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Elegost was a Dúnedan Ranger of the North in The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004).
He is a part of the company of travelers controlled by the player. Elegost may be the most versatile fighter of Berethor's party. He is well skilled in both Bow Craft and Ranger Craft skills. Using Bow Craft skills, Elegost is able to manipulate the abilities of his enemies such as lowering their ability to counterattack, lowering their rate of attack, or even lowering the accuracy of an enemy. Using Ranger Craft skills, Elegost is able to deal severe damage to foes and can immobilize enemies for a turn. Elegost is good friends with the Dwarf, Hadhod.
In adaptations[]
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age[]
Not much is told of Elegost's life, except that he was a Dúnedain and a close friend of Aragorn. He met Hadhod during the Council of Elrond, where he and the Dwarf were given a map. A short while later he and Hadhod were attacked by a mob of orcsduring a stormy night, under command of an orc (this may have been the same time Saruman stopped Gandalf and company from passing over Caradhras by using his wizardry, since it was storming and voices were heard). Hadhod was carried away by a landslide while Elegost was wounded, and the Orc took his map. The next day Berethor and Idrial found Elegost, who told them he was hunting the wargs that were approaching. Having then killed the Orcs who came too near to Rivendell, they rescued Hadhod from a cave-troll. After the two friends were reunited, Elegost and Hadhod decided to follow the Man of Gondor on his quest. In The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, his name is only mentioned once throughout the game, by Eaoden in Minas Tirith.
Abilities[]
Signature Skills[]
| Frenzy | Immediately takes two actions. |
| Examine | Inspect an enemy more closely. |
Bow Craft[]
| Stunning Shot | Ranged attack than stuns a foe |
| Blinding Shot | Ranged attack that lowers a foe's accuracy. |
| Crippling Shot | Ranged attack that slows foe. |
| Pinning Shot | Ranged attacks that prevents counter attacks. |
| Arrow Flurry | Ranged attack at two foes. |
| Draining Shot | Steals health from a foe. |
| Shield Piercing | Ranged attack that lowers foe's melee defense. |
| Enhanced Shot | Tremendously damaged ranged attack. |
Ranger Craft[]
| Aimed Shot | Powerful Ranged Attack. |
| Piece Will | Ranged attack that lowers foe's spirit defense. |
| Paralyzing Shot | Ranged attack That prevents foe's melee attack. |
| Cursed Arrow | Ranged attack that lowers foe's ranged damage. |
| Arrow Splinters | Ranged attack that prevents foe's ranged attacks. |
| Piercing Might | Ranged attack that lowers foe's melee damage. |
| Arrows of Sleep | Ranged attack that puts foe to sleep. |
| Kingsfoil Grace | Restores ones ally's Health over time. |
| Flash Arrow | Ranged attack that reduces a foe's accuracy. |
| Grace of Athelas | Grant entire party Health Regeneration. |
| Pierce Spirit | Ranged attack that reduces foe's spirit damage. |
| Northern Storm | Summon a lightning storm to strike your foes. |
| Fangorn Roots. | Ranged attack that immobilizes foe. |
Passive Skills[]
| Ranger Evade | Fixed percentage of Dodging enemy attacks. |
| Dunedain Invasion | Increases Elegost's ability to dodge an enemy attack. |
| Hands of the Bowman | Increases Dexterity. |
| Ranger War Rally | Increases Momentum gained from actions. |
| Spirit of the North | Increases AP Pool. |
| Frenzy | For 125 AP, allows the execution of two extra actions, limited to Bow Craft and Ranger Craft, possibly Shadow Craft and Light Craft as well. |
| Blessing of the Haste | Allows Elegost to take actions more often during combat. |
| Sleep Volley | Arrows of Sleep targets all enemies, instead of only one. |
| Lingering Sleep | Makes attack Arrows of Sleep last for the duration of the fight. |
| Crippling Volley | Increases effectiveness of Crippling Shot. |
Quotes[]
[Elegost lies motionless on the ground as two Wargs slowly get closer to him]
Berethor: A man... badly wounded.
Idrial: Wait for the Wargs to approach.
Berethor: They'll kill him! *Charges towards them, sword drawn* HOLD ON!
*The Wargs charge at Elegost*
Elegost: *Hops up on his feet, completely unharmed* Hello lovelies! *Slays the Wargs*
Berethor: You live...
Elegost: No thanks to you. Can't you see I was hunting them?
[Berethor, Idrial, and Elegost have just killed a trio of Orcs]
Elegost: *Kicks one of the corpses*
Berethor: What are you doing?
Elegost: You want to be sure they're good and dead. Some are mighty hard to kill. *Plunges his sword into the other corpse*
Trivia[]
- Even though Elegost uses a bow in combat, he always uses a sword in cutscenes. This could be due to the fact during early development, several of the characters were originally going to have different weapons.
- Despite being aware that he was present at The Council of Elrond with Boromir, Berethor never asks Elegost about his location.
- Elegost tells Berethor and Idrial that it was a Mordor Orc that stole the map from him. However, when fought, the Orc instead uses the model for the Orcs encountered in Eregion, The East Emnet Gullies, and Rohan.