With six months until the release of the second of the three films making up The Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug, Warner Bros and Peter Jackson have started the push towards the December release with a long awaited reveal, our first look at Tauriel, the elf warrior played by Lost’s Evangeline Lily.

Tauriel is a controversial character for the films, being a new, whole cloth creation from Peter Jackson and and his co-writers on the Hobbit trilogy, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, but if the first image is any indication, she certainly won’t be sitting in the sidelines, adding some needed elf action to the trilogy.

Full details on the character, including Lily’s expectations of the reaction from the fans, can be seen at the source link below. Check it out!

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug releases on December 13th.

Source: EW.com