age of legolas

[Mhoram]

Wasn't the Third age 3021 years though?

I am SO sorry, I put down the date in shire reckoning *turns red* Yes, the Third Age was 3021, as you so accurately noted [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I'll edit my post to correct for that.

Voronwe: In the Tale of Years of ROTK, in the second paragraph under The Second Age

In the beginning of this age many of the High Elves still remained. Most of these dwelt in Lindon west of the Ered Luin; but before the building of the Barad-dur many of the Sindar passed eastward, and some established realms in the forests far away, where their people were mostly Silvan Elves. Thranduil, king in the north of Greenwood the Great, was one of these.

On the next page the building of Barad-Dur is said to have begun in SA 1000. So before 1000 SA Thranduil has moved to Greenwood(Mirkwood) and set up a kingdom (I don't know what to make of his father Oropher yet, i'll get back to you.) So, just by that evidence I think it's safe to say Thranduil was born in the FA at some point. There very well may be more and better evidence to that and if I find it, i'll post.