<Li> The Return of the King </Li> <P> Legolas (pronounced (ˈlɛɡɔlas)) is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium . He is a Sindarin Elf of the Woodland Realm and one of nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring . </P> <P> Legolas was the son of Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood, who appears as "the Elvenking" in The Hobbit . Thranduil ruled over the Silvan Elves or "Wood - elves" of Mirkwood . </P> <P> Although he lived among the Silvan Elves, Legolas was not one himself . His father Thranduil had originally come from Lindon; he and his son were actually Sindar, or "Grey Elves", called in the singular Sinda; "Sindarin" was their language . Thranduil himself was the son of Oropher . Legolas's mother is never mentioned; the Elves of Mirkwood have no Queen at the time of The Hobbit . </P>

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