Mirkwood | Tolkien Wiki Mirkwood is a large forest located in between the kingdom of Gondor and the Grey Mountains On the map, it falls in the eastern part of Rhovanion
Thranduil | Tolkien Wiki He fathered Legolas, Mirkwood ’s Elven prince, who was a part of the Fellowship of the Ring In Tolkien ’s The Hobbit, Thranduil is only referred to as the Elvenking
Mirkwood Elves - The Tolkien Forum The elves from Mirkwood were Sindarin ("Grey Elves"), who had neither seen the light of the trees in Valinor nor been directly influenced by "High Elves" Most of the Elves we meet in LotR are either direct remnants of the Noldor - like the Elves from Imladris or at the Grey Havens - or at least influenced by "High Elves" - like the originally Silvan Elves from Lórien were under strong
The Elves of Mirkwood vs Rivendell | The Tolkien Forum In fact, we could say Mirkwood repelled Sauron during "the battle under the trees " during the WOTR and avoided a siege while Elrond was defeated and fled to become besieged Further, Thranduil joined with the elves of Lothlorien and captured Dol Guldur If only result matter devoid of circumstances I think we must choose Mirkwood
Legolas | Tolkien Wiki Legolas is a fictional character created by J R R Tolkien in his book, legendarium This character played an important role in the trilogy movie of The Lord of The Rings
Dol Guldur | Tolkien Wiki Dol Guldur was the Dark Lord Sauron 's base of operations and stronghold while he secretly recovered his powers as “The Necromancer ” Mostly referred to as the “Dark Sorcery Knoll ” The evil place existed in the Third Age for more than two thousand years, located south of Mirkwood
Thranduil Legolas: Exploring their Elvish heritage Yes, but their people were actually Silvan Elves Thranduil and Legolas were Sindarin in descent but their " kindred " were Silvan Elves Anyone think the Green-Elves (the Laiquendi) of Ossiriand mentioned in The Silmarillion were the ancestors of, or perhaps even were, the Elves of Northern Mirkwood? Cheers, Úlairi
Why did Aragorn take Gollum to Mirkwood? - The Tolkien Forum Aragorn captured Gollum in the dead marshes near Mordor He then travelled for 50 days, something like 900 miles to hand him over to Thranduil's elves in Mirkwood, to imprison him Was this really the logical thing to do? For example, why not take him to Lothlorien? Why did Aragorn double
Elvenkings Hall | Tolkien Wiki Greenwood became Mirkwood for the evil that filled it Thranduil migrated with the Elves of his kingdom to the North-eastern edge of the forest He then established a fortress and underground chambers to secure his people during an attack Thranduil took inspiration for his hall from his encounter at Doriath He said Thingol 's halls of Menegroth
Did the Ring allow Bilbo to talk to the Mirkwood spiders? This is a good question, “Did the Ring allow Bilbo to talk to the Mirkwood spiders?” It’s actually addressed in the last chapter of Two Towers, when Sam has taken the Ring and left Frodo for dead on the ledge after he was stung by Shelob