Laiquendi

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by rmjones0411

Is there any information in Tolkien's writings that would conclusively rule out the possibility that the Laiquendi (the Green-Elves) were still scattered throughout Middle Earth during the War of the Ring?.

Those Laiquendi who did not leave Ossiriand for Doriath after their leader, Denethor, was slain, would have remained in Ossiriand until the War of Wrath. The area of Ossiriand that survived the destruction of Beleriand would become Lindon, where they would have assimilated with the remnants of other Elvish clans under the rule of Gil-Galad. Some may have passed over Ered Luin and joined their kinfolk in Mirkwood and Lothlorien, but I think it's safe to say that the specific designation 'Laiquendi', like its predecessor 'Nandor', was no longer used after the 1st Age.

Edit: The Unfinished Tales refers to some Green Elves passing over the Ered Luin and settling in Eriador around Lake Nenuial in the 2nd Age, but there is no further mention of them afterwards. I would suggest that those would have passed on to Mirkwood or escaped back to Lindon before the wars of the 3rd Age.