Other male elves are beautiful to behold, but they are masculine; there was never mistaking them for females. But not so with Legolas; he had inherited the oval face, almond-shaped glittering sapphire eyes and rosy soft lips of their mother to such an extent that others mistake him for a maiden. Some even likened him to Tinuviel and said his beauty exceeded even the Evening Star. Not that that was a good thing, of course. Legolas was a PRINCE of Mirkwood after all.