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The steel-bowed archers of the armies of [[Númenor]] during the later [[Second Age]], when the [[Númenóreans]] carved out dominions in [[Middle-earth]]. Their arrows were famously one ell long (that is, 1.143 m, or nearly four feet). | The '''King's Archers''' were the steel-bowed archers of the armies of [[Númenor]] during the later [[Second Age]], when the [[Númenóreans]] carved out dominions in [[Middle-earth]]. Their arrows were famously one ell long (that is, 1.143 m, or nearly four feet). | ||
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The King's Archers were the steel-bowed archers of the armies of Númenor during the later Second Age, when the Númenóreans carved out dominions in Middle-earth. Their arrows were famously one ell long (that is, 1.143 m, or nearly four feet).