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LoTR - Book 5 - Chapter 2<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> "The Lady of the Wood!" [said Gimli]. She read many hearts and desires. Now why did not we wish for some of our own kinsfolk Legolas?"<P>Legolas stood before the gate and turned his bright eyes away north and east, and his fair face was troubled. "I do not think that any would come," he answered. "They have no need to ride to war; war already marches on their own lands."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>This is why there are no dwarfs or elves at Helm's Deep in the book. The implication is that if this barrier wasn't there, the elves would have come as well as dwarfs if they knew of the threat. They sure aren't running.<P>H.C.