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Birdland · 11-04-2002, 11:21 PM

Amanaduial - I wrote the short "history" of Thranduil for the Audience With The King RPG, and 90% of it was made up out of whole cloth. Tolkien never makes any reference to Legolas' family, except for his father.

Nobody really knows the Elf's age, the name of his mother, or whether he had any brothers or sisters.

Which begs the question: as much as Tolkien loved his Elven creations, why didn't he take the time to fill in these blanks? I mean, he didn't have to write a whole background for Legolas, but a family tree would have been nice. Why leave this character such a cipher?

11-04-2002, 11:21 PM	#5
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Amanaduial - I wrote the short "history" of Thranduil for the Audience With The King RPG, and 90% of it was made up out of whole cloth. Tolkien never makes any reference to Legolas' family, except for his father. Nobody really knows the Elf's age, the name of his mother, or whether he had any brothers or sisters. Which begs the question: as much as Tolkien loved his Elven creations, why didn't he take the time to fill in these blanks? I mean, he didn't have to write a whole background for Legolas, but a family tree would have been nice. Why leave this character such a cipher?