Thranduil

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Thranduil is a Sindarin elf, King of the Woodland Realm, father of Legolas. At the beginning of the Second Age, Thranduil lived in Lindon, but before the SA 1000 he established a kingdom in Greenwood the Great. This kingdom survived, despite attacks by the great spiders and the Orcs and a war with the Dwarves, for more than two ages of Middle-earth.

Contents 1 Third Age 2 Fourth Age 3 In literature 4 Adaptations

[edit] Third Age

In TA 2941 Thranduil led the elven forces in the Battle of the Five Armies, and during the War of the Ring he repulsed an attack from Dol Guldur.

When Thorin Oakenshield and his party of dwarves entered northern Mirkwood, they are captured by Thranduil's guards and locked up when they refuse to divulge their intentions, before being freed by Bilbo Baggins. It was then revealed that Thranduil had had a quarrel with dwarves over some jewels, although it is possible that this statement may relate to Thingol. After the death of the dragon Smaug, Thranduil supported Bard the Bowman's claim of a share of the treasure the Dwarves recovered from Erebor. Bard was a descendent of Lord Girion of Dale and the treasure of that town was also taken by Smaug to Erebor. Thorin resented the presence of the elven forces, due to their previous captivity by the elves, and refused to negotiate with Bard until Bilbo gave Thranduil the Arkenstone (which meant more than a river of gold to Thorin).

Thranduil was son of Oropher and father of Legolas. The gradually-established friendship between Legolas and the Dwarf Gimli, the son of Glóin of Thorin’s company, helps to reconcile Thranduil's people and the Dwarves.

[edit] Fourth Age

After the fall of Sauron, Thranduil fixed the southern boundary of his realm as the Mountains of Mirkwood, and the Woodland Realm flourished well into the Fourth Age.

[edit] In literature

King Thranduil is a supporting character in The Hobbit and is referenced in The Lord of the Rings.

[edit] Adaptations

In the 1977 animated version of The Hobbit, Thranduil is voiced by Otto Preminger. In the 1968 BBC radio series he is voiced by Leonard Fenton. He is also one of the playable elven heroes in The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II real-time strategy game.

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