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tofindthesun) wrote2012-06-03 10:48 am
tofindthesun) wrote2012-06-03 10:48 am
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PLAYER INFORMATION
Your Name:the scarlet
OOC Journal:chimney
Under 18? If yes, what is your age?: no i am not so bitty :u
Email + IM: eisrequiem(at)gmail(dot)com; lacqueried@aim
Characters Played at Ataraxion: nnnnyet
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name:legolhahlk thranduilion greanleaf desu hawkeye legolas (thranduilion)
Canon: lord of the epic journeys where they should've used eagles
Original or Alternate Universe: originalll with previous game cr.
Canon Point: just during/after the end of the battle of pelennor fields.
Number: 007 - 120
Setting: wikiiii
History:
Legolas was born in the year 2400 of the Third Age give or take a century or two (no, really). He is the son of Thranduil, King of the Northern part of the forest Mirkwood.
Legolas' father, Thranduil, and his father Oropher, first settled on the Southern edge of Mirkwood. Over the years the Wood-elves retreated North to escape the Dwarves of Moria, and also because Oropher did not quite like Galadriel and Celeborn, who had been visiting Lórien, the forest across the river Anduin. By the time Legolas was born, they had taken refuge against the mountains in the northern regions of Mirkwood. The shadow upon mirkwood arrives in the year 1100; from this time until Legolas was born and for most, if not all, of his life, he and his Woodland kin fought the shadows of Dol Guldur and the evil creatures in the forest, secluded and stranded from the rest of the world. Their only interaction was generally with those living East of the forest (the Men of Dale and, in the past, the Dwarves of Lonely Mountain) and any who dared journey through the woods to reach them.
The timeline is separated by year and contains events relevant to Mirkwood, since there is otherwise no information of how Legolas may have lived his life prior to joining the Fellowship. It's said that Thranduil received news of a Dragon's death via his own messengers and from birds, so it's not unlikely that Legolas would receive tidbits of information in this manner as well.
1100
The shadow upon Mirkwood first arrives in Dol Guldur.
2060
Evil power of Dol Guldur grows. The Wise (wizards) fear that it may be Sauron taking shape again.
2063
Gandalf enters Dol Guldur, Sauron retreats to the East. The Watchful Peace begins; evil is no longer a constant threat.
2300-2400
Legolas is born.
2460
The Watchful Peace ends. Sauron returns to Dol Guldur with increased strength.
2578-2579
The Long Winter. What it says on the tin.
2850
Gandalf enters Dol Guldur again and discovers that Sauron is indeed there.
2851
White Council meets, Gandalf urges an attack on Dol Guldur. Saruman overrules him and begins to search the Gladden Fields west of Mirkwood.
2939
Sauron's servants are searching the river Anduin near Gladden Fields.
2941
Thorin Oakenshield and his Dwarven Company from the Iron Hills pass through Mirkwood by the Old Forest Road to get to the shire. Bilbo the Hobbit and the Company of Dwarves are captured in Northern Mirkwood on their way to the Lonely Mountain, Erebor.
Saruman agrees to an attack on Dol Guldur. Sauron abandons Dol Guldur.
The Lake-town Esgaroth is destroyed by Smaug. Smaug is slayed by Bard of Dale. The Elves of Mirkwood and the Men of Dale march upon the Lonely Mountain, intending to claim the treasures there that were guarded by Smaug. Bilbo's Dwarves have safeguarded it. The Battle of the Five Armies (Elves of Mirkwood, Dwarves of the Iron Hills, the Men of Dale, goblins and wolves from the Misty Mountains) takes place in Dale.
2942
Sauron returns in secret to Mordor.
2944
Bard rebuilds Dale in the aftermath of the Battle of Five Armies and becomes King.
2949
Gandalf and Balin visit Bilbo in the Shire, likely using the Old Forest Road.
2951
Sauron declares himself openly and gathers power in Mordor; he sends three of the nine Nazgûl to reoccupy Dol Guldur.
2977
Bain son of Bard becomes King of Dale.
2989
Balin leaves the Lonely Mountain and journeys through Mirkwood to enter Moria.
3001
Canon begins. Hobbit things happen.
3007
Brand son of Bain becomes King in Dale.
3009-3017
Gandalf and Aragorn search for Gollum in the vales of the river Anduin, Mirkwood, and Rhovanion (the Wilderlands region which Mirkwood is in) to the confines of Mordor. The Misty Mountains and all lands eastward (such as Rhovanion) are becoming dangerous.
3017
Gollum is brought to King Thranduil of mirkwood to be guarded. It is unknown whether or not Legolas had any part in watching over Gollum.
3018
Gollum escapes his guards in August either with the help of or by using an orc raid as a distraction. Sometime in September, Legolas arrives at Rivendell as a messenger on behalf of King Thranduil.
During the Council of Elrond, Legolas recounts the story of how Gollum escaped. He supposedly remains in Rivendell, or relatively so, for the next two months. He is chosen to represent the race of Elves in the Fellowship, accompanying Frodo on his journey to Mordor to destroy the One Ring. He is one of nine, the others being Gandalf the wizard, Gimli the Dwarf, the Men Aragorn and Boromir, and the Hobbits Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Frodo himself, though he and Gimli are said to agree to going at least to the mountains, if not further.
3019
The Company arrives at Hollin, where Legolas comments that the plant life around the region no longer remember the Noldorin Elves that lived there, and only the stones lament them now. Aragorn mentions that it is far too silent compared to when he used to pass by the region.
After finding out that their originally intended path was being watched by the equivalent of demon spy crows, crebain, and after being attacked by strange wolves, the Company change their route to cross over the Caradhras mountains. Legolas displays his ability to walk on top of snow as he goes to find the sun, and while they manage to make it past the sudden snow storm, the Company reluctantly decides that it is better to go under the mountain through the mines than attempt to continue over it. Legolas, for one, says that he does not want to go into the mines of Moria, but since the rest of the Company goes, he can hardly leave them.
During the journey through Moria, they encounter goblins, a cave troll or two, and Legolas drags Gimli away from his cousin's tomb only to face a Balrog that ultimately takes Gandalf down with it. The Company exits Moria after two days in the dark and heads to the forests of Lórien. After a splash in the river Nimrodel and a song, they are greeted by the Marchwardens Haldir, Rúmil, and Orophin, who escort the Company to Caras Galadhon to meet with the Lord and Lady of Lothlórien, Celeborn and Galadriel. There they reveal that Gandalf had fallen in Moria. Galadriel tests each of them by tempting them with what their heart desires against the dark path that lays ahead of them should they continue to accompany Frodo to Mordor.
In the end, they all pass. As they leave Lothlórien, Galadriel bestows upon them gifts; Legolas' is a Lórien bow and a quiver of arrows. The Company travels by way of boats on the river Anduin. As they arrive at Sarn Gebir before the Falls of Rauros, they are set upon by Orcs. After paddling away, they are accosted at night by a Nazgûl, a ringwraith, though they don't know what it is at the time. Though it is dark and near pitch black, Legolas shoots down the creature the Nazgûl was riding.
The company goes ashore on the banks of Amon Hen where they are attacked by the same host of Orcs that accosted them before on the river. Here, Boromir falls, Frodo and Sam elope for Mordor, and Merry and Pippin are abducted by the Orcs that Boromir was fighting. Instead of following Frodo, the remaining three decided to save Merry and Pippin instead.
While pursuing the Orc host, Legolas proves to be a lot more talkative than he did before. They travel with little rest (in Legolas' case, it's doubtful he slept at all, as it's written that whenever Aragorn or Gimli woke up, they'd see Legolas awake and standing, pacing, or singing). Aragorn tracks the trail until they see a group of horsemen heading in their direction. Legolas alone is able to see them clearly and can immediately count out their apparent exact number, as well as how many of the horses are riderless.
The head of the riders, Éomer, leads the group back around after they unknowingly pass the trio and hold them at spearpoint. Wary of the wizard Saruman's spies, Éomer demands to know they are. After Aragorn proves that they are not spies, Éomer shares what ill has befallen his country of Rohan and offers the three of them the riderless horses to help them find their Hobbit friends.
With Aragorn on Hasufel, Legolas and Gimli on Arod, they follow the Hobbits tracks into Fangorn forest. While there, they come upon Gandalf, now White instead of Grey, who informs them that Merry and Pippin are safe with the treeherding Ents and that their job now is to help Rohan with their soon-to-come war. Gandalf also brings them messages from Galadriel; Legolas' warns him of what should happen if he hears the sound of a gull. Upon arriving at the capital, Edoras, they find that Saruman has taken over the king, Théoden, and Gandalf lifts whatever spell has taken Théoden.
Gandalf warns Théoden of Saruman gathering a host to destroy Rohan. Théoden leads his people to the Stronghold of Helm's Deep. On the way there, they are attacked by Orcs and Wargs (movie element); Aragorn falls off a cliff but survives and manages to make it to Helm's Deep, bringing word of a giant host of Orcs marching towards the stronghold to destroy it. He fights alongside Eomer and Theoden, and Gandalf when the latter arrived with Erkenbrand's Company.
Legolas and Gimli, meanwhile, have a friendly contest to see who can kill the most Orcs, of which Gimli bests Legolas by 1.
After the battle of Helm's Deep, the remainder of the Company head to Isengard with Théoden and Éomer to confront Saruman. On the way, Legolas is very nearly drawn off the path when he spots eyes on trees as they pass through the edge of the trees that had appeared before the mouth of the Deep, and the group gets their first glimpse of the Ents. Once at Isengard, they are reunited with Merry and Pippin and meet Treebeard, the oldest Ent on Middle Earth, who had led the attack on Isengard. Legolas mentions that he would like to venture into Fangorn forest at some point with a friend, whom he points out is not an elf, but Gimli the Dwarf.
Back in Edoras, Pippin decides to take another peek at the palantír, the Seeing Stone, that Saruman threw down. In doing so, Pippin finds out that Sauron intends to lead an attack on Gondor. Gandalf takes Pippin with him to warn Denethor, the Steward of Gondor who resides in the White City of Minas Tirith. When the fires are finally lit, signalling that Gondor is calling for aid, Théoden begins to gather men to ride for Gondor.
Before they get far, they are found by a group of Dúnedain rangers of whom Aragorn shares lineage. With them, Aragorn follows the prophecy given to him by Galadriel via Gandalf and takes the Paths of the Dead to rally the dead spirits of soldiers to aid him in the battle for Gondor. With these ghosts, the rangers, Legolas, and Gimli, they hijack a few pirate ships and sail them up the river Anduin to join the battle. Unfortunately, this is also when Legolas hears the cry of a gull, awakening within him the sea-longing that all Elves have inherently. Even so, he refuses the call and continues to refuse it for the next century or so, but that's a different story.
Upon arriving at the coast near Pelennor Fields, the Orcs, believing the ships to be their allies from Umbar, welcome the pirates-- only to find out too late that it's really Tolkien's version of the Trojan Horse. The Spirits of the Dead and the rest of the reinforcements then join the battle. Legolas and Gimli apparently have another contest to see who can take down the most enemies.
Legolas is taken from around the end of the battle.
Personality:
Legolas is many things. He is the son of Thranduil, king of Northern Mirkwood, but by no means a Prince in our common meaning. He is a Sindar Elf by birth, or at least part Sindar, and a Silvan, a Wood-elf, by life.
In The Hobbit, the Elves of Mirkwood (the majority of which were Silvan) are depicted singing and feasting merrily, although their singing, while beautiful, was eerie and strange to Bilbo's Company and did not seem to bring them any comfort. They loved best the stars and took to riding or running over the open lands by moonlight or starlight.
Like most, if not all, other Wood-elves, Legolas is kind; they are courteous even to their enemies, or those they suspect to be enemies, as shown when they lock up the Dwarves in The Hobbit yet still provide them with much food and drink. He is also slow to trust, as their distrust of strangers is one of the faults of the Wood-elves. Legolas, however, learns to befriend at least Gimli over the course of the journey.
He is proud of his people, the Wood-elves, and though he may not be full-blooded Sindar, he never makes it apparent. Whenever he has anything to say about his own people, he refers to them as Silvans, and to the language as our Woodland tongue. If one did not know his father was Sindar (and did not know the appearances of a Sindar), they would likely assume he was a Wood-elf as well. If one was not told his father was a king, one would likely never know as he does not seem to carry anything that a member of royalty, as we know it, would carry. He does not refer to his father directly, although to be fair he only ever did mention Thranduil once throughout the whole trilogy; whereas Elrohir brings a message "from my father (Lord Elrond)" to Aragorn, Legolas says he will bring his people to Ithilien "if my Elven-lord allows."
From what we know of Thranduil shown in The Hobbit, his and Legolas' personalities seem to clash in some ways, and he actually seems more similar to the Wood-elves than his father-- where Thranduil is greedy for gold and jewels, Legolas neither craves gems nor does he seem to wear them in any manner. He tends to break out into song quite a lot during his time in the Fellowship, particularly after they leave Lothlórien. He is lighthearted and almost childish in his jesting and contesting with Gimli, he jokes about going to find the sun during a snowstorm, and even manages to find himself distracted enough to abandon the group on the way to Isengard to investigate the strange eyes in the trees.
He is humble as well, never speaking much during the initial journey of the Fellowship and never attempting to take leadership; he puts the unity of the Fellowship as a higher priority over much of his own instincts and choices. Even when his opinion is asked, he manages to word it in a way that it speaks only of his opinions and not his actions; for example, when asked whether he will go into the mines of Moria with Gandalf, the others answer either "I will" or "I will not", whereas Legolas says "I do not wish to go to Moria." When questioned with the choices of resting or to continue tracking the Orcs in the dark, he says "My heart bids me go on.. But we must hold together. I will follow your counsel."
He is, however, devoted to the cause and fiercely loyal to his friends. He had vowed to only go as far as the mountains, Legolas goes with the Fellowship out of Lothlórien and down the Anduin. After he manages to strike a friendship with Gimli, he even threatens to kill Éomer before the latter could lay a hand on Gimli. And though he showed a strong dislike for going deep underground, as shown by his reluctance to enter Moria and his reaction to Gimli's invitation to visit the Glittering Caves, he eventually concedes to Moria and accepts Gimli's invitation-- but only if the Dwarf went with him into Fangorn as well.
Legolas is an Elf, in every manner of the word, and a Wood-elf besides. More dangerous and less wise, graceful and fair, young and old, wise and yet ignorant of the world. He is a warrior nonetheless, and one who is unafraid to befriend mortals even with the knowledge that they will one day die while he lives on. He would even wait until the last of the Walkers, his friends, have passed on before he will leave Middle-Earth.
Abilities, Weaknesses and Power Limitations:
- very skilled with a bow and arrow
- able to wield a long knife
- it's mentioned in the hobbit that wood-elves seem to be able to set and put out their torch fires as if by magic, as well as knock out or put individuals to sleep and summarily wake them up upon command. legolas is never depicted demonstrating these skills, but given that he was born and grew up among the wood-elves for nigh on half a millennia (and might have some Silvan blood in him), he possibly knows some level of this magic and simply sees no reason to use it.
racial traits:
- elven immortality (unaging), cannot get sick (unless supposedly very, very injured)
- resistant to the extremes of nature (again, unless supposedly very injured)
- able to recover from wounds that would normally kill a man
- enhanced strength
- keen hearing and eyesight (able to count the number of riders in a group and pick out the three riderless horses among them at 5 leagues/15 miles)
- low level mental communication in the form of very unnerving stares. only the eldar have true telepathy.
- able to communicate with/listen to nature to an extent (trees, earth, animals, stars, etc)
- fleet footed, can walk on top of snow and travel practically soundlessly regardless of terrain
- does not require sleep in the human sense. they can rest their mind in elven reverie, in waking dreams, or by looking at beautiful things. which is pretty stupid tbh legolas doesn't have time for that.
weaknesses:
- dislikes going underground, especially if there are no vents or light shafts.
- very much tied to nature and the earth he comes from. he will feel very uncomfortable on Tranquility, especially if cannot hear the voices of the plants as he would be able to at home.
- that hair is mighty grabbable
- what is technology, what is medicine
- inexplicable desire to shoot down oversized creatures like elephants. literally and metaphorically.
- inexplicable desire to state the obvious. only not really.
- inexplicable desire to stare off into the distance for long periods of time
- dwarfs
- hair
- cheat code for arrows doesn't work anymore
- but why is the shampoo gone
limitations:
- not sure if need any? hit me if he does BU
Inventory:
-travelling gear
-mirkwood bow
-mirkwood quiver, with or without arrows
-white knife, with sheath
Appearance:
he is rafiki. you follow legolas, he know de way
A description can be found on his wikipedia page. Tolkien also wrote that "he was as tall as a young tree, lithe, immensely strong, able swiftly to draw a great war-bow and shoot down a Nazgûl, endowed with the tremendous vitality of Elvish bodies, so hard and resistant to hurt that he went only in light shoes over rock or through snow, the most tireless of all the Fellowship. " To give some perspective, the bow Galadriel gives him is purported to have a draw weight of 150lbs, and Legolas manages this easily enough.
Features-wise, the version I play has blonde hair but nondescript eyes; 'bright', 'clear', and 'keen' are the only adjectives ever used to describe them in the book, so I use those as well. I like to think of it a color that can't be placed. For the sake of consistency though, and with Orlando Bloom as a PB, he may as well have blue/green/purple/gray eyes, whatever, I don't care. Height is roughly 6 feet.
Age: somewhere around 650 years. give or take.
AU Clarification: previous cr from![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
abaxcity
Legolas' time in Abax has been roughly 50 days, more or less. He's being taken from just after the end of Pelennor Fields battle and after the end of the Actions Have Consequences Event in Abax.
Given the small amount of time he'd spent in the city, he has not done too much. Mostly he'd holed himself up in the park, living in the trees near the flets Aragorn had built before he left. He attended a pool party which he thought was a good idea for settling nerves, but also rather reckless given that there had been a warning for a dangerous individual not a few days prior. Still, he showed up for guard duty mostly and after hours swimming (because who wears clothes in the water really).
After that, a playerplot resulted in the train station being blown up, releasing a black, gooey, shadow-infection upon the perpetrators. Legolas was lucky enough not to have been infected, nor anyone he knew closely, but he was particularly tense in warning one of the infected to stay away from the park; he has sympathy for the ill, but not for the darkness and shadows, especially if it can be spread through contact. But that ended calmly enough without much trouble.
During the Actions Have Consequences Event, Legolas was a genius and approached one of the 'fallen stars' with Faramir and both were subsequently scarred for life (not really). He went around making sure the rest of his canonmates were safe (simultaneously realizing Galadriel had left), handing a knife over to Frodo for his own defense. He took up solitary patrol on his own rather than fret over his canonmates, trusting them to take care of themselves; he ran into Fun Ghoul and helped protect the guy's shelter for a bit, then into Erik Lehnsherr and was recruited for a few raiding parties. After that, he, Susan Pevensie, Lioriley, and Galen Howard convened on a roof forGalen's archery practice duck hunting group extermination.
Then Galen died and Katniss was found dead, and then Ghoul too. While Legolas was out patrolling again, Eowyn and Eomer were killed as well; he saw Faramir's network post with Eowyn's body. On/around the last day of the event (30th), Legolas came upon Nikolai Luzhin whom he'd spoken to on the latter's arrival. Nikolai was not fatally wounded, but also didn't want to wait to heal, so he asked Legolas to help with that. Nikolai's body was then taken care of by Alex Mercer.
As of his being taken from Abax and put onto Tranquility, Legolas has not seen the other bodies of his comrades; he hasn't gone about summoning them on the network either, and they have not yet been revived.
He has not changed drastically, personality-wise or appearance-wise, just as he hadn't changed much during his time on the fellowship. The most change is that he has, perhaps, taken a step backwards in terms of trusting others-- not because his trust has been violated, but simply because he has been (and is being once again) thrust into a new environment with a group of strangers. He'll also be a bit testy, considering people he knows have been killed during the event, and he himself had a hand in killing someone, even if out of mercy. He will adjust easily enough and return to his usual self, relatively speaking. He's too old for it to have too much of an effect, but it's still going to be awkward.
SAMPLES
Log Sample:
Fifty-six days. He can count them as lines in tree bark, marked by his own knife in 12 hour intervals, every time the clocktower hands made a full turn. One-hundred-and-twelve lines, give or take. It is hard to keep track, when there is no sun to rise and the moon does not set. He loves the moon and the stars; his kind were created under their light, bathed in starlight. The Eldar. The people of the stars.
He knows what it is like to want for the sun. Sindar he was, of the twilight, and Silvan also, of the woods. With the rising sun comes another passing day, the dawn of mankind, and the fading of the Age of Elves; for Mirkwood, for Taur-nu-fuin, it is one small advantage over the shadows of Dol Guldur. Had there been sun in Abax, perhaps they would not have had so many casualties.
It has been roughly a week since he saw Faramir's broadcast-- Eowyn's death. Eomer was suspiciously missing as well. The girl hunter, and Galen. It is always worse when the ones who die are not warriors. And it is worse still when the death is upon your hands.
It is not guilt that keeps him awake at night, if indeed there was a night, but restlessness and adrenaline. Forty-eight days with little to do but find a new way to count the days. Another day or two, and the dead that he knows will return. Much sooner than he would have to wait, were they Elves on Middle-Earth-- or not if all, were they mortals.
He wonders if the guilt and mourning will pass then.
Comms Sample:
[--tap tap tap
he's sitting cross legged on the ground in front of his locker, dressed in the crew-issued jumpsuit, and the phone is sitting just in front of him. he knows it's been turned on; it isn't like the ones in abax, but it's similar. he doesn't like it.
he's gone through a handful of the recent posts but is lingering on the block of text, the poem. smiley. he doesn't know the purpose of it, but were it unimportant, there would not replies to it. again his finger rises over the screen, and descends.
tap tap tap]
A king's command..
[there's a flash of a smile that belies his nerves as he stands up, how uncomfortable he is in this metal tank with no earth, no life, no sounds.]
Well. If my King be here, then may he know that it is only his commands I follow.
[he straightens again and is distracted for a moment, pulling his hair, dull muddled blond, to the side to wring the rest of the fluid out. ugh. once he's satisfied with the level of dampness, he tosses it back over his shoulder and makes a mental note to rebraid it. again.]
I seek my companions, if they are here. A ranger, a Wizard, and Hobbits. Sons of stewards, daughters of kings, and the newly crowned.
[he pauses for a moment.]
..And the Dwarf, I suppose. [hmm.]
If they are not, then I would appreciate directions to the nearest garden. I need company.
Your Name:
OOC Journal:
chimneyUnder 18? If yes, what is your age?: no i am not so bitty :u
Email + IM: eisrequiem(at)gmail(dot)com; lacqueried@aim
Characters Played at Ataraxion: nnnnyet
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name:
Canon: lord of the epic journeys where they should've used eagles
Original or Alternate Universe: originalll with previous game cr.
Canon Point: just during/after the end of the battle of pelennor fields.
Number: 007 - 120
Setting: wikiiii
History:
Legolas was born in the year 2400 of the Third Age give or take a century or two (no, really). He is the son of Thranduil, King of the Northern part of the forest Mirkwood.
Legolas' father, Thranduil, and his father Oropher, first settled on the Southern edge of Mirkwood. Over the years the Wood-elves retreated North to escape the Dwarves of Moria, and also because Oropher did not quite like Galadriel and Celeborn, who had been visiting Lórien, the forest across the river Anduin. By the time Legolas was born, they had taken refuge against the mountains in the northern regions of Mirkwood. The shadow upon mirkwood arrives in the year 1100; from this time until Legolas was born and for most, if not all, of his life, he and his Woodland kin fought the shadows of Dol Guldur and the evil creatures in the forest, secluded and stranded from the rest of the world. Their only interaction was generally with those living East of the forest (the Men of Dale and, in the past, the Dwarves of Lonely Mountain) and any who dared journey through the woods to reach them.
The timeline is separated by year and contains events relevant to Mirkwood, since there is otherwise no information of how Legolas may have lived his life prior to joining the Fellowship. It's said that Thranduil received news of a Dragon's death via his own messengers and from birds, so it's not unlikely that Legolas would receive tidbits of information in this manner as well.
1100
The shadow upon Mirkwood first arrives in Dol Guldur.
2060
Evil power of Dol Guldur grows. The Wise (wizards) fear that it may be Sauron taking shape again.
2063
Gandalf enters Dol Guldur, Sauron retreats to the East. The Watchful Peace begins; evil is no longer a constant threat.
2300-2400
Legolas is born.
2460
The Watchful Peace ends. Sauron returns to Dol Guldur with increased strength.
2578-2579
The Long Winter. What it says on the tin.
2850
Gandalf enters Dol Guldur again and discovers that Sauron is indeed there.
2851
White Council meets, Gandalf urges an attack on Dol Guldur. Saruman overrules him and begins to search the Gladden Fields west of Mirkwood.
2939
Sauron's servants are searching the river Anduin near Gladden Fields.
2941
Thorin Oakenshield and his Dwarven Company from the Iron Hills pass through Mirkwood by the Old Forest Road to get to the shire. Bilbo the Hobbit and the Company of Dwarves are captured in Northern Mirkwood on their way to the Lonely Mountain, Erebor.
Saruman agrees to an attack on Dol Guldur. Sauron abandons Dol Guldur.
The Lake-town Esgaroth is destroyed by Smaug. Smaug is slayed by Bard of Dale. The Elves of Mirkwood and the Men of Dale march upon the Lonely Mountain, intending to claim the treasures there that were guarded by Smaug. Bilbo's Dwarves have safeguarded it. The Battle of the Five Armies (Elves of Mirkwood, Dwarves of the Iron Hills, the Men of Dale, goblins and wolves from the Misty Mountains) takes place in Dale.
2942
Sauron returns in secret to Mordor.
2944
Bard rebuilds Dale in the aftermath of the Battle of Five Armies and becomes King.
2949
Gandalf and Balin visit Bilbo in the Shire, likely using the Old Forest Road.
2951
Sauron declares himself openly and gathers power in Mordor; he sends three of the nine Nazgûl to reoccupy Dol Guldur.
2977
Bain son of Bard becomes King of Dale.
2989
Balin leaves the Lonely Mountain and journeys through Mirkwood to enter Moria.
3001
Canon begins. Hobbit things happen.
3007
Brand son of Bain becomes King in Dale.
3009-3017
Gandalf and Aragorn search for Gollum in the vales of the river Anduin, Mirkwood, and Rhovanion (the Wilderlands region which Mirkwood is in) to the confines of Mordor. The Misty Mountains and all lands eastward (such as Rhovanion) are becoming dangerous.
3017
Gollum is brought to King Thranduil of mirkwood to be guarded. It is unknown whether or not Legolas had any part in watching over Gollum.
3018
Gollum escapes his guards in August either with the help of or by using an orc raid as a distraction. Sometime in September, Legolas arrives at Rivendell as a messenger on behalf of King Thranduil.
During the Council of Elrond, Legolas recounts the story of how Gollum escaped. He supposedly remains in Rivendell, or relatively so, for the next two months. He is chosen to represent the race of Elves in the Fellowship, accompanying Frodo on his journey to Mordor to destroy the One Ring. He is one of nine, the others being Gandalf the wizard, Gimli the Dwarf, the Men Aragorn and Boromir, and the Hobbits Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Frodo himself, though he and Gimli are said to agree to going at least to the mountains, if not further.
3019
The Company arrives at Hollin, where Legolas comments that the plant life around the region no longer remember the Noldorin Elves that lived there, and only the stones lament them now. Aragorn mentions that it is far too silent compared to when he used to pass by the region.
After finding out that their originally intended path was being watched by the equivalent of demon spy crows, crebain, and after being attacked by strange wolves, the Company change their route to cross over the Caradhras mountains. Legolas displays his ability to walk on top of snow as he goes to find the sun, and while they manage to make it past the sudden snow storm, the Company reluctantly decides that it is better to go under the mountain through the mines than attempt to continue over it. Legolas, for one, says that he does not want to go into the mines of Moria, but since the rest of the Company goes, he can hardly leave them.
During the journey through Moria, they encounter goblins, a cave troll or two, and Legolas drags Gimli away from his cousin's tomb only to face a Balrog that ultimately takes Gandalf down with it. The Company exits Moria after two days in the dark and heads to the forests of Lórien. After a splash in the river Nimrodel and a song, they are greeted by the Marchwardens Haldir, Rúmil, and Orophin, who escort the Company to Caras Galadhon to meet with the Lord and Lady of Lothlórien, Celeborn and Galadriel. There they reveal that Gandalf had fallen in Moria. Galadriel tests each of them by tempting them with what their heart desires against the dark path that lays ahead of them should they continue to accompany Frodo to Mordor.
In the end, they all pass. As they leave Lothlórien, Galadriel bestows upon them gifts; Legolas' is a Lórien bow and a quiver of arrows. The Company travels by way of boats on the river Anduin. As they arrive at Sarn Gebir before the Falls of Rauros, they are set upon by Orcs. After paddling away, they are accosted at night by a Nazgûl, a ringwraith, though they don't know what it is at the time. Though it is dark and near pitch black, Legolas shoots down the creature the Nazgûl was riding.
The company goes ashore on the banks of Amon Hen where they are attacked by the same host of Orcs that accosted them before on the river. Here, Boromir falls, Frodo and Sam elope for Mordor, and Merry and Pippin are abducted by the Orcs that Boromir was fighting. Instead of following Frodo, the remaining three decided to save Merry and Pippin instead.
While pursuing the Orc host, Legolas proves to be a lot more talkative than he did before. They travel with little rest (in Legolas' case, it's doubtful he slept at all, as it's written that whenever Aragorn or Gimli woke up, they'd see Legolas awake and standing, pacing, or singing). Aragorn tracks the trail until they see a group of horsemen heading in their direction. Legolas alone is able to see them clearly and can immediately count out their apparent exact number, as well as how many of the horses are riderless.
The head of the riders, Éomer, leads the group back around after they unknowingly pass the trio and hold them at spearpoint. Wary of the wizard Saruman's spies, Éomer demands to know they are. After Aragorn proves that they are not spies, Éomer shares what ill has befallen his country of Rohan and offers the three of them the riderless horses to help them find their Hobbit friends.
With Aragorn on Hasufel, Legolas and Gimli on Arod, they follow the Hobbits tracks into Fangorn forest. While there, they come upon Gandalf, now White instead of Grey, who informs them that Merry and Pippin are safe with the treeherding Ents and that their job now is to help Rohan with their soon-to-come war. Gandalf also brings them messages from Galadriel; Legolas' warns him of what should happen if he hears the sound of a gull. Upon arriving at the capital, Edoras, they find that Saruman has taken over the king, Théoden, and Gandalf lifts whatever spell has taken Théoden.
Gandalf warns Théoden of Saruman gathering a host to destroy Rohan. Théoden leads his people to the Stronghold of Helm's Deep. On the way there, they are attacked by Orcs and Wargs (movie element); Aragorn falls off a cliff but survives and manages to make it to Helm's Deep, bringing word of a giant host of Orcs marching towards the stronghold to destroy it. He fights alongside Eomer and Theoden, and Gandalf when the latter arrived with Erkenbrand's Company.
Legolas and Gimli, meanwhile, have a friendly contest to see who can kill the most Orcs, of which Gimli bests Legolas by 1.
After the battle of Helm's Deep, the remainder of the Company head to Isengard with Théoden and Éomer to confront Saruman. On the way, Legolas is very nearly drawn off the path when he spots eyes on trees as they pass through the edge of the trees that had appeared before the mouth of the Deep, and the group gets their first glimpse of the Ents. Once at Isengard, they are reunited with Merry and Pippin and meet Treebeard, the oldest Ent on Middle Earth, who had led the attack on Isengard. Legolas mentions that he would like to venture into Fangorn forest at some point with a friend, whom he points out is not an elf, but Gimli the Dwarf.
Back in Edoras, Pippin decides to take another peek at the palantír, the Seeing Stone, that Saruman threw down. In doing so, Pippin finds out that Sauron intends to lead an attack on Gondor. Gandalf takes Pippin with him to warn Denethor, the Steward of Gondor who resides in the White City of Minas Tirith. When the fires are finally lit, signalling that Gondor is calling for aid, Théoden begins to gather men to ride for Gondor.
Before they get far, they are found by a group of Dúnedain rangers of whom Aragorn shares lineage. With them, Aragorn follows the prophecy given to him by Galadriel via Gandalf and takes the Paths of the Dead to rally the dead spirits of soldiers to aid him in the battle for Gondor. With these ghosts, the rangers, Legolas, and Gimli, they hijack a few pirate ships and sail them up the river Anduin to join the battle. Unfortunately, this is also when Legolas hears the cry of a gull, awakening within him the sea-longing that all Elves have inherently. Even so, he refuses the call and continues to refuse it for the next century or so, but that's a different story.
Upon arriving at the coast near Pelennor Fields, the Orcs, believing the ships to be their allies from Umbar, welcome the pirates-- only to find out too late that it's really Tolkien's version of the Trojan Horse. The Spirits of the Dead and the rest of the reinforcements then join the battle. Legolas and Gimli apparently have another contest to see who can take down the most enemies.
Legolas is taken from around the end of the battle.
Personality:
Legolas is many things. He is the son of Thranduil, king of Northern Mirkwood, but by no means a Prince in our common meaning. He is a Sindar Elf by birth, or at least part Sindar, and a Silvan, a Wood-elf, by life.
In The Hobbit, the Elves of Mirkwood (the majority of which were Silvan) are depicted singing and feasting merrily, although their singing, while beautiful, was eerie and strange to Bilbo's Company and did not seem to bring them any comfort. They loved best the stars and took to riding or running over the open lands by moonlight or starlight.
Like most, if not all, other Wood-elves, Legolas is kind; they are courteous even to their enemies, or those they suspect to be enemies, as shown when they lock up the Dwarves in The Hobbit yet still provide them with much food and drink. He is also slow to trust, as their distrust of strangers is one of the faults of the Wood-elves. Legolas, however, learns to befriend at least Gimli over the course of the journey.
He is proud of his people, the Wood-elves, and though he may not be full-blooded Sindar, he never makes it apparent. Whenever he has anything to say about his own people, he refers to them as Silvans, and to the language as our Woodland tongue. If one did not know his father was Sindar (and did not know the appearances of a Sindar), they would likely assume he was a Wood-elf as well. If one was not told his father was a king, one would likely never know as he does not seem to carry anything that a member of royalty, as we know it, would carry. He does not refer to his father directly, although to be fair he only ever did mention Thranduil once throughout the whole trilogy; whereas Elrohir brings a message "from my father (Lord Elrond)" to Aragorn, Legolas says he will bring his people to Ithilien "if my Elven-lord allows."
From what we know of Thranduil shown in The Hobbit, his and Legolas' personalities seem to clash in some ways, and he actually seems more similar to the Wood-elves than his father-- where Thranduil is greedy for gold and jewels, Legolas neither craves gems nor does he seem to wear them in any manner. He tends to break out into song quite a lot during his time in the Fellowship, particularly after they leave Lothlórien. He is lighthearted and almost childish in his jesting and contesting with Gimli, he jokes about going to find the sun during a snowstorm, and even manages to find himself distracted enough to abandon the group on the way to Isengard to investigate the strange eyes in the trees.
He is humble as well, never speaking much during the initial journey of the Fellowship and never attempting to take leadership; he puts the unity of the Fellowship as a higher priority over much of his own instincts and choices. Even when his opinion is asked, he manages to word it in a way that it speaks only of his opinions and not his actions; for example, when asked whether he will go into the mines of Moria with Gandalf, the others answer either "I will" or "I will not", whereas Legolas says "I do not wish to go to Moria." When questioned with the choices of resting or to continue tracking the Orcs in the dark, he says "My heart bids me go on.. But we must hold together. I will follow your counsel."
He is, however, devoted to the cause and fiercely loyal to his friends. He had vowed to only go as far as the mountains, Legolas goes with the Fellowship out of Lothlórien and down the Anduin. After he manages to strike a friendship with Gimli, he even threatens to kill Éomer before the latter could lay a hand on Gimli. And though he showed a strong dislike for going deep underground, as shown by his reluctance to enter Moria and his reaction to Gimli's invitation to visit the Glittering Caves, he eventually concedes to Moria and accepts Gimli's invitation-- but only if the Dwarf went with him into Fangorn as well.
Legolas is an Elf, in every manner of the word, and a Wood-elf besides. More dangerous and less wise, graceful and fair, young and old, wise and yet ignorant of the world. He is a warrior nonetheless, and one who is unafraid to befriend mortals even with the knowledge that they will one day die while he lives on. He would even wait until the last of the Walkers, his friends, have passed on before he will leave Middle-Earth.
Abilities, Weaknesses and Power Limitations:
- very skilled with a bow and arrow
- able to wield a long knife
- it's mentioned in the hobbit that wood-elves seem to be able to set and put out their torch fires as if by magic, as well as knock out or put individuals to sleep and summarily wake them up upon command. legolas is never depicted demonstrating these skills, but given that he was born and grew up among the wood-elves for nigh on half a millennia (and might have some Silvan blood in him), he possibly knows some level of this magic and simply sees no reason to use it.
racial traits:
- elven immortality (unaging), cannot get sick (unless supposedly very, very injured)
- resistant to the extremes of nature (again, unless supposedly very injured)
- able to recover from wounds that would normally kill a man
- enhanced strength
- keen hearing and eyesight (able to count the number of riders in a group and pick out the three riderless horses among them at 5 leagues/15 miles)
- low level mental communication in the form of very unnerving stares. only the eldar have true telepathy.
- able to communicate with/listen to nature to an extent (trees, earth, animals, stars, etc)
- fleet footed, can walk on top of snow and travel practically soundlessly regardless of terrain
- does not require sleep in the human sense. they can rest their mind in elven reverie, in waking dreams, or by looking at beautiful things. which is pretty stupid tbh legolas doesn't have time for that.
weaknesses:
- dislikes going underground, especially if there are no vents or light shafts.
- very much tied to nature and the earth he comes from. he will feel very uncomfortable on Tranquility, especially if cannot hear the voices of the plants as he would be able to at home.
- that hair is mighty grabbable
- what is technology, what is medicine
- inexplicable desire to shoot down oversized creatures like elephants. literally and metaphorically.
- inexplicable desire to state the obvious. only not really.
- inexplicable desire to stare off into the distance for long periods of time
- dwarfs
- hair
- cheat code for arrows doesn't work anymore
- but why is the shampoo gone
limitations:
- not sure if need any? hit me if he does BU
Inventory:
-travelling gear
-mirkwood bow
-mirkwood quiver, with or without arrows
-white knife, with sheath
Appearance:
he is rafiki. you follow legolas, he know de way
A description can be found on his wikipedia page. Tolkien also wrote that "he was as tall as a young tree, lithe, immensely strong, able swiftly to draw a great war-bow and shoot down a Nazgûl, endowed with the tremendous vitality of Elvish bodies, so hard and resistant to hurt that he went only in light shoes over rock or through snow, the most tireless of all the Fellowship. " To give some perspective, the bow Galadriel gives him is purported to have a draw weight of 150lbs, and Legolas manages this easily enough.
Features-wise, the version I play has blonde hair but nondescript eyes; 'bright', 'clear', and 'keen' are the only adjectives ever used to describe them in the book, so I use those as well. I like to think of it a color that can't be placed. For the sake of consistency though, and with Orlando Bloom as a PB, he may as well have blue/green/purple/gray eyes, whatever, I don't care. Height is roughly 6 feet.
Age: somewhere around 650 years. give or take.
AU Clarification: previous cr from
abaxcityLegolas' time in Abax has been roughly 50 days, more or less. He's being taken from just after the end of Pelennor Fields battle and after the end of the Actions Have Consequences Event in Abax.
Given the small amount of time he'd spent in the city, he has not done too much. Mostly he'd holed himself up in the park, living in the trees near the flets Aragorn had built before he left. He attended a pool party which he thought was a good idea for settling nerves, but also rather reckless given that there had been a warning for a dangerous individual not a few days prior. Still, he showed up for guard duty mostly and after hours swimming (because who wears clothes in the water really).
After that, a playerplot resulted in the train station being blown up, releasing a black, gooey, shadow-infection upon the perpetrators. Legolas was lucky enough not to have been infected, nor anyone he knew closely, but he was particularly tense in warning one of the infected to stay away from the park; he has sympathy for the ill, but not for the darkness and shadows, especially if it can be spread through contact. But that ended calmly enough without much trouble.
During the Actions Have Consequences Event, Legolas was a genius and approached one of the 'fallen stars' with Faramir and both were subsequently scarred for life (not really). He went around making sure the rest of his canonmates were safe (simultaneously realizing Galadriel had left), handing a knife over to Frodo for his own defense. He took up solitary patrol on his own rather than fret over his canonmates, trusting them to take care of themselves; he ran into Fun Ghoul and helped protect the guy's shelter for a bit, then into Erik Lehnsherr and was recruited for a few raiding parties. After that, he, Susan Pevensie, Lioriley, and Galen Howard convened on a roof for
Then Galen died and Katniss was found dead, and then Ghoul too. While Legolas was out patrolling again, Eowyn and Eomer were killed as well; he saw Faramir's network post with Eowyn's body. On/around the last day of the event (30th), Legolas came upon Nikolai Luzhin whom he'd spoken to on the latter's arrival. Nikolai was not fatally wounded, but also didn't want to wait to heal, so he asked Legolas to help with that. Nikolai's body was then taken care of by Alex Mercer.
As of his being taken from Abax and put onto Tranquility, Legolas has not seen the other bodies of his comrades; he hasn't gone about summoning them on the network either, and they have not yet been revived.
He has not changed drastically, personality-wise or appearance-wise, just as he hadn't changed much during his time on the fellowship. The most change is that he has, perhaps, taken a step backwards in terms of trusting others-- not because his trust has been violated, but simply because he has been (and is being once again) thrust into a new environment with a group of strangers. He'll also be a bit testy, considering people he knows have been killed during the event, and he himself had a hand in killing someone, even if out of mercy. He will adjust easily enough and return to his usual self, relatively speaking. He's too old for it to have too much of an effect, but it's still going to be awkward.
SAMPLES
Log Sample:
Fifty-six days. He can count them as lines in tree bark, marked by his own knife in 12 hour intervals, every time the clocktower hands made a full turn. One-hundred-and-twelve lines, give or take. It is hard to keep track, when there is no sun to rise and the moon does not set. He loves the moon and the stars; his kind were created under their light, bathed in starlight. The Eldar. The people of the stars.
He knows what it is like to want for the sun. Sindar he was, of the twilight, and Silvan also, of the woods. With the rising sun comes another passing day, the dawn of mankind, and the fading of the Age of Elves; for Mirkwood, for Taur-nu-fuin, it is one small advantage over the shadows of Dol Guldur. Had there been sun in Abax, perhaps they would not have had so many casualties.
It has been roughly a week since he saw Faramir's broadcast-- Eowyn's death. Eomer was suspiciously missing as well. The girl hunter, and Galen. It is always worse when the ones who die are not warriors. And it is worse still when the death is upon your hands.
It is not guilt that keeps him awake at night, if indeed there was a night, but restlessness and adrenaline. Forty-eight days with little to do but find a new way to count the days. Another day or two, and the dead that he knows will return. Much sooner than he would have to wait, were they Elves on Middle-Earth-- or not if all, were they mortals.
He wonders if the guilt and mourning will pass then.
Comms Sample:
[--tap tap tap
he's sitting cross legged on the ground in front of his locker, dressed in the crew-issued jumpsuit, and the phone is sitting just in front of him. he knows it's been turned on; it isn't like the ones in abax, but it's similar. he doesn't like it.
he's gone through a handful of the recent posts but is lingering on the block of text, the poem. smiley. he doesn't know the purpose of it, but were it unimportant, there would not replies to it. again his finger rises over the screen, and descends.
tap tap tap]
A king's command..
[there's a flash of a smile that belies his nerves as he stands up, how uncomfortable he is in this metal tank with no earth, no life, no sounds.]
Well. If my King be here, then may he know that it is only his commands I follow.
[he straightens again and is distracted for a moment, pulling his hair, dull muddled blond, to the side to wring the rest of the fluid out. ugh. once he's satisfied with the level of dampness, he tosses it back over his shoulder and makes a mental note to rebraid it. again.]
I seek my companions, if they are here. A ranger, a Wizard, and Hobbits. Sons of stewards, daughters of kings, and the newly crowned.
[he pauses for a moment.]
..And the Dwarf, I suppose. [hmm.]
If they are not, then I would appreciate directions to the nearest garden. I need company.