In the movie The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies , Tauriel mourns Kili and Thranduil acknowledges their love was true .
Legolas then tells Thranduil he must leave , and Thranduil advises him to seek out a Dunedain ranger in the north who goes by the name `` Strider '' .
The Hobbit-COLON- The Battle of the Five Armies