If not for Legolas' intelligence and smooth tongue, the platinum blond would have been exiled from the Golden Woods for helping a wounded Elf. The Guardian did not realize the injured female was a fugitive from their lands, having bathed in the fountain where the water for Galadriel's mirror was drawn. By law, the fair-haired Elf should receive the same punishment as the one he assisted, expulsion from Lòrien.