Thranduil was the only son of Oropher, King of the Woodland Realm. He was born during the First Age, and lived in Doriath at some point prior to the Second Kinslaying. At the beginning of the Second Age, the Sindar travelled east and Oropher eventually founded Greenwood the Great.
In SA 3434, Thranduil and his father fought in the Battle of Dagorlad. Oropher was slain and Thranduil returned to Greenwood with roughly a third of the army that had marched to war. He claimed his inheritance and some time before TA 1000 inherited Oropher's title of King of the Woodland Realm, reigning over the south of Greenwood the Great.
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THranduil had 2 sons. His oldest, Legolas who's mother had died when Legolas was very young. HIs 2nd sone was Aradon, who Thranduil had adopted after Aradon's parents and twin sister were killed when the family was attacked by slave traders.
He is very protective of both his sons.
In SA 3434, Thranduil and his father fought in the Battle of Dagorlad. Oropher was slain and Thranduil returned to Greenwood with roughly a third of the army that had marched to war. He claimed his inheritance and some time before TA 1000 inherited Oropher's title of King of the Woodland Realm, reigning over the south of Greenwood the Great.
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THranduil had 2 sons. His oldest, Legolas who's mother had died when Legolas was very young. HIs 2nd sone was Aradon, who Thranduil had adopted after Aradon's parents and twin sister were killed when the family was attacked by slave traders.
He is very protective of both his sons.