Oropher

Oropher is an elf who was the father of Thranduil and the paternal grandfather of Legolas and a minor character in the book Unfinished Tales and The Thain's Book. 
He established the Woodland realm sometime during the Second Age. After he was killed in the War of the Last Alliance, Oropher was succeeded by Thranduil, who he fathered prior to the fall of Doriath.
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