The golden image of Laurelin above the Gate stood on a wall of yellow marble, along the top of which ran a row of globes made of red gold. Within the wall, the Sixth Gate itself was patterned with images of the Sun (the last flower of GoldenLaurelin) surrounded by gemstones of yellow and red. In the courtyard behind the Gate and its wall, a guard of three hundred Elves stood ready, each armoured in gilded mail and bearing a golden-plumed helm, a bow and a flame-red shield.