The first group of elves that show up in the book enter singing and laughing and are perpetually poking fun at Frodo and his companions throughout the scene.

While there is certainly a good deal of gravitas and mystery to the elves in the books, they are frequently joyful: Singing celebratory songs and making fun of guests, they are downright cheerful all around. Elrond and Durin's friendship is warmer and more jovial, but for elves that still seems to be the exception, rather than the rule. While some of its elves are vengeful, or ambitious, or humorous, in many ways they seem to follow the Peter Jackson line of grim and somber remnants of an ancient and mysterious past. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, for its part, seems to be following suit. RELATED: Best 'Lord of the Rings' Memes The Tone of the Elvesįrom the opening scenes in the war against Sauron, through the restful oasis of Rivendell, to the woods of Lothlorien and the pivotal players of Elrond, Galadriel, Arwen, and Legolas throughout the series, the elves convey a sense of grim and noble mystery tinged with sorrow: They fight fiercely against the Dark Lord, lend gravitas to a council that will decide the fate of the Free Peoples of Middle-earth, and somberly chant hymns of sorrow at the fall of Gandalf.

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