Legolas's Age - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

05-19-2002, 08:10 PM

Does anyone know how old Legolas is? And, I don't mean when he set out on the quest. I mean just how old is the elf? [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

Elrian · 05-19-2002, 08:17 PM

Here are the links to prior threads on the same subject. In the books it did not give an age for Legolas. Linkand Link

Hope that helps. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

piosenniel · 05-19-2002, 09:32 PM

Welcome to the Downs, Legolaslover!!! You're just in time for the birthday party!!!!! & I'm assuming you'll be bringing the luscious elf himself?! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Legolas · 05-20-2002, 09:16 AM

If you don't mean "How old was he on the quest?" then what do you mean? You want his age at the present?

05-20-2002, 08:12 PM

There is a party? And I wasn't told!? Oh forget that! I guess me and my elf will just have to stay in that evening. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

piosenniel · 05-20-2002, 08:23 PM

Legolas'sLover - the Party is Now and, the Elf, himself, is there - pursued by a long line of young and panting maidens . . .

Lomelinde · 05-21-2002, 05:47 PM

Ok, here's a link to an article on Legolas, and there's a bunch of stuff about speculations on his age- very interesting:
Speaking of Legolas

*Varda* · 05-25-2002, 09:28 AM

In the lord of the rings movie guide, orlando bloom says Legolas is 2,931 years old. Hope that helps!

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 05-25-2002, 09:58 AM

It would help if the movie guide were written by Tolkien, but it wasn't. So, the above-stated age is pure speculation.

Kaszul · 08-15-2002, 08:33 AM

I'm pretty shure I've read about Legolas during the fall of Gondolin, in the Book of Lost Tales II. In the story, it refers to Legolas Greenleaf leading a remnant of the Gondolodrim to safety. I'm not for shure if it means Legolas has survived the ages, or that he fell at one point and was reincarnated. But, if he never fell that would make him closer to the age of Galadriel than Elrond is.

Legolas · 08-15-2002, 12:13 PM

The Book of Lost Tales II finds Legolas being

Quote:

Legolas 'or Green-leaf was a man of the Tree, who led the exiles over Tumladin in the dark, being night-sighted, and he liveth still in Tol Eressea named by the Eldar there Laiqalasse; but the book of Rumil saith further hereon.'

This was, of course, nixed later though, with Legolas being the son of Thranduil.

08-15-2002, 01:08 PM

I always assumed that he knew the world before the hiding of Valinor. I imagine that he is somewhere around 3000 years old. But I am of no help.

05-19-2002, 08:10 PM	#1
Legolas'sLover Guest Posts: n/a	Legolas's Age Does anyone know how old Legolas is? And, I don't mean when he set out on the quest. I mean just how old is the elf? [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

05-19-2002, 08:17 PM	#2
Elrian Eldar Spirit of Truth Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Land of the FREE, Home of the BRAVE Posts: 794	Here are the links to prior threads on the same subject. In the books it did not give an age for Legolas. Linkand Link Hope that helps. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ ~Call me a relic, call me what you will. Say I'm old fashioned , say I'm over the hill. That old whine ain't got no soul. I'll stick to Old Toby and a Hobbit hole.~

05-19-2002, 09:32 PM	#3
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Welcome to the Downs, Legolaslover!!! You're just in time for the birthday party!!!!! & I'm assuming you'll be bringing the luscious elf himself?! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

05-20-2002, 09:16 AM	#4
Legolas A Northern Soul Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 1,847	If you don't mean "How old was he on the quest?" then what do you mean? You want his age at the present? __________________ ...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.

05-20-2002, 08:23 PM	#6
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Legolas'sLover - the Party is Now and, the Elf, himself, is there - pursued by a long line of young and panting maidens . . . __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

05-20-2002, 08:12 PM	#5
Legolas'sLover Guest Posts: n/a	There is a party? And I wasn't told!? Oh forget that! I guess me and my elf will just have to stay in that evening. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

05-21-2002, 05:47 PM	#7
Lomelinde Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ha! Wouldn't you like to know? Posts: 80	Ok, here's a link to an article on Legolas, and there's a bunch of stuff about speculations on his age- very interesting: Speaking of Legolas __________________ The Dwarf breathes so loud I could've shot him in the dark, drunk, blindfolded and hanging upside down from a tree.

05-25-2002, 09:28 AM	#8
Varda Maiden of Tears Join Date: May 2002 Location: Valinor. Posts: 571	In the lord of the rings movie guide, orlando bloom says Legolas is 2,931 years old. Hope that helps! __________________ 'It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them' ~Frodo "Life is hard. After all, it kills you." - Katharine Hepburn

05-25-2002, 09:58 AM	#9
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	It would help if the movie guide were written by Tolkien, but it wasn't. So, the above-stated age is pure speculation. __________________ The Barrow-Wight

08-15-2002, 08:33 AM	#10
Kaszul Pile O'Bones Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 14	I'm pretty shure I've read about Legolas during the fall of Gondolin, in the Book of Lost Tales II. In the story, it refers to Legolas Greenleaf leading a remnant of the Gondolodrim to safety. I'm not for shure if it means Legolas has survived the ages, or that he fell at one point and was reincarnated. But, if he never fell that would make him closer to the age of Galadriel than Elrond is.

08-15-2002, 01:08 PM	#12
Limlaith Guest Posts: n/a	I always assumed that he knew the world before the hiding of Valinor. I imagine that he is somewhere around 3000 years old. But I am of no help.