Board Thread:Lore Texts/@comment-26298013-20170614024833/@comment-26298013-20170614121552

Yes, but there were Elves. And who is more likely to have gained access to Ranger text than the Elves? Especially as the Rangers had extremely close relations with Rivendell, at least. Their texts could easily have spread to Lindon.

Ithilion, we have them, so, shhhhhhhh. Also, the Dwarves were fairly likely, to my mind, to have been capable of forging plate armors. After all, their armor in the First Age is stated as being capable of resisting dragonfire, and to my mind that means plate armor. No leather-backed mail, no matter how finely engraved and treated, is going to stand up under dragonfire.