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  Posted by Gildor on December 23, 1999 at 12:31:59
In Reply to: Re: Oropher posted by Gildor on December 23, 1999 at 12:14:20:



: : : >>>I read somewhere that Thranduil was not the first king of : : : the Mirkwood Elves (I think it was in Unfinished Tales, about : : : the Sindarin princes of the Silvan Elves, I don't have my books : : : with me), but was the son of Thorongir (or something like : : : that). It then says how this king was summoned to the Battle of : : : the Last Alliance, and reluctantly came with as large an army : : : as he could muster. He was very prideful, and he rushed ahead : : : of Gil-galad to battle on the Dagorlad and was therefore slain. : : : If I am mistaken, please let me know. Or perhaps I will go and : : : get my books and come back later and correct myself. But I : : : remember reading something that Thranduil was Sindarin, and : : : inherited the realm from his father, but the majority of the : : : population was Silvan.

: : You got it basically right, but the story is about Oropher, and he died when he led the premature attack against Mordor's entrance (where the Morannon stood in the Third Age). I don't recall anyone named Thorongir.

: >>>I went and looked it up, and yes, it was Oropher; but there is a Thorongir (I don't know why I thought he was Thorongir), Thorongir was the name of Aragorn when he served Gondor under Ecthelion. I don't know how I got him mixed up with Oropher. : - Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod

>>>Or perhaps Aragorn was named Thorongil with an 'l' instead of an 'r', I don't remember, but I do pretty good from memory alone, and I am horrible with names. - Gildor the Forgetful



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