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'''Legolas''' is an [[Elf (Middle Earth)|elf]] from [[Mirkwood]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. He is initially sent to [[Rivendell]] to bring the news that [[Gollum]] had escaped from Mirkwood. Legolas ended up joining the [[Fellowship of the Ring]], and participating in various battles in the War of the Ring. He left [[Middle-earth]] with [[Gimli]] in the year 1541 of the Fourth Age. His father was [[Thranduil]].
'''Legolas''' is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, appearing as a main character in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
===Films===
Legolas, son of King Thranduil, was an [[Elf (Middle-earth)|Elf]] from [[Mirkwood]]. He was initially sent to [[Rivendell]] to bring the news that [[Gollum]] had escaped from the Mirkwood elves' custody. Legolas joined the Fellowship of the Ring as its only Elven member. After the Breaking of the Fellowship, he went west with [[Aragorn]] and [[Gimli]] in search of the hobbits [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] and [[Peregrin Took]]. He fought at the ''Battle of Helm's Deep'', accompanied Aragorn on the way though the ''Paths of the Dead'', and fought in the ''Battle of the Pelennor Fields'' and the ''Battle of the Morannon''. After the War of the Ring, Legolas returned to [[Gondor]] with some of his people and founded an Elven colony in [[Ithilien]]. After Aragorn's death, Legolas left Middle-earth with Gimli in the year 120 of the Fourth Age.<ref>''The Lord of the Rings'', Appendix A, III Durin's Folk</ref>
In Peter Jackson's film adaptations of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', Legolas is played by [[Orlando Bloom]].
== Adaptions ==
In [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Lord of the Rings film trilogy|film adaptations]] of ''The Lord of the Rings'', Legolas is played by actor [[Orlando Bloom]].
== References ==
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