![]() ![]() ![]() By the time of the events of The Lord of the Rings, Thranduil's title was King of the Elves of Northern Mirkwood. The Wood-elves of Mirkwood were reduced in number and retreated to lands in the north of Mirkwood. Under his malign influence the Greenwood grew dark, becoming known as Mirkwood, and infested with Orcs and giant spiders. He claimed his inheritance and became King of the Woodland Realm, reigning over the whole of Greenwood the Great.Īs the Third Age progressed, however, a sorcerer known as the Necromancer (later revealed to be Sauron returned) took over the abandoned Elven fortress of Amon Lanc and turned it into Dol Guldur. Oropher was slain and Thranduil returned to Greenwood with roughly a third of the army that had marched to war. In SA 3434, Thranduil and his father fought in the Battle of Dagorlad. At the beginning of the Second Age, some Sindar traveled east and Oropher eventually founded the Elven realm in Greenwood the Great. He was born during the First Age, and lived in Doriath at some point prior to the Second Kinslaying. Thranduil was the only son of Oropher, King of the Woodland Realm. ![]()
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