What is Elrond to Thranduil?

Both Elrond and Thranduil have fought together in The War of the Last Alliance. Both also lost significant father figures in the War, Thranduil his actual father Oropher, and Elrond his mentor Gil-galad. Later on Tolkien calls Thranduil a “wise elf” for deducing what the Dwarves are really after by going to Lake Town.

Who is Elrond’s brother?

Elros
Elros was the son of Eärendil, the great hero of the First Age, and his wife Elwing. He was the twin brother of Elrond and both were Half-elven. Choosing to live as a mortal Man, he became a lord of the Edain and the first King of Númenor, taking the name Tar-Minyatur.

Who is older Galadriel and Elrond?

Galadriel is 8,372 years old. The oldest living elves in existence would be 11,362 years old. Elrond is 6,518.

How old is Elrond in Lord of the Rings?

Elrond was the son of Eärendil and Elwing, and a great-grandson of Lúthien, born in Beleriand in the First Age, making him well over 6,000 years old by the time of the events described in The Lord of the Rings.

Why didn’t Galadriel and Elrond get along with Thranduil and peredhel?

Because Thranduil was a Sindarin elf who ruled over thousands of his Silvan kinsfolk while Galadriel and Elrond Peredhel were Noldorin and neither had enough Noldorin elves for a queendom or kingdom.

Is Thranduil the king of the Elves?

Tolkien refers to him as the elf-king or the king,, and also by the titles Elvenking and King of the Elves of the Wood. The name Thranduil first appears in The Lord of the Rings, in which his title was given as the King of the Elves of Northern Mirkwood.

How old was Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings?

One of these was the battle against Morgoth, an evil power with even greater strength than Sauron. Galadriel, who was born in Valinor, has to be at least 7,000 years old at the time of the Lord of the Rings, which might explain why she and the other elves have a much more tempered view of the evil that is conquering Middle Earth.

Why is Elrond not a king in The Lord of the Rings?

Rivendell isn’t really populated enough to constitute a kingdom, so Elrond can’t be a king.