02-13-2003, 01:27 PM | #61 |
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It seems to have migrated to just Legolas.
To Elf.freak; isn't that the age he was in the movie, not the book? To L@ury; sorry, I don't remember that. What was your basis for the age of 3019? That's interesting, because the War of the Ring ended in TA 3019. Anywho, people mentioned the appendices, concerning Legolas and Arwen's dates of birth; a very good idea indeed! Arwen was born in TA 241, it says. Just a slightly-related sidenote, the Shadow fell on Greenwood c. 1050. I went through up till the year Bilbo went on his adventure, and didn't see anything about Legolas.
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02-14-2003, 06:20 AM | #62 |
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hey, i tell you guys something... LEGOLAS IS IN THE HOBBIT!!!... well that's what i think.
because gloin remembered him during the Council of elrond. so he must be one of the elves who captured the dwarves in THE HOBBIT but his name wasn't mentioned.
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02-14-2003, 11:47 AM | #63 |
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I took that to just mean the Elves of Mirkwood, not him in particular.
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02-16-2003, 01:46 PM | #64 |
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3019? I doubt it. That would mean he was born in the year that Sauron was over-thrown by the Last Alliance Thranduil was at war for 10 odd years, prior to that so he couldn't have got his groove on with Legolas's mom. Unless....
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02-17-2003, 01:04 AM | #65 |
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The Question of Legolas' Age...
As was stated several pages previously, there is no evidence that Tolkien ever stated an age for Legolas. The movie “assigned” him the age of 2931. The most logical estimates I have seen concerning his age place him about 600 – 1000 years old at the time of the War of the Ring. But that is only an estimate – Tolkien could have envisioned him being much older.
If you want a more thorough (and lengthy!) discussion of what is known (and not known) about Legolas’ family and age – you could check out my article at: http://woodrealm.tripod.com/legolasr...club/id34.html Ithildin
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Of Legolas and caves...
And to expound a bit on the original question of this thread: re: Legolas’ reluctance to enter caves...
(Sorry, I don’t have the books handy, so couldn’t provide quotes on everything right now.) A description of Thranduil’s (the Elvenking’s) Palace: “Inside the passages were lit with red torch-light, and the elf-guards sang as they marched along the twisting, crossing, echoing paths. These were not like those of the goblin-cities; they were smaller, less deep underground and filled with a cleaner air. In a great hall with pillars hewn out of the living stone sat the Elvenking on a chair of carven wood.” The Hobbit As someone mentioned, most of Thranduil’s subjects lived in the forest in and around the trees, not in the palace. The king’s cave was his palace, and the strong place of his treasure, and the fortress of his people against their enemies.” The Hobbit Of Legolas and caves... I think Legolas’ reluctance to enter caverns is easily explained, even in the light of the fact that his father’s palace was also a cave. In LOTR Legolas expressed his desire to avoid entering Moria, but that was well known to be an evil place and a dwelling of Dwarves, with whom (up to that point) he had had little reason or desire to associate. Its tunnels wound much deeper and further under the mountains than did Thranduil’s halls and it probably had few if any openings to the outside air. He later also made it clear to Gimli that he had no wish to enter Aglarond – until Gimli so exquisitely described the beauty to be found there. Then he promised to return with the Dwarf and tour the caves with him. Legolas did not enjoy traversing the Paths of the Dead, though he emphasized that he did not fear the dead spirits. He endured the subterranean darkness there as he did in Moria because it was the road they needed to travel. Ithildin
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02-25-2003, 02:12 PM | #67 |
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His age is 3019 on a website but they are wrong. My friend told my his age but I can't remember what she said.
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Re: Legolas's age - the view from Ithlien
Some one stole my book so I cant check
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