Why Are Legolas'S Eyes Blue In The Hobbit?

Why Are Legolas’S Eyes Blue In The Hobbit?

Why Are Legolas
Orlando hated the contacts he wore in the Rings trilogy because they stung his eyes after a long time of shooting the film. So in Desolation they just colored his eyes blue in post production.

Why did they make Legolas eyes blue in Hobbit?

Answer and Explanation: – In the text, the eye color is not particularly important, as it is mainly a visual artifact. In the films, Bloom wore contacts to make his eyes blue, probably to distinguish him from the Silvan elves of Mirkwood, Legolas, the son of Thranduil, is a Sindarin,. See full answer below.

Why do Legolas eyes look different in The Hobbit?

13. His Eye Color Changes In The Movies – Even movies as well made as The Lord of the Rings Trilogy make mistakes now and again. This may be surprising to some fans since Jackson paid such an amazing attention to detail, but Legolas’ eyes actually change color numerous times throughout the three movies.

In some instances, you can see Orlando Bloom’s naturally dark brown eyes in the shot, versus the baby blue eye-contacts he wore for other shots. The problem was that Orlando really didn’t like wearing the blue contacts in the original trilogy. The contacts caused him pain and irritation, and would fall out or not look right on camera.

When Orlando reappeared in the final two Hobbit movies, he didn’t have to wear any contacts. Instead, his eye-color was changed in post. However, this led to his eyes appearing unnaturally blue, distracting, and kind of creepy.

Why does Legolas eye Colour change?

In LotR they used contacts. The contacts irritated his eyes and were not used in a bunch of scenes. In The Hobbit they changed his eye colour in post-production.

Why does everyone in Lord of the Rings have blue eyes?

29 January 2002 – Q: After taking part in this movie, do you not have a feeling that every single movie you are work on in future, will be less interesting, or challenging in a way, because of the magnitude of this project? A: Since completing principal photography on Lord of the Rings more than a year ago, I have enjoyed acting again onstage in the New York season of Dance of Death and am looking forward to my next movie, the X-Men sequel which starts filming in Vancouver in mid-May.

Rather than being overwhelmed by the unmatchable success of Fellowship of the Ring, I expect it will draw attention to future work that all of us involved in Middle-earth may tackle. It is certain that a less expensive and less expansive movie will demand the same commitment as my year on Peter Jackson’s trilogy.

In a 40 year old career there is now a massive milestone — but the journey continues. From: Josh Haeger [email protected] Q: Why did everyone have blue eyes? Is there suppose to a meaning to that? A: Although coloured contact lenses can change an actor’s eyes, as they did dramatically for Halle Berry in X-Men, it was chance that so many of us on Lord of the Rings are naturally blue-eyed. Blue catches the light more than darker colours, which is perhaps why you noticed it. From: Jack Peterson [email protected] Q: What do you think about the corny Burger King cups and advertisements? It seems to me that they detract from the majesty that the book (and the film) create. A: There is a wide range of marketing, all designed (from New Line Cinema’s point of view) to draw attention to the film — surely a good thing.

I hope the device to remind hamburger fans that they might enjoy meeting the characters which adorn the Burger King goblets doesn’t offend Tolkien’s readers — I write as non-meat eater. Over the years Shakespeare’s characters and actors have found themselves at the service of commerce — Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet are cigars and Falstaff’s image sells ale.

When literature (and movies) inform the popular culture, it is almost inevitable that business will take its own advantage. But my own optimistic take stands, that each illuminated goblet reflects its little light back onto the film’s current pre-eminence.

What is Legolas syndrome?

The actor is suffering from Legolas Syndrome — where you accidentally get cast into a role that suits you far more than your real-life looks, leaving you with a tricky predicament after the wrap party.

Is Legolas a half elf?

Who is Legolas? – Legolas is a Sindarin Elf from the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood. His father, Thranduil, is the King of the Silvan Elves living in that realm, making Legolas the Prince of Mirkwood. Very little is known about Legolas’s life before he appears in The Lord of the Rings, but his deeds during the War of the Ring are many and legendary.

What gender is Legolas?

Legolas
Aliases	Greenleaf (Legolas translated into English)
Race	Sindar Elf
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Company of the Ring

Why does Thranduil’s face change in The Hobbit?

Thranduil’s face was (presumably) burned by a dragon in the War of Wrath during the Fall of Beleriand —probably the most epic battle of Middle Earth (more later)

Do blood elves still have green eyes?

Blood Elf Roleplayer’s Guide Just wanted to throw this out here in regards to Blood Elf eye color. The eye color of elves changes depending on the type of magic they absorb to sate their addiction to magic. Prior to the collapse of the Sunwell, the Quel’dorei had blue eyes, gained through their consumption of arcane magic.

After they started using fel magic to sate their addiction, their eyes turned green, the color associated with the use of the fel. This concept of elven eye color changing depending on the type of magic absorbed is one that is backed up by official lore and artworks. Valeera Sanguinar had her eyes turn purple after absorbing the magic from a naga trident, official artwork from Red Knuckle (One of the Sons of the Storm, a group of employees at Blizzard Entertainment which includes Samwise and Chris Metzen) shows a Blood Elf with purple eyes and the TCG (dubious canon) showed art of a Blood Elf priestess with golden eyes.

Eye colors and the magic consumed to give that color are as follows (this is my understanding at least):

Bright Blue = Arcane Fel Green = Fel Yellow = Light Purple = Shadow / Void Black = Death

Other colors may also include:

Red = Fire White = Ice / Air Green = Nature Brown = Earth Soft Blue = Water

Certainly something to consider. ( talk ) 03:45, July 2, 2016 (UTC) It is my understanding that blood elves are all typically born with light grey (see WC3), blue (Sylvanas, Vareesa), or green (Alleria Windrunner) eyes. With brown being an uncommon color.

Their physical eyes (i.e. irises) do not change color, but rather their eyes simply glow with the magic they have absorbed. Blue for arcane, emerald for fel, and gold for the Light (speculative, but considering Turalyon’s eyes did the same it’s not unreasonable). Valeera Sanguinar once absorbed the magic from a naga witch’s trident, and her eyes instantly glowed the purple color of the spell.

We’ve also seen purple eyed elf warlocks in the lore. I’m not sure if we’ve seen black-eyed blood elves anywhere in lore. After the Sunwell battle, Velen reignited the Sunwell and blood elves no longer rely on fel magic to sate their addiction. Over the course of time, blood elves that absorbed the fel will lose the emerald glow to their eyes, though this period of time is unknown and could take several years, decades or even generations.

Considering that blood elves are not shamans or druids, I’m uncertain of where you found those colors relating to the elements and nature. Although I’m not denying it’s possible that their eyes may change those colors if they were to become such. ( talk ) 05:34, July 2, 2016 (UTC) Let’s start from the top shall we? 1.

A simple glance of my post made it clear that I was talking about the eye glow rather than natural eye color. Obviously the elves have some form of genetic eye color, but it is hidden behind the magical glow that they always have which changes color based on the magic that they absorb.2.

Turalyon’s eye color plays no factor at all into this for two reasons.
The first being that his eyes never actually glowed in canon lore.
Yes in Warcraft II the Paladin Unit and Turalyon had glowing eyes, but there is zero reference to that in anything after Warcraft II.
Warcraft III Paladins did not have glowing eyes, and outside of wearing a few helmets, no Paladin in World of Warcraft (including the image of Turalyon himself seen in Legion) has glowing eyes.

The second reason why Turalyon’s eye color doesn’t play a factor is that he’s human, not elven. He doesn’t need to absorb magic to survive, his eyes don’t change color.3. Black eyed elves are almost exclusively San’layn. Given the genetics of elves, their eyes would still change color after their death and reanimation even if they didn’t need to absorb magic (they may still need to.

While some of the San’layn have a thirst for blood, it remains to be seen if that has actually replaced their magical addiction).
Seeing as they are almost always surrounded by magic that reeks of necromantic energies, it is a fairly safe bet to say that absorbing death magic would turn the eyes black.4.

Just because a Blood Elf is not a shaman or a druid (although there is evidence that the Blood Elves at one stage did follow the path of Druidism in their own way, see High Botanist Freywinn. The High Botanist could turn into a tree and cast tranquility, both abilities linked to druidism) doesn’t mean they cannot find and drink from a source of that magic, be it an artifact or a more primal font of magical power.

Talk ) 07:25, July 2, 2016 (UTC) 1.
It was not clear at all.
Not once did you mention “eye glow” – you always said “eye color”.
It’s not important.
Moving on.2.
Read the WC2 Novel.
He glowed bright enough to hurt the orc’s eyes, and his eyes were definitely glowing when he defeated and spoke to Orgrim Doomhammer.

A lot of models in Legion are placeholder, and we’ve not yet seen his physical body in-game. Regardless, it was meant to hint at the possibility that Light-wielding elves might have gold-glowing eyes. It’s just a similarity I noticed, not evidence to the fact.3.

Confirmed that Lana’thel has black eyes, but note that this is only one instance and thus is pretty weak evidence overall. It’s possible that she’s a unique case and that not all elven eyes would glow black.4. But the question is have we ever seen it? Using the powers of and having your appearance changed to reflect its use are two completely different things.

I’m not opposed to this at all, and it would be pretty cool if we could have elf shamans or druids with these eye colors (even if just in roleplay), but there’s just no evidence to support this claim. Best to leave it open for interpretation to roleplayers.

Talk ) 13:46, July 2, 2016 (UTC) 1.
You clearly have problems reading if you looked at the entirety of my post and somehow managed to think I was talking about base eye color.2.
I have read the book.
Just because it happens to be in the book however, doesn’t make it current canon, especially if new lore comes out that conflicts with the old.

Point in case, the book ‘Of Blood and Honor’ clearly shows that the Second War lasted 18 years from beginning to end, yet in future lore updates it was changed to be over in 2 years. The paladin eye glow is not canon as it has been replaced with more up to date lore which doesn’t show any eye glowing.3.

Her daugher also has black eyes, but that may simply be because they share the same model. It is still a safe assumption to make, seeing as black is a color associated with death, and the Blood Queen is an elf, and has black glowing eyes.4. What on earth are you even talking about? A blood elf does not need to be able to use a particular form of magic in order to use it as sustenance for their magical addiction.

As long as there are magical artifacts imbued with the powers of earth, nature, fire, air, water, ice (which there are many) a blood elf can use them to give themselves sustinence. As their eyes change color depending on the magic they absorb, it would make logical sense for that color to be tief to the magic absorbed.

I think we’re done here. ( talk ) 15:05, July 2, 2016 (UTC) I don’t quite think we are.

1. As I said, it’s not important to the discussion. Why you felt the need to press the issue and insult me for your simple mistakes in syntax is beyond me.2. The book is from 2007. Not terribly recent but not terribly old, either. I haven’t seen anything directly contradicting it.

I am not arguing that all light-users have gold eyes, nor that this phenomena happens to all races that use the light.
I’m pointing out that Turalyon’s eyes glowed a vibrant gold, once upon a time, in a book that is not outdated.
It’s a one off example, like Lana’thel, Vareesa, and the Botanist you mentioned.

It’s just an assumption based on a fact. I don’t know why you’re fighting me on this point, I’m trying to agree with you.3. Safe assumption, to be sure. But we should hardly consider that solid evidence. Nonetheless, it seems we agree.4. I’m not saying that.

Is Legolas pure elf?

Character – Young Legolas, by Anna Lee Although he lived among them, Legolas was not fully of the Silvan Elves, As a son of the Elven-king Thranduil, who had originally come from Doriath, Legolas was at least half Sindar ; his mother’s identity is completely unknown.

This is complicated by the fact that a small minority of Sindarin Elves ruled the predominantly Silvan Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood, a minority to which Legolas belonged.
The Sindarin minority in that realm, who should have been nobler and wiser than the Silvan Elves can be seen as having “gone native” at the end of the First Age: after Morgoth was defeated and all grand Elf-kingdoms of Beleriand were destroyed, the Sindar nobles can be seen as having reverted to a simpler society.

Like all Elves, Legolas had great respect and appreciation for nature. After the Fellowship parted from Fangorn Forest, he longed to return once more to explore its wonders more thoroughly. He was kind, caring greatly for his friends, even Gimli the Dwarf, though Elves and Dwarves almost never expressed liking for one another in Middle-earth.

Did Legolas always have blue eyes?

In LotR, he had brown eyes and in the hobbit he had blue eyes.

Why do all elves have blue eyes?

How DO the high elves have blue eyes? – WAIT wait! This isn’t yet another thread to advocate or criticize the inclusion of high elves as a playable race for the Alliance, frankly I don’t care either way about that. I’m just curious as to how the high elves managed to mantain their eye color despite what happened to the blood elves.

From what I understand the blood elves got green eyes because they got mana starved after the sunwell was destroyed and had to suck on fel energy to not go withered (or wretched as they call in the BE starting zone) and in the future they’ll get yellow eyes becuase the sunwell got fixed with holy na’aru energy.

So how did none of that affect the high elves? How did they avoid jonesing out after the Scourge attacked Quel’Thalas? How did Alleria handle her fixes if she supposedly spent a thousand years fighting the Legion away from Azeroth? How long has she been on that void magic stuff for? 2018-05-14, 01:14 AM #2 The Unstoppable Force Lorewise they do not and never only had blue eyes to begin with, it is nothing more but a gameplay mechanic. 2018-05-14, 01:15 AM #3 Legendary! Why would it have changed? Peace is a lie. There is only passion. Through passion I gain strength. Through strength I gain power. Through power I gain victory. Through victory my chains are broken. The Force shall set me free. –The Sith Code 2018-05-14, 01:20 AM #4 Warchief most of the high elves weren’t crack addicts addicted to arcane energy, and many of them survived easily with just the odd tipple every now and then, and due to this retained their blue eyes, the sin’dorei aka blood elves got green eyes by feeding on fel energy from the creatures and other sources in outland after they followed kael’thas through the dark portal, as far as i know the golden eye colour change will only be available to blood elf paladins and not be available to all blood elf players, also on this subject the nightborne are so purple and have deep purple eyes because of their nonstop feeding on the nightwell and the arcane magic it provided them, it will be interesting to see if blizz actually does anything with them now that the nightwell is no more and will it cause them to ‘lighten up’ in colour over time. Herald of the Titans Originally Posted by Darththeo Why would it have changed? Did they not go mana starved after the Sunwell was destroyed? If not, why not? If yes, how did they fix that without affecting eye color? 2018-05-14, 01:22 AM #6 Because they didn’t get pozzed with fel I guess. There’s not really a lot of lore about that around, they probably just sucked on some non-fel source. Legendary! Originally Posted by Galbrei Did they not go mana starved after the Sunwell was destroyed? If not, why not? If yes, how did they fix that without affecting eye color? Why would the eye color have changed? Blood Elves eyes changed due to the use of Fel, why would the High Elves have changed? Last edited by Darththeo; 2018-05-14 at 01:30 AM, The Unstoppable Force Originally Posted by Galbrei Did they not go mana starved after the Sunwell was destroyed? If not, why not? If yes, how did they fix that without affecting eye color? They got mana starved, the sick, the young and the old died because of it. Some went cold turkey, some of them becoming permanently crippled or mentally damaged, while others used artifacts to sate their hunger, sometimes resorting to steal them.

And again the high elves never had uniform eye colors, the only difference that eye color is a thing now is for gameplay reasons and the amount of corrupting magic you are exposed to.
In terms of pecking order Light and Void supersede fel and fel trumps natural eye color, like brown.
Last edited by Combatbutler; 2018-05-14 at 01:35 AM,

2018-05-14, 01:28 AM #9 Originally Posted by rogoth most of the high elves weren’t crack addicts addicted to arcane energy, and many of them survived easily with just the odd tipple every now and then, and due to this retained their blue eyes, the sin’dorei aka blood elves got green eyes by feeding on fel energy from the creatures The quoted part is wrong.

The playable blood elves got green eyes due to the fel magic used by the magisters to rebuild Silvermoon. Most high elves that are still in-game were just as addicted to the sunwell as others, they just used other things to sate them. Vareesa, and probably more high elves in Dalaran, used magical artifacts.

Green eyes in playable blood elves is simply due to proximity to Silvermoon when it got rebuild. In lore you would have both High elves with green eyes who were in Silvermoon when the magisters used fel magic and then later defected, and you would have Blood elves with blue eyes that stayed with Quel’Thalas but weren’t in the proximity when it got rebuild. The Unstoppable Force Originally Posted by rogoth most of the high elves weren’t crack addicts addicted to arcane energy, and many of them survived easily with just the odd tipple every now and then, and due to this retained their blue eyes, This is utterly wrong every last high elf was just as addicted as blood elves. They merely chose different sources to deal with the hunger. 2018-05-14, 01:40 AM #11 The Insane They get their blue eyes naturally or from the Arcane energies of the Original Sunwell. I suppose. The reason their eyes didn’t change is because they weren’t in Quel’thalas in the aftermath of the third war (Due to what we now know as High Elves mostly living in Human settlements, having little to nothing to do with Quel’thalas) and thus didn’t have their eyes corrupted by the fel crystal radiation. 2018-05-14, 01:43 AM #12 Warchief Originally Posted by Galbrei WAIT wait! This isn’t yet another thread to advocate or criticize the inclusion of high elves as a playable race for the Alliance, frankly I don’t care either way about that. I’m just curious as to how the high elves managed to mantain their eye color despite what happened to the blood elves.

From what I understand the blood elves got green eyes because they got mana starved after the sunwell was destroyed and had to suck on fel energy to not go withered (or wretched as they call in the BE starting zone) and in the future they’ll get yellow eyes becuase the sunwell got fixed with holy na’aru energy.

Turns out, the fear of dying from lack of mana was unfounded, and sucking fel was unnecessarily dangerous. Nightborne however, could starve from lack of mana, which leads to Nightfallen, then finally Withered. Thanks to the efforts of both horde and alliance and a night elf druid, the Arcandor Tree produced fruit that “cured” them of their mana addiction.

The restored Sunwell (thanks to the Naruu and Draenai) also “cured” the Blood Elves of their addiction. Cured is quoted because the games make it ambiguous whether the night borne and blood elves are actually cured of their inherent magic addiction, or if they are merely sated due to the new plentiful supplies of magic.

I’m just curious as to how the high elves managed to mantain their eye color despite what happened to the blood elves.
You can get more information here: https://wow.gamepedia.com/High_elf Basically, High Elves kept their mana addiction in check with meditation and using objects imbued with magic, so they kept their blue eyes.

Blood Elves, convinced that they would die without the Sunwell, embraced Illidan’s vampirism techniques to drain mana from creatures both fel, arcane, and holy, and from people, such as Draenai on Bloodmyst Isle. (Mana Tap) So basically, using fel magic, letting fel creatures hang around their cities, and sucking on fel, caused the green eyes.

While High Elves abstained from fel magic and vampirism. How did Alleria handle her fixes if she supposedly spent a thousand years fighting the Legion away from Azeroth? Presumably, she did the same thing the rest of the High Elves did to keep their addiction in check. Meditation and magical objects. Last edited by Alixie; 2018-05-14 at 01:47 AM,

2018-05-14, 01:46 AM #13 The Unstoppable Force Originally Posted by Aeula They get their blue eyes naturally or from the Arcane energies of the Original Sunwell. I suppose. Why is everyone treating the game mechanic as something relevant to the lore, because lorewise high elves had different eye colors. Alleria had green eyes and Lor’themars were plain brown for example. 2018-05-14, 01:47 AM #14 Over 9000! Originally Posted by rogoth most of the high elves weren’t crack addicts addicted to arcane energy, and many of them survived easily with just the odd tipple every now and then, and due to this retained their blue eyes, the sin’dorei aka blood elves got green eyes by feeding on fel energy from the creatures and other sources in outland after they followed kael’thas through the dark portal, as far as i know the golden eye colour change will only be available to blood elf paladins and not be available to all blood elf players, also on this subject the nightborne are so purple and have deep purple eyes because of their nonstop feeding on the nightwell and the arcane magic it provided them, it will be interesting to see if blizz actually does anything with them now that the nightwell is no more and will it cause them to ‘lighten up’ in colour over time. Over 9000! Arcane = blue eyes Fel = green eyes Light = golden eyes I always thought that’s how it worked for blood elf eye colors? High Elves didn’t dabble in fel and even without the original Sunwell, their eyes wouldn’t have changed just from its destruction.

They can still harness the arcane as all other mage races do, just not in excess like they had been doing with a fountain in the center of their capital. I guess some (those who remained High Elves) just dealt better with the lack of a Sunwell. It’s like humans, some people have higher tolerances for things than other human beings.

Some people can quit smoking cold turkey, others never can. 2018-05-14, 01:50 AM #16 Herald of the Titans Originally Posted by Combatbulter Why is everyone treating the game mechanic as something relevant to the lore, because lorewise high elves had different eye colors. Alleria had green eyes and Lor’themars were plain brown for example. I guess that just got retconned, happens all the time in WoW. Either way the “they got magic from artifacts or went cold turkey/meditated” explanation answers my questions! Thanks everyone! 2018-05-14, 02:35 AM #17 The same reason why orc skin is still green? Because they never used other kind of magic source to “wash” previous effect? That seems to how magic corruption should work. 2018-05-14, 03:18 AM #18 Over 9000! I thought it was that high elves originally didn’t have glowing eyes and that was just what the game model wound up with because /reasons and no one bothered to ever deal with it. At some point game files were made and all elves had glowing eyes because elves. 2018-05-14, 04:21 AM #19 I am Murloc! Originally Posted by Galbrei I guess that just got retconned, happens all the time in WoW. Not necessarily, it’s just one of those gameplay > lore things. Sadly, just because something is shown in a certain way in the game, doesn’t mean it’s actually that way in the lore. 2018-05-14, 04:43 AM #20 Scarab Lord High Elves had eye colors ranging from green to blue. Violet and grey were also common colors. The Blue eye thingie is just a game mechanic to distinguish between both elves This world don’t give us nothing. It be our lot to suffer. and our duty to fight back.

Who is the most evil character in Lord of the Rings?

This article is about the character from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth writings. For other uses, see Sauron (disambiguation),

Sauron
Tolkien character
J.R.R. Tolkien’s watercolour illustration of Sauron
In-universe information
Aliases	Mairon (originally) Annatar The Dark Lord The Necromancer Lord of the Rings
Race	Maia
Book(s)	The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings The Silmarillion Unfinished Tales Beren and Lúthien

Sauron (pronounced ) is the title character and the primary antagonist, through the forging of the One Ring, of J.R.R. Tolkien ‘s The Lord of the Rings, where he rules the land of Mordor and has the ambition of ruling the whole of Middle-earth, In the same work, he is identified as the “Necromancer” of Tolkien’s earlier novel The Hobbit,

The Silmarillion describes him as the chief lieutenant of the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, Tolkien noted that the Ainur, the ” angelic ” powers of his constructed myth, “were capable of many degrees of error and failing”, but by far the worst was “the absolute Satanic rebellion and evil of Morgoth and his satellite Sauron”.

Sauron appears most often as “the Eye”, as if disembodied. Tolkien, while denying that absolute evil could exist, stated that Sauron came as near to a wholly evil will as was possible. Commentators have compared Sauron to the title character of Bram Stoker ‘s 1897 novel Dracula, and to Balor of the Evil Eye in Irish mythology,

Who is the creepy character in Lord of the Rings?

This article is about the fictional character. For the animated being from Jewish folklore, see Golem, For other uses, see Gollum (disambiguation),

Gollum
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings character
Sculpture of Gollum catching fish at Wellington Airport, 2013, to mark the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
In-universe information
Full name	Sméagol
Race	Hobbit ( Stoor branch)
Gender	Male
Book(s)	The Hobbit (1937) The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955) Unfinished Tales (1980)

Gollum is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkien ‘s Middle-earth legendarium, He was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit, and became important in its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit of the River-folk who lived near the Gladden Fields,

In The Lord of the Rings it is stated that he was originally known as Sméagol, corrupted by the One Ring, and later named Gollum after his habit of making “a horrible swallowing noise in his throat”.
Sméagol obtained the Ring by murdering his relative Déagol, who found it in the River Anduin,
Gollum referred to the Ring as “my precious” or “precious”, and it extended his life far beyond natural limits.

Centuries of the Ring’s influence twisted Gollum’s body and mind, and, by the time of the novels, he “loved and hated, as he loved and hated himself.” Throughout the story, Gollum was torn between his lust for the Ring and his desire to be free of it.

Bilbo Baggins found the Ring and took it for his own, and Gollum afterwards pursued it for the rest of his life. Gollum finally seized the Ring from Frodo Baggins at the Cracks of Doom in Mount Doom in Mordor, but he fell into the fires of the volcano, where both he and the Ring were destroyed. Commentators have described Gollum as a psychological shadow figure for Frodo and as an evil guide in contrast to the wizard Gandalf, the good guide.

They have noted, too, that Gollum is not wholly evil, and that he has a part to play in the will of Eru Iluvatar, the omnipotent god of Middle-earth, necessary to the destruction of the Ring. For Gollum’s literary origins, scholars have compared Gollum to the shrivelled hag Gagool in Rider Haggard ‘s 1885 novel King Solomon’s Mines and to the subterranean Morlocks in H.G.

Who is the creepy guy in Lord of the Rings?

Gríma, called (the) Wormtongue, is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. He serves as the secondary antagonist of The Two Towers and a minor antagonist in The Return of the King, and his role is expanded in Unfinished Tales.

How old is Legolas human years?

Image: The Lord of the Rings/New Line Cinema Legolas is one of the most popular characters from The Lord of the Rings, Elves live forever, but exactly how old is this one? Weirdly, author J.R.R. Tolkien is silent on the matter, and I say “weirdly” because Tolkien was pretty thorough with this kind of stuff.

Who did Legolas fall in love with?

He Got Over Tauriel – Tauriel truly threw a wrench in Legolas’ life when he fell in love with her. She was brave, fierce, and a protective leader of the guard. He was meant to be the dutiful son of King Thranduil, but in loving her, he became a stubborn, masterful archer instead.

He loved exploration and adventure over his duties.
Once she fell in love with someone else, though, that lifestyle was shattered for him and he focused instead on adventuring on his own.
By The Lord of The Rings, Legolas doesn’t speak at all of lost loves or beautiful bow-women.
Instead, he’s wholly focused on saving the world he loves and protecting the people in it.

She broke his heart, but he refused to let losing her break his spirit.

How many kills did Legolas get?

Trivia –

Legolas easily has the most kills out of any character across both trilogies.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Great Spider	Legolas arrives and swings down the spiderweb and lands on a spider, crushing it.
2. Great Spider	Legolas kills a second spider with his arrow, sliding underneath and cutting it open from beneath.
3. Hunter Orc	During the Dwarves’ barrel escape from Mirkwood, Legolas arrives and shoots his first victim with a deadly arrow through the side of the head.
4. Hunter Orc archer	Legolas shoots another Orc near the gate.
5. Hunter Orc	Legolas shoots an extremely close-range shot at a hunter orc which goes straight through him.
6. Hunter Orc	Legolas then turns and uses one of his knives to slash the face of another oncoming Hunter Orc.
7. Hunter Orc	Legolas then uses his knife to kill another Orc.
8. Hunter Orc	Legolas takes a while to kill this Orc, first trying to melee kill before using his bow to shoot a close-range shot through the head.
9. Hunter Orc	After the Dwarves open the gate, Legolas makes his way onto the gate near the lever and kills a Hunter Orc with his knives.
10. Mace wielding Hunter Orc	Legolas then engages a Hunter Orc with a mace and clashes briefly with him before stabbing him with a knife.
11. Hunter Orc	Legolas and Tauriel reach the top of the wall and Legolas stabs a Hunter Orc at the top.
12. Hunter Orc	The Elves chase the Orcs and Dwarves over the wall and Legolas shoots down an Orc on the opposite side of the river.
13. Hunter Orc archer	Legolas jumps into the air and shoots an Orc archer on the opposite side of the river.
14. Hunter Orc	After chasing down-stream a while longer Legolas is seen shooting another Hunter Orc.
15. Hunter Orc	Although the actual kill is off-screen, the Hunter Orc that jumps after Legolas onto a log as the elf jumps onto the heads of the Dwarves, can be confirmed killed as the dead body is seen falling in the next shot after Legolas shoots at him.
16. Hunter Orc	While still on the heads of Dwalin and Dori, Legolas shoots another Hunter Orc.
17. Hunter Orc	Balancing on one foot, Legolas shoots another orc on the bank.
18 & 19. Hunter Orcs	Legolas gets a double kill, shooting an arrow which penetrates the skulls of two Orcs.
20. Hunter Orc	Legolas uses an Orc to surf down the side of the bank and shoots a quick arrow into the back of his head.
21. Hunter Orc	Legolas quickly pulls out one knife and kills an Orc quickly as he passes.
22. Hunter Orc	Another Orc is kicked by Legolas into the rapids which would have killed the Orc for sure.
23. Hunter Orc	It is easy to miss but Legolas quickly knifes another Orc.
24. Hunter Orc	While another Orc creeps up behind, Legolas stabs a hunter orc through the heart, before kicking him off the rocks and into the water.
25. Hunter Orc	Legolas shoots one final Hunter Orc in Mirkwood that is on one of the barrels as the Elves reach the borders of their lands and stop.
26. Hunter Orc	An Orc that attacks Bofur in Lake-town is shot by Legolas from a rooftop. While we don’t see him shoot it, the kill was definitely his due to the fact that Tauriel came in through the door armed with her knives while Legolas from the roof armed with his bow.
27. Hunter Orc	Inside Bard’s house, Legolas stabs a Hunter Orc in the throat.
28 & 29. Hunter Orcs	Legolas stabs two Hunter Orcs at once with his knives.
30. Hunter Orc	Legolas stabs and then throws a Hunter Orc off the balcony.
31. Fimbul the Hunter	The Orc thrown off lands on a boat which launches Fimbul into the air. Legolas catches him with his knives and decapitates him.
32. Hunter Orc	Going across a bridge, Legolas shot a Hunter Orc in the head.
33. Hunter Orc	Legolas kills another Orc in Lake-town.
34. Hunter Orc	Legolas kills another Orc in Lake-town.
35. Bolg’s minion	When Bolg fights Legolas he sends out a few of his Hunter Orcs to take the elf prince by surprise. Legolas stabs the first one with Orcrist.
36. Bolg’s minion	Legolas uses the hilt of Orcrist to smash an Orc’s face, killing it.
37. Bolg’s minion	Another Hunter Orc attacked Legolas at the same time as Bolg but Legolas quickly dispatched of him.
38. Bolg’s minion	As Bolg walks away, Legolas is distracted another two orcs, and he easily dispatches of one.
39. Bolg’s minion	As Bolg gets onto his Warg and escapes, Legolas stabs the final Orc.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

40. Guldur Orc	On his way back from Gundabad, riding into Dale with Tauriel to warn Gandalf of the second army arriving, Legolas takes out a Guldur Orc that assaults them.
41. Guldur Orc	As they approach Gandalf, Legolas directs his horse through an archway and is responsible for the horse trampling another Guldur Orc.
42 – 77. Gundabad War Orcs	Legolas kills at least 35 Gundabad War Orcs arriving on Ravenhill to reinforce Azog, while hanging upside down from a bat. (It is possible that he killed more here)
78. Bat	Legolas shoots the bat he is riding on in the head.
79. Orc Berserker	From the top of a tower, Legolas defends Thorin from Orc Berserkers and shoots one down that is approaching the outnumbered Dwarf.
80. Orc Berserker	Legolas shoots down another Berserker.
81. Orc Berserker	Legolas shoots down a third Berserker.
82. Orc Berserker	Legolas shoots down a fourth Berserker.
83. Orc Berserker	Legolas shoots down a fifth Berserker.
84. Orc Berserker	Legolas shoots down sixth Orc Berserker.
85. Stumpy	Legolas uses Stumpy as a way to topple the tower and get across to Bolg and Tauriel. He stabs the troll in the head and then charges him at the tower. Stumpy’s body falls off the edge of Ravenhill.
86. Orc Berserker	Thorin is about to be killed by an Orc above and Legolas decides to return Orcrist to Thorin, throwing it up and stabbing the Orc.
87. Bolg	After a long fight with Bolg, Legolas manages to stab him in the head with a knife. Bolg then falls to his death where some rocks land on his head.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

88. Moria Orc	Legolas shoots a Moria Orc through the barred door of the Chamber of Mazarbul.
89. Moria Orc	Legolas shoots a second Moria Orc through the door.
90. Moria Orc	Once the Orcs break through the door, Legolas shoots one in the chest.
91. Moria Orc	Legolas takes another shot and headshots a Goblin.
92. Moria Orc	Legolas shoots another Goblin.
93. Moria Orc	Legolas can be seen in the background killing and Orc while Gimli faces off the Cave Troll.
94. Moria Orc	Legolas uses his knives to slaughter a Moria Orc.
95. Moria Orc	Legolas slaughters another goblin with his knives.
96. Cave Troll of Balin’s Tomb	When Merry and Pippin get onto the Cave Troll’s head, the beast lifts it’s head up and gives Legolas a clear shot. Legolas takes the shot and kills the Troll.
97. Moria Orc	Legolas shoots a Goblin archer while the company make their way through Moria.
98. Moria Orc	Legolas shoots another Moria Goblin which steps forward to replace the dead archer.
99. Uruk-hai scout	At Amon Hen, an Uruk is seen to be shot by Legolas although he is off-screen himself.
100 – 101. Uruk-hai scouts	Legolas shoots an arrow that kills an Uruk and goes through it and into another one behind it, killing that one as well.
102. Uruk-hai scout	Legolas uses an arrow in his hand to stab an Uruk-hai scout in the face.
103. Uruk-hai scout	Legolas quickly uses the arrow to shoot another Uruk-hai.
104. Uruk-hai scout	Legolas uses his knives to decapitate an Uruk.
105. Uruk-hai scout	Legolas stabs another Uruk in the abdomen.
106. Uruk-hai scout	Legolas shoots another Uruk-hai with an arrow.
107. Uruk-hai scout	Legolas immediately shoots another Uruk.
108. Uruk-hai scout	Legolas shoots yet another Uruk in the forest.
109. Uruk-hai scout	Legolas shoots an Uruk that approaches from behind the nearby tree.
110. Uruk-hai scout	Legolas shoots an Uruk trying to run past.
111. Uruk-hai scout	An Uruk is shot by Legolas a bit further away.
112. Uruk-hai scout	Legolas turns to shoot yet another Uruk.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

113. Isengard Orc (Warg Rider)	When the Warg riders attack, Legolas kills the scout with one of his Galadhrim knives.
114. Isen Warg	Legolas shoots down one of the approaching Wargs.
115. Isengard Orc	The Orc riding the Warg falls to the ground and is trampled on by another Warg.
115. Warg	From horseback, Legolas shoots down another Warg.
116. Warg	After Gimli falls off, Legolas kills a Warg that is charging at the Dwarf.
117. Uruk-hai soldier	During the Battle of Helm’s Deep, Legolas shot his first victim from the ramparts.
118. Uruk-hai soldier	Legolas can be seen in the background of this shot, shooting a Uruk that climbed the ladders.
119. Uruk-hai soldier	Another Uruk reaches the top of the ladder and Legolas shoots him down.
120. Uruk-hai soldier	Legolas shoots down another Uruk from the ladder.
121. Uruk-hai soldier	While surfing down the stairs on a shield, Legolas shoots an Uruk at the bottom.
122. Uruk-hai soldier	Legolas shoots another one before reaching the bottom of the staircase.
123. Uruk-hai soldier	At the bottom of the stairs, Legolas lets the shield fly into the air and impale an Uruk in front of him.
124. Uruk-hai soldier	Legolas uses one of his arrows to stab an Uruk through the face.
125. Uruk-hai soldier	Legolas uses his knives to kill an Uruk.
126. Uruk-hai soldier	Legolas uses his knives to kill another Uruk.
127 – 147. Uruk-hai soldiers	Legolas fells a siege ladder full of Uruks. It also crushes a whole heap on the ground. At least twenty Uruks were killed here and possibly more.
148. Uruk-hai soldier	As they fall back, Legolas shot an Uruk-hai soldier.
149. Uruk-hai soldier	Legolas shoots one last Uruk-hai before retreating inside.
150 – 178. Uruk-hai soldiers	Legolas tells Gimli that his final count is 42 Uruks. This would not have included the ladder of Uruks he toppled and would be referring to the direct kills. It is worth noting that Legolas probably killed many more than this amount in the movie and it is rather the amount he killed in the books, the scene just getting carried over to the Extended Edition.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

179. Grima Wormtongue (Extended Edition)	To try and stop Wormtongue from killing Saruman, Legolas shoots the man who dies on top of Orthanc.
180. Castamir of Umbar	Legolas is told by Aragorn to fire a warning shot at the Corsairs of Umbar but Gimli pushes the end of his bow and the arrow strikes Castamir in the chest.
181 – 194. Morgul Orcs, Black Uruks & Haradrim	Legolas reveals he has shot 14 enemies before his first on-screen kill during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields,
195. Morgul Orc	Legolas shoots a Morgul Orc at the Pelennor Fields.
196. Morgul Orc	Legolas shoots another Morgul Orc.
197 – 212. Morgul Orcs, Black Uruks and Haradrim.	When Legolas climbs the Múmak, he reveals that his kill count is now at 33, adding another 16 kills to his count prior to that one.
213. Haradrim	Legolas shoots a Haradrim on top of the Múmak.
214. Haradrim	Legolas shoots a second Haradrim on the Múmak.
215. Haradrim	A Haradrim can be seen falling behind the Mahud, confirming another kill.
216. Haradrim	A Haradrim jumps down from the platform to attack Legolas and gets shot.
217. Haradrim	Another one jumps towards him and after a quick struggle, gets pushed down to his death.
218 – 226. Haradrim & a Mahud	Legolas breaks the ropes of the battle-harness on the Mûmak and topples the tower at the top, killing at least 8 Haradrim and their leader the Mahud.
227. War Mûmak	Legolas kills the War Mûmak.
228. Mordor Orc	Legolas kills a Mordor Orc during the Battle at the Black Gate,
229. Mordor Orc	Legolas kills another Mordor Orc.
230. Mordor Orc	Legolas is seen slaying one last Mordor Orc.

Do elves get periods?

The Healthy Journal – Gluten, Dairy, Sugar Free Recipes, Interviews and Health Articles Elf females have a monthly period like human women but only release eggs every two or three months. Elf males release less sperm than humans and therefor fertilisation is rare. |

Are Galadriel and Legolas related?

Galadriel descends from the House of Finwe. Her father was Finwe’s youngest son Finarfin. Her mother was Earwen, daughter of Olwe, Lord of the Teleri and brother of Elu Thingol. Legolas is the son of Thranduil who’s father was Oropher from Doriath.

Who is older Gandalf or Legolas?

Do you think Legolas is older or younger than Gandalf? 1 He is younger, as he was born in TA 87 (according to the films) making him 2931 years old, whereas Gandalf is a Maia and therefore far older than Legolas Thanks! Where is it said that Legolas was born in TA 87? Gandalf, being a Maia is of course much older, but I was more referring to who had spent more time living in Middle Earth**** 0 Gandalf is a Maia that came over the sea along with the rest of the wizards including Saruman and Sauron though they might not have arrived at the same time.

Gandalf has a younger form in Middle-Earth who is appeared to be about 60 but in reality he is 2019 making him older than Middle-Earth.1 Legolas was not born in TA 87, that date was made up for a reference book to the films.
His actual date of birth is unknown.2 I think that Gandalf is indeed older than Legolas simply because he is a Maia and he has been around for a long, long, long time.

Who has spent more time in Middle-Earth? My guess is probably Legolas because he was born in Mirkwood but I could always be wrong. Wish we could ask Tolkien.2 Legolas’s official date of birth is unknown though according to the movie guide he would of been 2931 at the time of the events of the War of the Ring whereas Gandalf would of been 2019.

Did Legolas always have blue eyes?

In LotR, he had brown eyes and in the hobbit he had blue eyes.

Why does Thranduil’s face change in The Hobbit?

Thranduil’s face was (presumably) burned by a dragon in the War of Wrath during the Fall of Beleriand —probably the most epic battle of Middle Earth (more later)

Why do all elves have blue eyes?

And again the high elves never had uniform eye colors, the only difference that eye color is a thing now is for gameplay reasons and the amount of corrupting magic you are exposed to. In terms of pecking order Light and Void supersede fel and fel trumps natural eye color, like brown. Last edited by Combatbutler; 2018-05-14 at 01:35 AM,

The playable blood elves got green eyes due to the fel magic used by the magisters to rebuild Silvermoon.
Most high elves that are still in-game were just as addicted to the sunwell as others, they just used other things to sate them.
Vareesa, and probably more high elves in Dalaran, used magical artifacts.

Turns out, the fear of dying from lack of mana was unfounded, and sucking fel was unnecessarily dangerous.
Nightborne however, could starve from lack of mana, which leads to Nightfallen, then finally Withered.
Thanks to the efforts of both horde and alliance and a night elf druid, the Arcandor Tree produced fruit that “cured” them of their mana addiction.

I’m just curious as to how the high elves managed to mantain their eye color despite what happened to the blood elves.
You can get more information here: https://wow.gamepedia.com/High_elf Basically, High Elves kept their mana addiction in check with meditation and using objects imbued with magic, so they kept their blue eyes.

While High Elves abstained from fel magic and vampirism. How did Alleria handle her fixes if she supposedly spent a thousand years fighting the Legion away from Azeroth? Presumably, she did the same thing the rest of the High Elves did to keep their addiction in check. Meditation and magical objects. Last edited by Alixie; 2018-05-14 at 01:47 AM,

They can still harness the arcane as all other mage races do, just not in excess like they had been doing with a fountain in the center of their capital.
I guess some (those who remained High Elves) just dealt better with the lack of a Sunwell.
It’s like humans, some people have higher tolerances for things than other human beings.

Why did Peter Jackson add Legolas to The Hobbit?

The Addition of Bringing Back Legolas in The Hobbit Films – Warner Bros. Pictures Tauriel was not the only elf who wasn’t in The Hobbit book to appear in the movies. Everyone’s favorite long-haired, bow-wielding elf, Legolas (Orlando Bloom) returned in both The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies.