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The '''Woodland Realm''' was kingdom of [[Silvan]] elves of [[Thranduil]] in [[Mirkwood]] from the [[Second Age]] onwards.
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The '''Woodland Realm'''<ref name="Ride">{{RK|Ride}}</ref> was the great kingdom of the [[Silvan Elves]] in [[Mirkwood]].


== History ==
== History ==
=== Second Age ===
=== Second Age ===
The Woodland Realm was established by the [[Sindarin]] Lord [[Oropher]] of [[Doriath]] after the [[War of Wrath]]. Unlike most Sindar Oropher and his household declined the [[Valar|Valar's]] offer to depart [[Middle-earth]] for [[Valinor]], instead migrating eastward to [[Greenwood the Great]]. There he was accepted by the native elves, of [[Nandorin]] descent, as their king.
{{seealso|#Other versions of the legendarium}}


Oropher and his household quickly adopted Silvan language and customs, wishing to return to a simple existence natural to the Elves before they had been disturbed by the Valar.
The Woodland Realm was established in {{SA|750}} by [[Oropher]], a [[Sindar|Sindarin]] [[Iathrim|Elf of Doriath]], after the [[War of Wrath]].<ref name=date>{{PM|Second}}, p. 174</ref> Unlike most [[Sindar]], [[Oropher]] and his household declined the [[Valar]]'s offer to depart from [[Middle-earth]] for [[Valinor]]. Instead, he migrated eastward from [[Lindon]] and became the King of the [[Silvan Elves]] east of [[Anduin]].<ref name="Note 14"/> The few Sindar who had come with him soon merged with the [[Silvan Elves]], adopting their customs and language and taking names of [[Silvan Elvish|Silvan form and style]].<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/> Oropher and his household wished to return to the simple existence natural to the [[Elves]] before they had been disturbed by the Valar.<ref name="Sindarin Princes">{{UT|6b}}</ref>


For the duration of the Second Age the Woodland Realm encompassed the entirety of Greenwood, with its capital at [[Amon Lanc]]. It maintained closed contact with the neighbouring Silvan realm of [[Lórinand]] and its king [[Amdír]], who was also a Sindar refugee.
Originally, Oropher's realm encompassed the south of [[Greenwood]],<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/> with dwellings about the hill of [[Amon Lanc]].<ref name="Note 14"/> However, throughout the [[Second Age]], he and his people migrated north three times.<ref name="Note 14">{{UT|Gladden}}, note 14</ref> According to one tradition, the first movement was northward beyond the [[Gladden Fields]], due to Oropher's desire to distance himself from the increasing encroachments of the [[Dwarves of Khazad-dûm]] and his resentment of the intrusions of [[Celeborn]] and [[Galadriel]] in [[Lothlórien]].<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/> However, his people did maintain constant intercourse with their [[Galadhrim|kin]] west of the Anduin.<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/>


Following the destruction of [[Númenor]] Oropher and Amdír led their combined forces against [[Sauron]] as part of the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]]. However, they refused to obey the orders of the [[Noldor]]in king [[Gil-galad]] and charged the enemy alone during the [[Battle of Dagorlad]]. They fought valiantly, however being ill-equipped and outnumbered most were slain; including Oropher.
Oropher was also disturbed by the reports of [[Sauron]]'s rising power, and by the end of the [[Second Age]] he dwelt in the western glens of the [[Mountains of Mirkwood|Emyn Duir]], and his numerous people lived and roamed in the woods and vales westward as far as Anduin, north of the ancient [[Men-i-Naugrim|Dwarf-Road]].<ref name="Note 14"/>
 
In {{SA|3430}}, Oropher led the forces of the Woodland Realm against [[Sauron]] as part of the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]], and was slain during battle.<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/>


=== Third Age ===
=== Third Age ===
[[Image:Anke Eissmann - Thranduil.jpg|thumb|200px|''Thranduil'' by [[Anke Eißmann]]|right]]
[[File:Anke Eißmann - Thranduil.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Anke Eißmann]] - ''Thranduil''|left]]
Oropher's son, [[Thranduil]], succeeded him as king of the Woodland Realm and ruled throughout the [[Third Age]]. At some point during the first millennium they abandoned the capital at Amon Lanc, perhaps due to depopulation following the Battle of Dagorlad, and much of their territory south of the old Dwarf road running through the centre of the forest; dwelling mainly in the [[Emyn Duir]], or Dark Mountains.
Oropher's son, [[Thranduil]], succeeded him as the lord of the Woodland Realm<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/> and ruled the Woodland Realm in peace for many years.
 
Around {{TA|1100}}, an evil entity known as the [[Necromancer]] (later identified as Sauron) created a stronghold on Amon Lanc called [[Dol Guldur]].<ref name="TA">{{App|TA}}</ref> As the [[Shadow]] fell upon [[Greenwood the Great]] and spread ever northward, Thranduil's realm retreated before it, until at last Thranduil established his realm in the north-east of the forest and delved there a [[Elvenking's Halls|fortress and great halls underground]].<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/> His realm was also protected by the [[Enchanted River]]<ref>{{H|Queer}}</ref>, which could cause one to sleep and dream deeply, whilst the Elvenking's Halls served as the chief fortress of the realm.<ref name=Flies/>
 
Thranduil's realm is said to have extended into the woods surrounding the [[Lonely Mountain]] and growing along the west shores of the [[Long Lake]], before the coming of the [[Dwarves of Moria|Dwarves exiled from Moria]] and the invasion of the [[dragon]] [[Smaug]].<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/> The Woodland Realm did trade with the neighbouring realms of Erebor and [[Dale]], and imported wine from [[Dorwinion]] via the [[River Running]]. The former traffic came to an end with the destruction of Erebor by Smaug in {{TA|2770}}<ref name="TA"/> but again resumed after the [[Battle of Five Armies]].<ref>{{H|19}}</ref>


Around [[Third Age 1050|T.A. 1050]] an evil entity called the [[Necromancer]] inhabited the abandoned halls of [[Amon Lanc]], renaming it [[Dol Guldur]]. This would later be revealed to be [[Sauron]] himself but at this point the elves did not identify him as such. With the coming of the Necromancer Greenwood darkened and was renamed [[Mirkwood]], and the mountains were renamed [[Emyn-nu-Fuin]], the Mountains of Mirkwood. It was infested by [[Orcs]] and giant [[Spiders]] which pushed the Elves even further north.
In {{TA|2941}},<ref name="TA"/> [[Thorin and Company|Thorin's band of Dwarves]] intruded in the Woodland Realm and were held prisoner in the [[Elvenking's Halls]].<ref name=Flies>{{H|Flies}}</ref> Upon hearing the death of Smaug, Thranduil immediately assembled the army of the Woodland Realm and marched towards [[Erebor]]. In the ensuing [[Battle of Five Armies]], many [[Wood-elves]] were slain <ref>{{H|Burst}}</ref> and many of the [[Orcs]] that survived wandered into the Woodland Realm were slain or lost in the trackless dark of Mirkwood.<ref>{{H|18}}</ref>
[[File:Capucine Mazille - The Battle of Five Armies.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Capucine Mazille]] - ''The Battle of Five Armies'']]
On [[20 June]] {{TA|3018|n}}, a force of [[Orcs]] attacked the Woodland Realm (orchestrated by Sauron),<ref name="UT"/> the purpose of this raid being to provide a distraction and facilitate the escape of [[Gollum]],<ref name=great/> who had been entrusted to Thranduil's care by the [[Rangers of the North|Ranger]] [[Aragorn]].<ref name="UT">{{UT|Hunt}}</ref>


By the middle of the Third Age the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood were much reduced in number and confined to the lands north of the [[Forest River]], living mainly or wholly in [[Thranduil's halls]]. They also become increasingly withdrawn and wary of strangers, though they traded with the neighbouring realms of [[Erebor]] and [[Dale]], and purchased wine from the distant inhabitants of [[Dorwinion]] via the [[River Running]].
In the wake of this, Thranduil sent his son, [[Legolas]], to deliver news of Gollum's escape to Aragorn and [[Elrond]] in [[Rivendell]]. Upon arriving, Legolas participated in the [[Council of Elrond]] as an ambassador of the Woodland Realm where the full details of Sauron's resurgence were revealed.<ref name=council>{{FR|II2}}</ref>


Trade with the former stopped upon its destruction by the [[dragon]] [[Smaug]] in [[Third Age 2770|T.A. 2770]], who also attacked the Woodland Realm itself; putting further pressure on the beleaguered elves.
Meanwhile, on [[15 March]] {{TA|3019|n}}, Sauron's forces invaded the Woodland Realm in force and there was a long [[battle under the trees]] and great ruin of fire; but in the end Thranduil had the victory.  On the [[Elven New Year]] ([[6 April]]), Thranduil met [[Celeborn]], [[Lord of Lórien]], and the two agreed to rename the forest [[Eryn Lasgalen]]. Thranduil took the area from the northern eaves of the forest south to the [[Emyn Duir]] for the Woodland Realm.<ref name=great>{{App|Great}}</ref>


=== Quest for Erebor ===
=== Later History ===
[[Image:D.W. Luebbert - Into Mirkwood.gif|thumb|200px|''Into Mirkwood'' by [[D.W. Luebbert]]|left]]
After the [[War of the Ring]], the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Silvan Elves of the Greenwood]], including those of the Woodland Realm, remained untroubled.<ref name=great/> Many folk of the realm removed south to [[Gondor]] to restore the beauty of the [[South-kingdom]], especially [[Minas Tirith]] and [[Ithilien]].<ref name=durin>{{App|Durin}}</ref><ref name="RK-MinasTirith">{{RK|V1}}</ref>
In [[Third Age|T.A. 2941]] Thranduil's people came across a band of [[Dwarves]] while feasting in the forest. Perhaps still resentful over the Dwarves' role in attracting Smaug to their borders, or simply cautious, they imprisoned them for trespassing onto their lands. The Dwarves' leader, [[Thorin Oakenshield]], however, would not reveal the purpose of their journey from their halls far to the west in [[Eriador]]. And after a few days imprisonment the dwarves escaped with the help of their companion, the [[Hobbits|hobbit]] [[Bilbo Baggins]] who had avoided capture using a [[One Ring|magic ring]].


Some time later the elves heard that Smaug, provoked by the escaped Dwarves, had left Erebor to attack [[Lake-town]] where he was slain by [[Bard the Bowman]]. Thranduil immediately assembled an army to claim part of the dragon's hoard in compensation for the destruction it had caused to the Woodland Realm. On the way they met messengers from Bard seeking aid for the people of destroyed Lake-town. Thranduil accepted, bring food and helping the people erect shelters for the winter. He and Bard then joined forces and marched north to claim the dragon's hoard and divide it between Bard, the people of Lake-town, and the Wood-elves.
The eventual fate of the Woodland Realm is unknown.  


[[Image:Capucine Mazille - The Battle of Five Armies.jpg|thumb|200px|''The Battle of Five Armies'' by [[Capucine Mazille]]]]
==Other versions of the legendarium==
On arriving however they found Thorin and his company alive, and he refused to relinquish his claim on any of the treasure and had secured Erebor against an assault. Thranduil and Bard then lay siege to the Dwarves, who awaited aid from their relatives in the [[Iron Hills]] to the east. Hoping to avert battle, the hobbit Bilbo Baggins earned the respect of Thranduil and was named '[[Elf-friend]]' by delivering the [[Arkenstone]] to the Wood-elves and Men so they could use it to bargain with Thorin. Negotiations were cut short however by the arrival of a host of Orcs and [[Wargs]] from the [[Misty Mountains]]. In the ensuing [[Battle of Five Armies]] many Wood-elves were slain, as was Thorin Oakenshield, but afterwards an agreement was reached as to the division of the dragon hoard.
===Foundation===
The foundation of the Woodland Realm is disputed:


In the same year the [[White Council]] led by [[Gandalf]] drove the Necromancer from Dol Guldur. The lifting of this shadow and the death of Smaug gave the Wood-elves the first period of peace they had experienced in two millennia. Though some animosity between them and the Dwarves of Erebor lingered.
*According to [[Appendix B]] of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', [[Thranduil]] was among the wave of [[Sindar]] who, before the building of  [[Barad-dûr]] c. {{SA|1000}}, established the Woodland Realm among the [[Silvan Elves]] and became the king in the north of [[Greenwood the Great]].<ref name=SA>{{App|SA}}</ref>


=== War of the Ring ===
*An alternate origin story is given in the article [[The History of Galadriel and Celeborn]] in ''[[Unfinished Tales]]''. [[Oropher]], along with a handful of [[Iathrim|Sindar from Doriath]] (alongside his son Thranduil), took up the rule of the [[Silvan Elves]] of Greenwood the Great sometime after the [[Ruin of Doriath|ruin of Doriath]]. He established his realm in the south of the forest.<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/>
[[Image:Michael Kaluta - Legolas Draws the Bow of Galadriel.jpg|thumb|200px|''Legolas Draws the Bow of Galadriel'' by [[Michael Kaluta]]|left]]
This peace was broken by the outbreak of the [[War of the Ring]] in [[Third Age|T.A. 3018]]. Sauron, now revealed as the evil presence which had abandoned (not, as it had been thought at the time, driven out of) Dol Guldur in 2941, from his rebuilt stronghold in [[Mordor]] sent a [[Nazgûl]] to reoccupy Dol Guldur. On [[Third Age 3018#June|20 June]] a force of orcs attacked the Woodland Realm from this base, the purpose of this raid being to provide a distraction and facilitate the escape of [[Gollum]] who had been entrusted to Thranduil's care by the [[Rangers of the North|Ranger]] [[Aragorn]].


In the wake of this Thranduil sent his son, [[Legolas|Legolas Greenleaf]], to deliver news of Gollum's escape to Aragorn and [[Elrond]] in [[Rivendell]]. Upon arriving Legolas participated in the [[Council of Elrond]] where the full details of Sauron's resurgence were revealed. Legolas was chosen to represent the Elves in the [[Fellowship of the Ring]], and journeyed with the [[Ringbearer]] [[Frodo Baggins]] towards Mordor. After the [[Breaking of the Fellowship]] Legolas continued to accompany Aragorn, fighting in the [[Battle of the Hornburg]], the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] and the [[Battle of the Morannon]]. Legolas also developed a close friendship with the dwarf [[Gimli]], son of one of Thorin's companions: [[Gloin]]. This friendship did much to improve relations between the two peoples.
*In one draft from the article [[The Tale of Years of the Second Age]] from ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'', [[Thranduil]] was among the wave of [[Teleri]] from [[Doriath]] who established the Woodland Realm in the north of Greenwood the Great in {{SA|750}}.<ref name=date/>


Meanwhile, Sauron attacked the Woodland Realm in force, resulting in the bloody [[Battle Under Trees]]. Thranduil led his forces to victory, however, and then set about a campaign to clear Mirkwood of orcs and other evil beings. On [[Elven New Year]] he met [[Celeborn]], the king of [[Lothlórien]], and the two agreed to rename the forest [[Eryn Lasgalen]]. It was the divided: Thranduil was to rule north of the mountains, the forest south of the [[Narrows]] become [[East Lórien]] and the rest was given to the [[Beornings]].
This article and the wiki reconcile these three stories as: [[Oropher]] and his household of [[Sindar]] (including his son [[Thranduil]]) from [[Doriath]] established the Woodland Realm in the south of [[Greenwood the Great]] in {{SA|750}}.


=== Fourth Age ===
==Portrayal in adaptations==
During the Fourth Age the Woodland Realm prospered, free of enemies. A group of Wood-elves led by Legolas helped rebuild [[Minas Tirith]] and settled for a time in [[Ithilien]].
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The eventual fate of the Woodland Realm is unknown. Legolas, having seen the sea during the War of the Ring, eventually sailed west to Valinor, reputedly with Gimli at his side. Like all Elves the people of the Woodland Realm were destined to either leave [[Middle-earth]] for Valinor or to 'fade' and become rustic woodland spirits. Given Oropher and Thranduil's refusal to leave Middle-earth at the end of the [[First Age]] was rooted in a desire to 'live naturally' as Elves had before being contacted by the Valar it seems likely that the latter was the fate of Thranduil and most of his people.
'''2018: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Thranduil's realm is called [[Eryn Lasgalen]] and is accessible after the fall of Dol Guldur. In addition to "Felegoth", the Halls of the Elvenking, there is the [[Raft-elves|Raft-elf]] settlement of "Loeglond" near the [[Long Lake]]; and the haunted ruins of "Caras Tilion", the former capital in the Mountains of Mirkwood. The quests in the area involve bringing stability to the realm so that trade may resume.


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Woodland Realm
Alan Lee - Gandalf's Farewell.jpg
General information
Other namesNorthern Mirkwood[note 1][1][2]
LocationVarious locations within Greenwood the Great; by the end of the Third Age, they settled in the far northeast of the forest
CapitalThe Elvenking's Halls from the early Third Age
People
PopulationElves of Mirkwood
LanguageSilvan Elvish, Sindarin, Westron
GovernanceOropher
Later Thranduil
History
FoundedS.A. 750[3]
See below

The Woodland Realm[4] was the great kingdom of the Silvan Elves in Mirkwood.

History[edit | edit source]

Second Age[edit | edit source]

See also: #Other versions of the legendarium

The Woodland Realm was established in S.A. 750 by Oropher, a Sindarin Elf of Doriath, after the War of Wrath.[3] Unlike most Sindar, Oropher and his household declined the Valar's offer to depart from Middle-earth for Valinor. Instead, he migrated eastward from Lindon and became the King of the Silvan Elves east of Anduin.[5] The few Sindar who had come with him soon merged with the Silvan Elves, adopting their customs and language and taking names of Silvan form and style.[6] Oropher and his household wished to return to the simple existence natural to the Elves before they had been disturbed by the Valar.[6]

Originally, Oropher's realm encompassed the south of Greenwood,[6] with dwellings about the hill of Amon Lanc.[5] However, throughout the Second Age, he and his people migrated north three times.[5] According to one tradition, the first movement was northward beyond the Gladden Fields, due to Oropher's desire to distance himself from the increasing encroachments of the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm and his resentment of the intrusions of Celeborn and Galadriel in Lothlórien.[6] However, his people did maintain constant intercourse with their kin west of the Anduin.[6]

Oropher was also disturbed by the reports of Sauron's rising power, and by the end of the Second Age he dwelt in the western glens of the Emyn Duir, and his numerous people lived and roamed in the woods and vales westward as far as Anduin, north of the ancient Dwarf-Road.[5]

In S.A. 3430, Oropher led the forces of the Woodland Realm against Sauron as part of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, and was slain during battle.[6]

Third Age[edit | edit source]

Anke Eißmann - Thranduil

Oropher's son, Thranduil, succeeded him as the lord of the Woodland Realm[6] and ruled the Woodland Realm in peace for many years.

Around T.A. 1100, an evil entity known as the Necromancer (later identified as Sauron) created a stronghold on Amon Lanc called Dol Guldur.[7] As the Shadow fell upon Greenwood the Great and spread ever northward, Thranduil's realm retreated before it, until at last Thranduil established his realm in the north-east of the forest and delved there a fortress and great halls underground.[6] His realm was also protected by the Enchanted River[8], which could cause one to sleep and dream deeply, whilst the Elvenking's Halls served as the chief fortress of the realm.[9]

Thranduil's realm is said to have extended into the woods surrounding the Lonely Mountain and growing along the west shores of the Long Lake, before the coming of the Dwarves exiled from Moria and the invasion of the dragon Smaug.[6] The Woodland Realm did trade with the neighbouring realms of Erebor and Dale, and imported wine from Dorwinion via the River Running. The former traffic came to an end with the destruction of Erebor by Smaug in T.A. 2770[7] but again resumed after the Battle of Five Armies.[10]

In T.A. 2941,[7] Thorin's band of Dwarves intruded in the Woodland Realm and were held prisoner in the Elvenking's Halls.[9] Upon hearing the death of Smaug, Thranduil immediately assembled the army of the Woodland Realm and marched towards Erebor. In the ensuing Battle of Five Armies, many Wood-elves were slain [11] and many of the Orcs that survived wandered into the Woodland Realm were slain or lost in the trackless dark of Mirkwood.[12]

Capucine Mazille - The Battle of Five Armies

On 20 June 3018, a force of Orcs attacked the Woodland Realm (orchestrated by Sauron),[1] the purpose of this raid being to provide a distraction and facilitate the escape of Gollum,[13] who had been entrusted to Thranduil's care by the Ranger Aragorn.[1]

In the wake of this, Thranduil sent his son, Legolas, to deliver news of Gollum's escape to Aragorn and Elrond in Rivendell. Upon arriving, Legolas participated in the Council of Elrond as an ambassador of the Woodland Realm where the full details of Sauron's resurgence were revealed.[2]

Meanwhile, on 15 March 3019, Sauron's forces invaded the Woodland Realm in force and there was a long battle under the trees and great ruin of fire; but in the end Thranduil had the victory. On the Elven New Year (6 April), Thranduil met Celeborn, Lord of Lórien, and the two agreed to rename the forest Eryn Lasgalen. Thranduil took the area from the northern eaves of the forest south to the Emyn Duir for the Woodland Realm.[13]

Later History[edit | edit source]

After the War of the Ring, the Silvan Elves of the Greenwood, including those of the Woodland Realm, remained untroubled.[13] Many folk of the realm removed south to Gondor to restore the beauty of the South-kingdom, especially Minas Tirith and Ithilien.[14][15]

The eventual fate of the Woodland Realm is unknown.

Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]

Foundation[edit | edit source]

The foundation of the Woodland Realm is disputed:

This article and the wiki reconcile these three stories as: Oropher and his household of Sindar (including his son Thranduil) from Doriath established the Woodland Realm in the south of Greenwood the Great in S.A. 750.

Portrayal in adaptations[edit | edit source]

Woodland Realm in adaptations
The heart of the Elven Lands in The Lord of the Rings: Gollum  

2018: The Lord of the Rings Online:

Thranduil's realm is called Eryn Lasgalen and is accessible after the fall of Dol Guldur. In addition to "Felegoth", the Halls of the Elvenking, there is the Raft-elf settlement of "Loeglond" near the Long Lake; and the haunted ruins of "Caras Tilion", the former capital in the Mountains of Mirkwood. The quests in the area involve bringing stability to the realm so that trade may resume.

Notes[edit source]

  1. Though geographically "Northern Mirkwood" might refer to a wide tract of the Forest, as a proper name it is always used as synonym for Thranduil's Woodland Realm in the northeast near to the Long Lake.

References