While these are all admirable qualities, Thranduil is presented as a flawed father and ruler in The Hobbit. Under his rule, Mirkwood practices isolationism. While it would be easy to dismiss Thranduil and call him a selfish individual, he suffered many losses that may have contributed to his increasingly isolationist ways. Along with his father and many of his people, Thranduil fought against Sauron during the War of the Last Alliance.
He lost his father and a third of his people during that war, which understandably, fed his fear of conflict. Celebrimbor was an Elf who gained great renown as an expert craftsman and jewel-smith.
With the help of the fair being Annatar Sauron in disguise , he created sixteen of the twenty Rings of Power. These were the Rings that found their way into the hands of Men and Dwarves. He also created the three Elven Rings of Power, but since he crafted these rings on his own, they were devoid of the corrupting power of the other Rings. However, what are some of his non action-hero accomplishments? Not only does he begin to tolerate Gimli, but, eventually, he and Gimli form one of the most profound and ground-breaking bonds within Middle-earth.
Their friendship was so strong that once Legolas decided to leave Middle-earth for good and sail to the Undying Lands like most of his kind, he takes Gimli with him, making Gimli the first Dwarf to enter this sacred Elvish haven. Even more impressive is his willingness to take on a supporting role while Galadriel slays in every possible way.
Whether or not this is how Tolkien intended the character to be interpreted is irrelevant. When The Fellowship of the Ring was released in theaters, many fans took to the forums and lamented the loss of the Elf Glorfindel, a character who had perhaps one of the most memorable scenes in the novel. That scene was the Ringwraith chase in which an injured Frodo is swiftly escorted to Rivendell for treatment.
Apart from escaping the Ringwraiths, Glorfindel has a number of heroic acts to his name. He battled and defeated a powerful Balrog — a fight that cost him his life. His actions in life were so noble that, upon his death, he was brought back to life and given even greater power.
Tolkien's elves were immortal, they did not age, and they did not die unless by sword, etc, or sorrow, their spirits were created to last so long as the world endured, but they could become so old their very spirits overtook their bodies, rendering them invisible save for when they deemed it necessary to reveal themselves to men. The elves of Tolkien's Middle Earth are similar in appearance to men, but very very different creatures in a large number of ways. Most notable of all is the fact they do not die unless in battle, or from grief.
Unlike men, elves are not so concerned with power; they'd rather practice the arts such as smith-work poetry, music, sculpture, or healing. Their spirits are tied to the Earth, and their spirits were created to last so long as the Earth lasts, and so, they are very closely tied to nature, but less so than say, Radagast the Brown, the Wizard who preferred the kinship of animals to that of elves, dwarves, men, or other creatures.
So far as the wizards go, the elves of Middle Earth were forevermore fond of Gandalf, the wizard who loved both crafts and nature, and was even by some thought to be an elf, and had been called "the elf of the wand.
Elves were, by and large, more beautiful than the children of mankind, and not so susceptible to the moral failings of men. They weren't so afflicted by greed or lust for power as humanity, as they were more aware of themselves as spirits in a material world.
Tolkien's elves of Middle Earth were generally taller than men, and had eyes of grey colour that could see not just further into the distance, but to some extent, into the hearts and minds of others, and even into the future. Never once is it mentioned in Peter Jackson's film adaptations of The Lord Of The Rings exactly who Legolas the elf actually is, what is seen is the elf warrior, the splendid archer, and the friend of the returning king, Aragorn.
While Legolas is never mentioned in "The Hobbit," his father is, the King of the wood elves living in Mirkwood Forrest. In Peter Jackson's first installment of what is amazingly going to be a trilogy of films concerning Tolkien's book, The Hobbit , the father of Legolas is hinted at, and shown, but does not speak. What is most notable concerning Legolas in both Tolkien's books and Jackson's films are both his never-ending good cheer, and his friendship with Gimli the Dwarf, but Jackson only hinted in the films at how this had not always been so, and perhaps the viewer of Jackson's films for The Hobbit will better understand just why that is.
From the Peter Jackson films, and I do mean the first film for The Hobbit as well, Galadriel is very present, and clearly shown to be one of the most powerful persons in the Tolkien world. What is it that makes Galadriel so very powerful?
Well, first off, she has one of the three rings of power given to the elves, and the only ring more powerful than the ones she, Gandalf, and Cirdan the Ship-write have is the one ring, which the entire tale seems to be focused on. The entire tale concerning The Hobbit, and The Lord Of The Rings is merely the tale of the third age of Middle Earth, but Galadriel was born in the first age of Middle Earth, and of course, lived through the second age as well.
Suffice it to say, she is beyond ancient and has the accumulated wisdom of all those years of life. Still, this isn't sufficient, Galadriel was one of the most powerful of all the elves to have lived in the entire Tolkien Legendarium, and is considered second in wisdom and power to only Feanor, who created the silmarills, but of course one would then need to read The Silmarillion to know about any of that.
Among Tolkien nuts such as myself, it is probably somewhat debatable as to who would have been more powerful had they taken possession of the one ring of power, would it have been Gandalf?
How about Galadriel? Elrond maybe? Some might even think it would have been Aragorn who'd have become most powerful. While I'm forever encouraging any and all to read the actual books, in the Peter Jackson films, one of the very best scenes of all is the scene where Frodo offers the ring of power to Galadriel, and she contemplates it, and then turns it down.
Like Galadriel, Elrond appears throughout the entire Tolkien legendarium and is a dominant character throughout. He is thousands and thousands of years old, having lived through the first and second ages of Middle Earth already, but Elrond isn't exactly an elf, he is only half-elf, as elves and men can, of course, mate.
It is somewhat a failing of Peter Jackson's that he's not fleshed out who all these characters are, exactly, but I've already forgiven Peter, and surely you will too, as my entire life I've wanted Tolkien's world set to film, I just never imagined it having been done quite so well. So Elrond, and as per the book, will be seen again and played well in Jackson's first rendition or film for The Hobbit film trilogy, as all the most powerful characters from The Lord Of The Rings , save Aragorn, are.
Well for a complete answer to that question, I offer up the following page concerning nothing other than Elrond, and who he is in Tolkien's fabulous Middle Earth legendarium. The shorter explanation would be to simply say Elrond is half elf, one-quarter man, and one quarter one of the lesser sort of gods that live in Middle Earth.
Both Sauron and all the wizards are of the same level of lesser god as Elrond is related to. One could imagine the Middle Earth pedigree of Elrond contributing to his wisdom, but besides all of that, he is also related to all three tribes of elves.
Simply put, the character of Arwen, played in the Peter Jackson films by Liv Tyler, was greatly expanded in the films. I suspect the reason for this was to add more female interest in the Tolkien world, and that is perfectly well and good with me, as one of the chief criticisms of Tolkien is the lack of female representation in parts of the vast and rambling totality of it all.
What I've actually found in my life on the Internet is that the only persons out there who seem to know and love J. Tolkien and his Middle Earth more than me I know several who could run me out any window in a Tolkien themed trivial pursuit. In any case, and as always, please if you're interested in this at all, read the books, and if you've read some, then read the others. Thanks for reading this page. I haven't started on them yet, but I'll be starting on one of them probably next week.
I'm unsure how to decide which of the two to go for first. Just this week I watched the film "Tolkien," and I thought it was extremely good. I noticed Rotten Tomatoes hadn't ranked it very high, but I can't figure why. It's not a complete thing about J. It's just about him from childhood to after the end of WWI. I finally got around to reading Tolkien two years ago. Have read and seen the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings and have read the Silmarillion.
I've tried to obtain other more obscure series of volumes on Middle Earth but much more difficult to find. I fell in love with Middle Earth and especially the Elves. Reading Tolkien inspired me to begin writing poetry again! Suhail and my dog - hey thanks! The LOTR films are terrific and "close to" the books. The Hobbit films Although these splits occurred a rather long time ago, in human terms, with Elvish reproduction there hasn't been enough time for significant evolution; the longest chain of ancestry I can find is Arwen's, which connects us to YT in only six generations 3 , not enough time to speciate.
They are all a single "species", in the sense that they were all created at the same time and are the same kind of being. Over time, they've split off into various communities, depending on where they lived, who they chose to rule over them, etc. The entire family tree of the Elves is rather complex:.
The three "clans" of Elves that eventually came to Middle-earth were the Vanyar, the Noldor, and the Teleri, though the Vanyar had largely left long before the time of the novels. The Elves of Rivendell Elrond and his clan were of Noldor descent, while the ones in Lothlorien the "wood elves" were primarily Telerin. The only trace of the Vanyar we see as far as I can recall is that Galadriel was descended from one of the leaders of the Vanyar.
Since they tended to live in isolation, the different "clans" of Elves developed their own behaviors and tendencies. For example, the "wood elves" of Mirkwood like Legolas and his father were descended from the same ancestors as the elves of Lothlorien, but they behaves very differently.
Maybe "breed" comes near the mark. Many agreed, and became Eldar, the High Elves; the others who refused were called Avari, unwilling. Not all the Eldar arrived in Aman - the Sindar turned back before crossing the Great Sea - and even some of those that did, the Noldor among them Galadriel , later rebelled and returned to Middle-Earth.
But nevertheless the Eldar as a group were still considered nobler than the Avari. The Avari themselves remained in Middle-Earth and spread all over. The Wood-Elves were one of these groups of Avari.
All of the Elves in the Tolkien Legendarium are descended from those that awoke at Cuivienen and are referred to as the Quendi. They are all the same species. The different names just refer to different groupings of Elves. Thingol stayed behind in Middle-Earth with Melian and formed Doriath, and many of his group stayed with him. Olwe led the rest to Tol Eressa and they became the Falmari. Beyond this, the first distinction that occurs is between those that initially followed Orome to Valinor the Eldar and those that stayed behind at Cuivienen the Avari.
Note that some of the Avari did eventually expand westward into Beleriand after a while. Along the way, some of the Eldar stopped following Orome and became the Umanyar. They were split up between what would become :.
Of the Eldar that followed Orome all the way to Valinor, they were split into the Vanyar, the Noldor, and the Falmari a group of the Teleri.
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Asked 6 years, 3 months ago. Active 4 years, 6 months ago. Viewed 40k times. Improve this question. Edlothiad Major Stackings Major Stackings We already had Wood Elf and High Elf.
Now, with the Hobbit introducing a second example of the species, we have the Sexy Elf.
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