Talk:Thranduil

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I think this is a really good entry for Thranduil. Who made this anyway? They should write one about Haldir and Drizzt! You guys are crazy if you don't hire that person to make all the entries about elves! They deserve alot of credit for such ingenious research and phrasing! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.240.198.61 (talk • contribs) 2003-01-20t01:12:19z (the same user who wrotethat version of the entry)

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[edit] Inclusion of side notes

Does all the stuff about the friendship of Gimli and Legolas really belong here, in the Thranduil entry? It hasn't much to do with him. --Darksasami 18:32, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

since Legolas is Thranduil's son and all of this is something the traces from Legolas to his father I think it fits well in Ariakas 7 July 2005 10:25 (UTC)

Furthermore... Legolas wasn't 'growing up' with tales of the Hobbit-Dwarves. He was already fully grown up at that time! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.219.159.42 (talk • contribs) 2006-01-15t00:10:51z

[edit] Life span

Life span: ? First Age -  ? (circa 115 years)

Did Thranduil die? When? OldEnt § 20:42, 30 July 2006 (UTC) Uhm, I don't get it. Born around 115 FA? OldEnt § 20:44, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

There is no mention of Thranduil's death. He was Elvish and immortal. He either eventually sailed to the Undying Lands of stayed in Middle-Earth and slowly "faded"; if the latter, it happened millenia after the 4th Age began.

[edit] Reconciliation

Gandalf certainly hoped that Gimli and Legolas would become friends through the Fellowship; and that this could be the germ of Dwarvish-Elvish reconciliation that would pay both short and longterm benefits. I don't know that the article's more narrow statement about reconciliation between THRANDUIL'S people and the Dwarves of the Mountain is so accurate, however. What Gandalf had in mind was a larger reconciliation encompassing Elves and Dwarves across Middle-earth, not just between the Mountain and the Woods. Gloin's "flash of anger" at the Council of Elrond notwithstanding, the Elves of Thranduil's kingdom and the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain are portrayed as having reconciled after the Battle of Five Armies. There was commercial traffic between them, political messengers, etc. The Elves of Lorien and other scattered Silvan groups were much more alienated from Dwarves than Thranduil's folk. 169.253.4.21 (talk) 16:21, 25 February 2008 (UTC)TexxasFinn

[edit] Q&A

What was Thranduils surname ? I dont know if they mention it or not.. just would like to know...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.231.197.118 (talk) 00:00, 15 March 2008 (UTC)