Elvenking's Halls

The Elvenking's HallsThe Hobbit, "Map of Wilderland"
 were a cave system in northern Mirkwood, in which King Thranduil and many of the Elves of Mirkwood lived during most of the Third Age and into the Fourth Age.
== Description ==
The halls were just inside the eastern border of Mirkwood on the north bank of the Forest River, some miles upstream from Esgaroth. The great cave had many passages and wide halls and was more wholesome than the goblin tunnels in the Misty Mountains. While most of the Elves lived in the woods the king's halls served as his palace and treasure vault, and was also a fortress for the Elves in times of danger.The Hobbit, Chapter VIII: "Flies and Spiders"
The entryway to the halls had huge stone doors that were closed and secured by magic. The throne room for Thranduil was a great hall with pillars carved from the living rock. In lower levels were cells for prisoners and at the lowest part of the caves were the cellars of the king. These cellars were built over an underground stream so that empty barrels could be dropped into the water and floated out to the Forest River through a gate barred by a portcullis.The Hobbit, Chapter IX: "Barrels Out of Bond"
== History ==
About TA 1050 the Shadow began to fall upon Greenwood (causing it to be renamed Mirkwood).The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age" In response, King Thranduil led his people to the north-east corner of the forest and delved there a fortress and series of great halls underground. He was inspired in this enterprise by Thingol's halls of Menegroth in Doriath from the First Age,Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, Chapter IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", Appendix B: "The Sindarin Princes of the Silvan Elves" though these halls would be less expansive.Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, Chapter IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn" While the Dwarves played some part in the early delving,The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. VIII: "The Road to Isengard" it is unknown if they continued after the founding of the Woodland Realm in the Second Age. It is doubtful, however, given the strong animosity between the Sindar and Dwarves after the slaying of Thingol and the Sacking of Doriath.
In the autumn of TA 2941 Thorin and Company were traversing Mirkwood and had run out of food. Spotting some woodland feasts the Company attempted to enter these gatherings but were thwarted each time. On the third attempt Thorin was captured and brought to Thranduil's halls where he was interrogated by the king. Angered by Thorin's refusal to answer his questions, Thranduil had Thorin locked in his innermost cell.
Soon after, the twelve remaining Dwarves (but not Bilbo Baggins) were taken by the Elves and brought to Thranduil's halls. They fared no better with the king and were also locked in the king's dungeon. Bilbo, however, roamed invisibly (wearing the Ring) about the halls and discovered and escape through the cellars. By luck Bilbo was able to obtain the keys to the Dwarves' cells, free them, and pack them into empty barrels in the cellar. Workers then came and per routine rolled the barrels through the trap door.
In TA 3017, Aragorn captured Gollum in the Dead Marshes and brought him to Thranduil's halls. As was told in the Council of Elrond, Gollum was kept in prison but had been allowed to climb a tree, with guards to watch him.The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. II: "The Council of Elrond" On June 20 TA 3018, Orcs attacked and Gollum disappeared.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Great Years"
During the War of the Ring Thranduil's realm was invaded but on 15 March TA 3019 he was victorious over the forces of Dol Guldur in the Battle Under the Trees. With the passing of Sauron Thranduil's domain was extended to the Mountains of Mirkwood.
== Gallery ==
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==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Sale van Thranduil
Albanian 	Salla e Thranduil
Amharic 	ጥህራንዱኢል ውስጥ አዳራሾች
Arabic 	قاعات ثراندويل
Armenian 	Սրահներից Թրանդուիլ
Azerbaijani 	Thranduilın zallarının
Basque 	Thranduil Aretoen
Belarusian Cyrillic	Залы Трандуіл
Bengali 	ঠ্রান্দুইল হলসমূহ
Bosnian 	Dvorana Thranduila
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Зали на Тхрандуил
Burmese 	ဌ္ရန္ဒုဣလ္ ၏ခန်းမ ?
Catalan 	Sales de Thrànduil
Chichewa 	Nyumba ya Thranduil
Chinese 	瑟蘭督伊大厅
Croatian 	Dvorana Thranduila
Czech 	Thranduilovy jeskyně
Danish 	Thranduils slot (Elverkongens slot)
Esperanto 	Salonoj de Thranduil
Estonian 	Saali Thranduil
Filipino 	Bulwagan ng Thranduil
Finnish 	Thranduilin salit
French 	Salles de Thranduil
Frisian 	Sealen fan Thranduil
Danish 	Haller af Thranduil
Dutch 	De Zalen van Thandruil
Galician 	Salóns de Thranduil
Georgian 	დარბაზები თჰრანდუილი
German 	Hallen von Thranduil
Greek 	Αίθουσες του θρανδυιλ
Gujarati 	ઠ્રન્દુઇલ ના હોલ
Haitian Creole 	Sal nan Thranduil
Hawaiian 	Keʻena o Thranduil
Hebrew 	אולמות של ת'רנדויל
Hindi 	ठ्रन्दुइल के हॉल
Hungarian 	Thranduil Csarnoka
Icelandic 	Sölum af Thranduil
Indonesian 	Ruang-ruang Thranduil
Irish Gaelic 	Hallaí na Thranduil
Italian 	Sale di Thranduil
Japanese 	スランドゥイルのホール
Javanese 	Aula Thranduil
Kannada 	ಥ್ರನ್ದುಯಿಲ್ ಸಭಾಂಗಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿ
Kazakh 	Тһрандұілтың залдары (Cyrillic) Thranduiltıñ zaldarı (Latin)
Kurdish 	Salonên ji Thranduil (Kurmanji)
Korean 	스란두일의 홀
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Тhрандуил залдарында
Laotian 	ຫ້ອງການຂອງ ຕຫrະນດຸິຣ ?
Latin 	Atrium Thranduil
Latvian 	Zāles Thranduil
Lithuanian 	Salėse Thranduil
Luxembourgish 	Hale vun Thranduil
Macedonian Cyrillic	Салите на Тхрандуил
Marathi 	ठ्रन्दुइल च्या हॉलमध्ये
Malagasy 	Ny Lalantsara' ny Thranduil
Maltese 	Swali tal-Thranduil
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Тhрандуил-ын танхим
Nepalese 	ठ्रन्दुइल को हल
Norwegian 	Haller av Thranduil
Pashto 	د سالونونه طهراندویل
Persian 	سالن های تراندوئیل
Polish 	Jaskinie Thranduila
Portuguese 	Salões de Thranduil
Punjabi 	ਠ੍ਰਨ੍ਦੁਇਲ ਦੇ ਹਾਲ
Romanian 	Sali de Thranduil
Russian 	Залы Трандуил
Scottish Gaelic 	Tallaichean de Thranduil
Serbian 	Тхрандуилове Дворане (Cyrillic) Thranduilove Dvorane (Latin)
Sesotho 	Liholo Tsa Thranduil
Shona 	Dzimba dzose Thranduil
Sinhalese 	ඨ්‍රඳුඉල් ශාලා
Slovak 	Sály Thranduil
Slovenian 	Dvorane Thranduil
Somalian 	Hoolka of Thranduil
Spanish 	Salas de Thranduil
Swahili 	Kumbi za Thranduil
Swedish 	Thranduils Salar
Tajik Cyrillic 	Толорҳои аз Тҳрандуил
Tamil 	ட்ஹ்ரந்துஇல் அரங்குகள்
Thai 	ห้องโถงของ ธ ธรันดูอิล
Turkish 	Thranduil'in salonları
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Зали Тграндуіл
Urdu 	ہالوں کے ترندوال
Uzbek 	Тҳрандуилнинг залларида (Cyrillic) Thranduilning zallarida (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Hội trường của Thranduil
Welsh 	Neuaddau Thranduil
Yiddish 	האַללס פון טהראַנדויל
Yucatec Maya 	Salas u Thranduil
== References ==
it:Sale di Thranduil
nl:De Zalen van Thandruil
pl:Jaskinie Thranduila
Category:Caves
Category:Halls
Category:Mirkwood
Category:Elven cities