Oropher

Oropher was the Sindar King of the Silvan Elves of Greenwood the Great during the Second Age.Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, and of Amroth King of Lórien", Appendices: Appendix B, The Sindarin Princes of the Silvan Elves He was the father of Thranduil, who would succeed him, and grandfather of Legolas.
== Biography ==
=== First and Second Ages ===
Oropher was one of the Sindar of Doriath. After the War of Wrath, he declined to depart Middle-earth as many others did, and instead went over the Blue Mountains with his household. He eventually ended up in Greenwood the Great, where Silvan Elves of Nandorin descent lived, and he was taken by them as lord. His capital was at Amon Lanc.
West of Oropher's realm was the realm of Lórinand across the Anduin, where Amdír, another Sindar, ruled over Silvan Elves.
==== War of Last Alliance ====
Before the War of the Last Alliance, Oropher and his folk left their capital at Amon Lanc and crossed Anduin to live with their kin in Lórinand. Three times, he moved his people northwards, eventually settling around Emyn Duir, the Mountains of Mirkwood. His retreat northwards was because of his desire to move "out of range" from the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm and avoid the threat of Mordor.Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part Three, I: "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", Notes
Though he and his people had little relation with other peoples of Middle-earth, Oropher understood that there could be no lasting peace until Sauron was defeated. Oropher answered the summons for the Last Alliance of Elves and Men but marched as an independent force with Amdír, King of Lórien. He joined with Gil-galad's forces as they marched down the Anduin to Dagorlad. Oropher's force was lightly armed and untrained in fighting pitched battles in the open.
In the Battle of Dagorlad, Oropher's company fought valiantly, but he was slain with the greater part of his people when he, with King Amdír and his warriors, called an early charge upon the enemy without orders from the Ñoldorin High-king Gil-galad. After Sauron was defeated, Thranduil, Oropher's son and heir, returned to Eryn Galen with the shattered remnants of his people's grand army. Nevertheless, while depleted, his army was still large enough that the Orcs hiding in secret in the Misty Mountains did not dare attack them.
== Etymology ==
The name Oropher probably means "Tall beech-tree" from oro ("up, rise, high"). In Doriath, the term orn refers to trees, especially beeches. The terms pher or pheren both mean "beech-tree".The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"Parma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዖሮጰር
Arabic 	أوروفير
Armenian 	Որոպհեր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Оропhер
Bengali 	ওরফের্
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Орофер
Cambodian 	អូរូហ្វ័រ
Georgian 	ოროფჰერი
Greek 	Όροφερ
Gujarati 	ઓરોફર
Hebrew 	אורופר
Hindi 	ॐरोफेर्
Japanese 	オロフェア
Kannada 	ಓರೋಫರ್
Kazakh 	Оропһер (Cyrillic) Oropher (Latin)
Korean 	오로페르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Оропhэр
Macedonian Cyrillic	Оропхер
Marathi 	ऑरोफर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Оропhер
Nepalese 	ॐरोफेर्
Pashto 	وروپهېر
Persian 	وروپههر
Punjabi 	ਓਰੋਫੇਰ
Russian 	Орофер
Sanskrit 	ॐरोफेर्
Serbian 	Орофер (Cyrillic) Orofer (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඕරොඵෙර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Оропҳер
Tamil 	ஓரொப்ஹெர்
Telugu 	ఓరోపేర్
Thai 	โอโรแฟร์
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Оропгер
Urdu 	اوروفار
Uzbek 	Оропҳер (Cyrillic) Oropher (Latin)
Yiddish 	אָראָפער
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