How old is Legolas human years?

According to the movie people, Legolas is 2,931 years old - and according to the book people, Aragorn was born in the year 2931 of the Third Age, meaning that during the quest his birth year is the same number as Legolas's age.
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How old is Legolas at the end of Lord of the Rings?

Legolas Was 2,931 Years Old (In The Films)

Tolkien actually never specified an age for the bow-toting Silvan Elf. Moreover, there's conflicting evidence. Legolas called the other members of the Fellowship “children,” indicating his advanced age. Still, he was never mentioned to have fought in The Last Alliance.
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Is Legolas in Second Age?

Legolas was a Sindar Elf who was part of the Fellowship of the Ring in the Third Age. Son of the Elvenking Thranduil of Mirkwood, Legolas was Mirkwood's prince, a messenger, and a master archer.
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How old is Thranduil in human years?

It is unknown how old Thranduil is, but he is at least four thousand years old, having fought in The Last Alliance against Sauron with his father Oropher, who died in that battle.
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Is Legolas older than Gandalf?

Gandalf has a younger form in Middle-Earth who is appeared to be about 60 but in reality he is 2019 making him older than Middle-Earth. Legolas was not born in TA 87, that date was made up for a reference book to the films. His actual date of birth is unknown.
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Is Legolas a high elf?

In it, she talks a lot about how Legolas, although he is Sindar (High-Elven), identifies as a Wood-Elf, to the point of acting more like a subject of Thranduil than his son.
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Is Legolas older than Elrond?

I'm reading the fall of Gondolin and at one point the citizens of the city are fleeing over a plain, they are led by Legolas Greenleaf (page 100 in my book). At the same time the son of Tuor and Idril Eärendil, is 8 years old, he is also the father of Elrond.
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What age was Legolas born in?

Legolas was portrayed by Orlando Bloom. In the "official movie guide" for The Lord of the Rings, a birthdate for Legolas is set to 87 of the Third Age. This would make him 2931 years old at the time of the War of the Ring.
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How old is Smaug?

Certainly dragons live very, very long-- Glaurung had been 'brooding' for a century, and was still considered to be juvenile. Smaug was at very least ~180 years old by the time he was slain.
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Who did Legolas love?

Tauriel truly threw a wrench in Legolas' life when he fell in love with her. She was brave, fierce, and a protective leader of the guard. He was meant to be the dutiful son of King Thranduil, but in loving her, he became a stubborn, masterful archer instead.
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Is Legolas younger than Arwen?

So there's no particular reason to think he's significantly (in Elf terms, anyway) older or younger than E&E and Arwen, but they certainly could have been born within a few hundred years of each other in the relative peace after the fall of Sauron.
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Who is older Legolas or Aragorn?

According to the movie people, Legolas is 2,931 years old - and according to the book people, Aragorn was born in the year 2931 of the Third Age, meaning that during the quest his birth year is the same number as Legolas's age. Coincidence?
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How old can a elf live?

An elf reaches adulthood at about 110 years of age and can live to be more than 700 years old.
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Who is the oldest being in Lord of the Rings?

Both Tom and Treebeard were referred to as the oldest living creatures of Arda, though it is not clear which of the two is the oldest. However, according to Tolkien's letters, it is implied that Bombadil was the oldest living being in Middle-earth.
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Who is Legolas wife?

Legolas and Gimli's relationship is strong in The Lord of the Rings, even though it wasn't explicitly romantic in canon.
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How old is Frodo human years?

So at the time of LOTR, Frodo as a hobbit would be 51, but as a human would be 27.9 years old.
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Who Legolas mother?

Legolas' Mother is a posthumous heroine in The Hobbit film series. Apart from several mentions in the third and final film of Peter Jackson's film series, there is no mention of her in any of Tolkien's works and was created solely for the movie.
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Why is Gandalf referred to as mithrandir?

Although Gandalf is his most commonly-used moniker, he went by several other names as well. In his origins as a Maiar spirit in Valinor, he was known as Olorin. In Gondor, he was known as Mithrandir, meaning Grey Pilgrim. The White Rider was his name to those who saw him on his great white horse, Shadowfax.
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How old is Gandalf LOTR?

The closest approximation of Gandalf's physical age is 24,000 years old, according to Gandalf himself. Yet, various dates of key events in other Tolkien texts show that Gandalf has actually only walked in his physical form for just over two thousand years.
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What type of elf is Legolas?

Legolas is a Sindarin Elf from the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood. His father, Thranduil, is the King of the Silvan Elves living in that realm, making Legolas the Prince of Mirkwood.
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What language does Legolas speak?

Sindarin is the most common elvish language, and would be what Galadriel, Elrond, and Celeborn speak regularly. Thranduil was also Sindarin, and spoke the Sindarin language in his home (though not necessarily in public, at least during his early period in Mirkwood.) Legolas definitely speaks Sindarin.
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Did Legolas have any siblings?

Luthien Thranduiliel is the second child of the King Thranduil of Mirkwood and his wife Calathiel . She is the little sister of Legolas, born in mid TA 240 in Woodland Realm of Mirkwood.
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Why does Thranduil's face melt?

he battled the dragon, it scarred Thranduil for life, and now he is forced to wear a glamour on his face to hide the ugly mark. But it probably reveals itself after a period of stress or in times of anger.
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