Greenwood Vanguard

The elves were the first to charge. Their hatred for the goblins is cold and bitter. Their spears and swords shown in the gloom with a gleam of chill flame, so deadly was the wrath of the hands that held them. As soon as the host of their enemies was dense in the valley, they sent against it a shower of arrows, and each flickered as it fled as if with stinging fire. -The Hobbit