Avandel
Gondolin
Jul 2 2014, 12:45am
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where Oropher might be.....
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Pulled this from the Tolkien Gateway - perhaps someone more knowledgeable or better read knows the fate of Oropher - I think even if Thranduil had been able to find him, still, the aftermath would have been beyond terrible to look upon. Re below, I am not sure where Oropher would have actually fallen, but in the chaos of a battle he might have ended in the marshes - or before the gates of Mordor?
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Oropher
Despite the Silvan Elves' hostility towards the Dwarves and the Noldor - and their desire to stay away from the affairs of the rest of the world - Oropher could see the danger that Sauron posed, and that his defeat would bring about peace in Middle-earth, so he joined the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. Oropher summoned a great army which joined with Amdír's smaller force of Lórien Elves to create one large host of Silvan Elves; the Silvan Elves were strong and brave, but had poor armour and weapons in comparison with the Noldor.[1] Amdír and Oropher were unwilling to submit to the supreme command of Gil-galad, as such they suffered heavier losses in the War of the Last Alliance. Amdír, and half his forces, died in the Battle of Dagorlad as they were cut off in the Dead Marshes from the main force, whilst two-thirds of Oropher's army also perished. Oropher himself was killed in the very first assault upon Mordor as he and other brave and hasty Elves rushed forward before Gil-galad gave the signal to charge. At the end of the war the remnants of the army returned to Greenwood under the command of Oropher's son, Thranduil.
(This post was edited by Avandel on Jul 2 2014, 12:46am)
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