[Iarhen]

Im gonna have to disagree. Remember that elvish women DID NOT go to war. They were concentrated in magicks and other things.

When Tolkien says that Galadirel threw down Dol Guldur, it was Galadriel HERSELF. It was not the army of Lorien. Remember that Tolkien reffered to Lorien's army, several times, as weak. Just go back to FOTR book, and when Galadriel speaks to Frodo, she says that Lorien does not stand against the enemy because of the arrows of the elves. It's a powerful country, the greatest elven country on ME (over Rivendell, because of the power that dwells there.

And that Power is Galadriel.

So, I don't think Galadriel needed a sword, a bow or anything. Elvish women dont fight. Royal elvish women DONT fight. And she had a greater power than any army in ME was able to compete with.

If Tolkien says that nobody could overcome her power unless Sauron himself showed up at the door of Caras Galadon, then Tolkien meant that not even the armies of Mordor, Dol Guldur, Isengard or any other country would be able to conquer Lorien because they would not be able to overcome Galadriel's power.