When the Last Alliance was formed, the two major leaders were Elendil (representing men) and Gil-galad (representing elves.) However, there were others who joined the alliance that, while separate people, ended up falling somewhere underneath the umbrella of these two great leaders. The Sindar/Silvan elves of Mirkwood and Lorien are an example of this. Their… Continue reading Oropher and the Battle of Dagorlad
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In your head, do you have a particular idea for an actor or someone to give his face to Oropher?? :)
I know it’s mostly the hair, but I’ve always pictured Jason Isaacs as playing Oropher. Not a bad family resemblance, huh?
Famous Residents of Lindon
Like you said, Lindon was basically where all survivors of the War of Wrath ended up in the beginning of the Second Age. Some of them were there very briefly (such as all the elves who immediately sailed west to Valinor), and some of them can still be found in Lindon at the beginning of… Continue reading Famous Residents of Lindon
Oropher in Lorien?
Hmmm…. well, I can tell you that Tolkien never clearly/specifically says one way or the other. This whole historical period is treated pretty vaguely by Tolkien, so we don’t get a whole lot of specifics with the topic at all. The closest I could find were these comments, which don’t really answer your question, but… Continue reading Oropher in Lorien?