elrond - Elf - Middle Earth
GC1ERGZ Arwen - Elf - Middle Earth
GC1ERGF Celeborn - Elf - Middle Earth
GC1ERF0 Galadriel - Elf - Middle Earth
GC1ERGT Legolas - Elf - Middle Earth

Master Elf Cache:


GC1F3N0 Master Elf Cache - Middle Earth

Other Master Caches:
GC1EQK5 Master Dwarf Cache - Middle Earth
GC1EQKP Master Hobbit Cache - Middle Earth
GC1ERE9 Master Human Cache - Middle Earth
GC1F3N5 Master Evil Cache - Middle Earth

And the Final:
GC1EQK7 One Cache to rule them all - Middle Earth Caches

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va gur pebbx bs gur 5 gerrf ng gur onfr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)