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Thranduil is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.He first appears as a supporting character in The Hobbit, where he is simply known as the Elvenking, the ruler of the Elves who lived in the woodland realm of Mirkwood.
On April 30, 2011, it was announced that Pace had been cast as the king of the Mirkwood Elves, Thranduil, in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. The announcement was made by Peter Jackson himself, who revealed on his Facebook page that Pace had been his favorite for the part, ever since he saw his performance in ...
The Hobbit calls him an elf-friend rather than an elf, one "who had both elves and heroes of the North for ancestors." [T 9] The Elvenking, king of the Mirkwood Elves. He held the dwarves captive. They were eventually freed by Bilbo. [T 10] (In The Hobbit he is only called "the Elvenking"; his name "Thranduil" is given in The Lord of the Rings ...
Tauriel (portrayed by Evangeline Lilly) is a female Elf from Mirkwood and the Chief of the Guards for the Elvenking, Thranduil. [7] She also has a romantic subplot with the dwarf Kili. Elros (portrayed by Robin Kerr [2]) is an Elf of the Woodland Realm appearing in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. He is a captain of the Woodland Guard and ...
While McKay and co-showrunner JD Payne had plenty of Elf and Man and Dwarf characters to incorporate from J.R.R. Tolkien’s extensive appendices, when it came to Hobbits, the writers had to rely ...
Melian: Maia who took the physical form of an Elf. Queen of Doriath in the First Age. Wife of Elu Thingol and mother of Lúthien. Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck: A hobbit member of the Fellowship of the Ring and companion of Frodo Baggins. Assisted Éowyn in the slaying of the Witch-King of Angmar.
Lirazel — From the novel The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany, ... Tauriel — In The Hobbit films, she’s the leader of the Mirkwood elves. She was created for the movies, and ...
Legolas is the son of Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood, [T 1] who appeared as "the Elvenking" in The Hobbit. [T 2] Thranduil, one of the Sindar or "Grey Elves", [T 3] ruled over the Silvan Elves or "Wood-elves" of Mirkwood.