[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

It does still strike me as odd that Tolkien would grant Legolas a hare. I know he liked to alter his characters somewhat (Treebeard, etc.), but after painting the picture of Legolas to be someone prone to brutal acts against rabbits and hares, this alteration seems bizarre.

I refer, of course, to the early drafts of The Lord of the Rings in which Legolas appeared to take great delight from shooting the wild hares with his bow and arrows.