Lord of the Rings 10 Things Movie Viewers Wouldnt Know About Legolas

Lord of the Rings: 10 Things Movie Viewers Wouldn’t Know About Legolas

Unless Lord of the Rings movie fans have read the books, they might not know these 10 things about Legolas.

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The only Elf member of the Fellowship, Legolas willingly enlists himself at the Council of Elrond in the town of Imladris (or Rivendell), thereby being the only representative of his people during the Lord of the Rings timeline. In addition to being extremely adept in combat and stealth missions, Legolas is known for become best friends with Gimli the Dwarf, a first in the entire history of Middle-earth.

This unlikely relationship is bolstered by their playful banter and informal wagers — it is not established if they ever have a falling out (a mysterious situation that will be explained in the list below.) In any case, there are a few things about Legolas that have not really been discussed in the film adaptations.

10 His Weapon Variety

An interesting point to consider is that Elves are generally believed to be peaceful beings, preferring the solitude and tranquility of nature to the violence of Men. Legolas destroys that preconception, however, with his martial skills and ruthless attitude during battle.

As such, he employs his standard Mirkwood bow, but he also receives a special Galadhrim longbow from Galadriel. Further, he sometimes operates with an elongated silvery knife (or dagger, depending on the application) — the only difference is that the movies show him dual-wielding when he actually only has one.

9 He Isn’t Actually In The Hobbit

To be fair to Peter Jackson, it makes complete sense to have included Legolas in The Hobbit, because the Company go through his home-forest and even meet with his father, Thranduil.

In fact, Tolkien tried to rewrite the story to align it better with the Lord of the Rings, in which it could have possibly mentioned the presence of Legolas (the edit was unfortunately never completed.) As it is currently, the first time that readers meet him is during the Council of Rivendell.

8 The Strongest Of The Fellowship

Interestingly, the delicate-featured elfin creature is physically the most powerful among the Fellowship (but the others are talented in their own ways.) The author himself visualizes Legolas as “as tall as a young tree, lithe, immensely strong”, and “resistant to hurt.”

The films make an attempt to describe these traits as much as possible, but the fact that he could, in theory, defeat the likes of Aragorn and Gimli in single-combat is glossed over entirely.

7 Loses The Killcount To Gimli (But Not The Same Way)

Gimli and Legolas set up a friendly bet to decide who the greater warrior is between them. The Dwarf wins, scoring 43 orc kills to the Elf’s 42, but Legolas jealously strikes Gimli’s already dead victim because “he was twitching.”

In the original narrative, he is actually quite impressed with his best friend’s victory (42-41, to be accurate), happily declaring that he does not “grudge you the game, so glad am I to see you on your legs!”

6 He Can Walk And Sleep At The Same Time

His Wood-elf heritage gives Legolas some rather nifty skills — he produces absolutely no sound while walking over any surface, even dry grass or rocky landscapes; his eyesight is so powerful that he could observe events from far away (regardless of whether the sun is in the sky or not); and he can control wild horses by merely whispering something to them in the Elven tongue.

Most impressively, Legolas was able to fall asleep while in the process of traveling, which is quite amazing to even think about, especially because his speed never lets up when while in deep slumber.

5 The Future King Of Mirkwood?

As already mentioned, Legolas is the child of King Thranduil, a Sindarin Elf who governed the Mirkwood forests and its surrounding regions. Nonetheless, there is no clarity on who his mother is, nor if he has any siblings (older or younger.)

Assuming that he’s an only child, it would make sense for him to take over the reins of the kingdom upon his father’s passing, but then there is the fact that Elves are extremely resistant to death (they can die if killed, though.) Is it Legolas’ responsibility to follow in traditional footsteps, or is he free to do whatever he wants?

4 Helps In Post-War Reconstruction Work

Legolas and Gimli roam Middle-earth after the War of the Ring, journeying through various places like the Entwood, Helm’s Deep, as well as the Glittering Caves (a massive network of tunnels swirling around below the Ered Nimrais.)

As one would expect from his kind, he has an enduring love for the natural environment, and is expectedly hurt to see much of it destroyed during the many battles fought. Therefore, he decides to assist in the repair and renovation of the Woodland Realms, where most of the Silvan Elves live.

3 His Love For The Ocean

For the longest time, Legolas doesn’t show any signs of gravitating away from his arboreal habitat; in fact, his name refers to “greenleaf” in the Sindarin dialect. However, Galadriel senses that he pines for something he has never known before, even sending him a short poem implying that he will abandon his forests the second he hears “the cry of the gull on the shore.”

This “prophecy” culminates at the Gondor port known as Pelargir, at which point he himself sings about the five rivers of Lebennin emptying into the Bay of Belfalas.

2 Vanishes Into The West

After Arda gets “circularized” by Iluvatar (over three millennia before the main story), only Elves are allowed to travel to Tol Eressea and reach the Undying Lands, with exceptions granted to very few characters, like the Ringbearers, Bilbo, Frodo and Sam.

Legolas builds a small Elven colony in the fiefdom of Ithilien, but after the passing of King Elessar, 120 years after his coronation, Legolas builds a ship and sails away from Middle-earth forever. Obviously he takes Gimli with him; it couldn’t have happened any other way.

1 What’s His Age Again?

It’s impossible to gauge how many years Legolas has been around, because, well, Elves have a habit of not looking older than their peak youth at any given time.

In the “official movie guide”, it has been ascertained that Legolas was born in the 87th year of the Third Age, meaning that he is almost three thousand years at the commencement of Frodo’s adventure. Tolkien, on the other hand, did not decide on a formal birthdate for him, so assuming only the books as canon, Legolas could be literally any age.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/lotr-legolas-information-trivia/

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