Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-27168578-20160107111905/@comment-26041296-20160122030100

Faenor of the Silver Laurel wrote:

Beauhunt III wrote:

Faenor of the Silver Laurel wrote:

Beauhunt III wrote: Elves arrive from the West at Lothlorien. They have strengthened armor, and mardier swords and even Battle axes. They stir the memory of a place long destroyed... These elves should be wary, for the golden boughs of Lóriën hide watchers, who might not be pleased to see even their kindred in this time of strife... Turatamo steps forward with sword in shealth and bow unstrung. He asks the watchers if Faenor needed aid. He can't see them. Even with an Elf's senses, he could not detect the Galadhrim. For all he knows, he's speaking to an empty forest.

And there is lore backing behind that fact that he cannot detect them: Legolas couldn't either, until he had an arrow pointed at him and the Galadhrim were staring him right in the eyes. This is one of those things where you know the needle is in the haystack, not that you can see it.

The elves are wise enough to know that they are in there, it's just that they do not feel their presence. If a mortal man saw them, he would think them "queer, speaking to the trees." They are also standing just outside the forest :)