Gandalf does literally mean "Staff Elf" after all.
(Or "Wand Elf", Gandr doesn't distinguish the size of the stick.)
(Well, the more accepted explanation these days is that it came from another meaning of Gandr meaning witchcraft or a witch's familiar. So Witch Elf or Witch's Elf Familiar, but Tolkien was going with Staff/Wand Elf when he picked the name.)
Doesn't this make the chest just a vehicle with hammer space and is entirely unnecessary beside you know for identity shake?
It could also be that Mimic's don't have a "true form" and are just a mass of flesh and the chest is used to contain it, otherwise it might dry out or get dirty. Basically just a shell to protect the squishy innards.
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