I agree with HCIsland. It was probably more for the effect than trying to say that this was Thranduil or somebody else important. In my opinion, the elf in question looks too young to be Thranduil. Plus, he doesn't look all that important.
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~O Elbereth! Gilthoniel!
We still remember, we who dwell in this far land beneath the trees,
Thy starlight on the Western seas.~
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