Thranduil

* Portrait
* King of Autumn
* Lord of Spring
* Black Emperor
* Oropherion
* Starlight's Majesty
* Bright Lord
* Mounted

"In a great hall with pillars hewn out of the living stone sat the Elvenking on a chair of carven wood. On his head was a crown of berries and red leaves, for the autumn was come again. In the spring he wore a crown of woodland flowers. In his hand he held a carven staff of oak."
—The Hobbit, Barrels out of Bond

Thranduil Oropherion was Elvenking of the Woodland Realm following his father's demise in the War of the Last Alliance. In the Third Age, a sickness fell over the Greenwood as word spread of a Necromancer in the abandoned fortress of Dol Guldur; Thranduil and his people withdrew north to escaping the oncoming darkness. As the long years passed, Thranduil was haunted by the memory of Mordor and its evil. He became ever more insular, caring little for the tidings of lands outside of his realm whilst developing a great love of silver and jewels. During the War of the Ring, the Elvenking led the defense of the Woodland Realm against the foul hordes of Dol Guldur and cleansed his lands of its sickness.

In Age of the Ring, Thranduil is the faction leader of Woodland Realm and is also recruitable in the Adventure: Battle of the Five Armies subfaction of Erebor.

## Poem

**The Silver King** by Valkyrie. Click **Expand** to read.
*Now let the singer chant in treble form
Whom the sylvan hail, whose the potent norm
Leadeth archers fine, and is finely led:
Crown! Regent! Sir! Thou enemies hast bled!*

*Lances bow, saluting; spears greet their Lord:
“Long he reign on earth! True remain his word!”
An era couldn’t whole dilapidate
This Elf escaping death and mortal state.*

*It was to be that him a peril struck
By shadow coming unto sire’s luck,
Until of things terrene he’s wary grown,
When home was made in caves to dwell alone.*

*Within the cavern lie majestic halls
That wind along the ruining waterfalls.
To foreign quest the gate is shut for good,
Unless an able burglar guards withstood.*

*Of warring arts he’s master nonpareil.
So prime a sword would not its wielder fail
Amid the raging fray and nasty fight:
O double blade! O ruler, show thy might!*

*His coat is argent, like to shining star;
His armours glow as moon that none will mar;
His iron’s got no stain but vicious blood
Of ogres, filthy breed and bred in mud.*

*The Sovereign hath delight to treasures keep
Beneath the rocky vault, below the deep;
‘Tis jewels, gems, and silver vestiges
Which elder wrights had crafted ‘yond the seas.*

*To party, feast, and laugh are equal joy
In honour of the throne: “To thee, my Roy!”
Delicious wine shall render all content
With cheering savour, yea, with merry scent.*

*Amount the elk, upon the regal steed
He’s wont to fare, meander, order deed,
And ailing woods rejoice at lively deer:
Not ever mirk was green, not always drear.*

*Remembrances are fardels to the King,
Retelling stories of a devil’s Ring;
Too burdensome is it to them resist
In phantom-shape, as tangible as mist.*

## Abilities

**Elvenking (W)** - Modifier Type: Leadership. Allies near Thranduil gain +50% armour. Modifier Type: Level. At Level 7, Thranduil dons his armour, permanently gaining +25% armour. Left click to switch between mounted on Great Elk and on foot.

**Level 3: Love of Silver and Jewels (R)** - Grants Sindarin Armor to units in radius. Sindarin Armor grants an additional +25% armor to units. Decreased cooldown at levels 5, 7 and 10. Stacks with Leaderships, Buffs, and Spells. Left click on icon then left click on target own units.

**Level 4: None May Enter (T)** - Targeted terrain becomes hostile to enemy units. When passed over, enemy units are slowed by -15% and take damage over time. Left click icon then left click on pathable location.

**Level 5: Renowned Warrior (C)** - Thranduil briefly gains +10% speed and +50% armor.

Rank 6: +10% speed, +50% armor, +15% damage

Rank 7: +10% speed, +50% armor, +25% damage

Rank 8: +10% speed, +50% armor, +50% damage

Rank 9: +10% speed, +50% armor, +50% damage, -25% crush deceleration

Rank 10: +10% speed, +150% armor, +50% damage, -75% crush deceleration. Left click to activate.

**Level 10: Memory of Mordor (V)** - Thranduil is surrounded by memories of the Black Land for 30 seconds. Enemy units are terrified, take damage, lose all leadership and deal -50% damage. Thranduil is invulnerable while the power is active but cannot attack and is slower by 75%. Left click to activate.

## Strategy

Thranduil is without a doubt the central hero of Woodland Realm, his abilities make him core to almost any strategy as he buffs all units with armour to compensate for the lack of researchable heavy armour. This leadership and **Love of Silver and Jewels** can be used to make the already tanky Greenwood units more durable or can increase the armour of the glass cannon Silvan Elves so that they not only deal high damage but can sustain it. Thranduil can fight not only alongside infantry but also cavalry as he can mount his Great Elk; although he is more vulnerable to pikemen, his trample damage when mounted is possibly the best out of all the mounted heroes in the mod. **None May Enter** is particularly useful mid-combat as it will damage and slow a large number of enemy units at once, this makes it especially effective against spam factions such as Mordor and Misty Mountains. **Renowned Warrior** gives Thranduil a relatively small boost at level 5, which quickly snowballs into making him one of, if not the most powerful hero at higher levels. He becomes very durable and adept at killing lower tier heroes and can escape death with the use of **Memory of Mordor** which debuffs and damages nearby units for a long enough duration for Woodland Realm reinforcements to arrive and secure Thranduil's retreat.