[The Lord of the Rings The Hobbit] Ruby

When I was looking for information today, I saw an interesting post discussing the strength of Elrond, Galadriel, and Thranduil. The following are some personal opinions I got through looking for information.

In terms of pedigree, Elrond's mixed blood is simply the best in Middle-earth, but his main blood is human, (assuming Fingolfin's wife Aneri is Noldor), accounting for 3/8, from his grandfather Tour and great-grandfather Beren, followed by 5/16 of the Sindar lineage, from Thingol and Deo's wife, grandmother Ninrose, and the third is the 5/32 of the Vanya lineage, from Indy, the second wife of Fenwe The fourth is 3/32 of Noldor blood, from Fenway, the wife of Si and Turgang, and the fifth is 1/16 of Maier blood, from Melian.

Galadriel is also of mixed blood. She has 1/2 Sindar blood from her mother Irwen (she is the daughter of Brother Thingol and Lucien's cousin), and 1/4 Noldor blood from her grandfather. Fenwei, and 1/4 Vanya blood, comes from grandmother Indis.

As for Thranduil, there is no detailed record in the original book, only that he is the son of Orifel, a nobleman of Sindar, and his blond hair shows that he has Vanya blood on him, but Tolkien did not say that he has royal blood.

The Sindar are a branch of the Teleri.A part of the Terel tribe went to Aman. This tribe was called Farmari, and the leader was Owe, Thingol's younger brother.Some stayed in Middle-earth to look for Tingol or refused to move westward. Among them, those who lived on the coast of Gray Harbor were called Falas; Vi; Denethel, son of Lmwy, led some of the Nandor elves to Beleriand. They called themselves Lyquindi, and they were also called green elves; Also known as the Gray Elf, perhaps because Thingol was the High King of Teleri, and later Teleri was generally called Sindar.There are also Silvan elves, known as wood elves, who are descendants of gray elves, green elves, and Avari elves who refused to move westward at the beginning.

However, the Sindar ancestors of the three all accepted the invitation of Vala. It was Eldar. There is no exact record of the ancestors of Thranduil, but most of the Vanyar elves (except Jinhua) have always lived in Aman, and The Sinda they married must have at least been to Aman Continent (if the marriage was before the westward migration, maybe the blond features would not be so obvious, or it might be the marriage with the Feinarfin family), but the only one born in Aman Continent Galadriel.Therefore, from the point of view of blood, Elrond is slightly worse than the other two, but maybe the blood of Maia in him can make up for this.

In terms of age, Galadriel must be the oldest. She was born in Valinor in 1362 in the Double Tree Age. Calculated in terms of solar years, she should be 9332 to 9333 years old when she traveled westward at the end of the Third Era. Elrond was born in the In the year 536 of the first era, Xidu was 6516 years old (I don’t know why Baidu Encyclopedia shows that it is 6520 years old). Years ago, Thranduil probably did not travel to the west, and his age should be greater than 506 years old at that time.Comparing the three, Galadriel is the largest, and has more experience and wisdom than the other two. Thranduil is slightly older than Elrond. The two are contemporaneous elves with similar experience.

In terms of weapons, Galadriel holds the water ring Nanya, and Elrond holds the air ring Via, which is the most powerful of the three rings of the elves.In addition, Elrond also has the saber Hadefen, which means a big chopper, and the enemy fencing sword and the beast-biting sword are weapons cast in Gondolin at the same time. , In the movie, he used this knife in the battle of the last alliance and Dol Guldur, and it was also the knife that Arwen of the Ring wore when he came to the rescue at the ferry.As for Thranduil, without the three rings of the elves, he must be weaker. Although the three rings of the elves are mainly used for healing and protection, so he cannot drive the dark creatures out of the woodland kingdom, otherwise there would be no Hobbits. Those big spiders, the weapon he used in the Hobbit movie is set to be a sword, although I think its style is very similar to that of Hadefen, it is more like a knife, single-edged, and the blade is slender , the tip of the sword has an upward arc, it should also be a good weapon.However, it is said that Lorien and the native spirits of Mirkwood were defeated in the Battle of the Last Alliance mainly because of poor weapons and equipment. . .

Judging from the combat experience, Galadriel has basically never been on the front line. Both Elrond and Thranduil participated in the final alliance battle. Elrond was the vanguard of Gilgalad, and Thranduil also participated in the five The battle between the two armies is very fierce in the movie, but it is not mentioned much in the original book, but with a son as good as Legolas, I believe it is not too bad.By the way, the three elves don't use bows and arrows. It seems that only wood elves are good at using bows and arrows. Legolas, the Sindar who grew up among the wood elves, is good at this reason.

From the point of view of the people, there seem to be quite a few people in Rivendell, but they are all high elves, and the golden flower is a big killer. The people of Galadriel and Thranduil are mainly Sylvan, and their combat effectiveness Should be about the same.

Judging from the place of residence, the three places are all in the forest, and they are all beautiful. Although the Woodland Hall has no name, it is an underground kingdom built in imitation of Menegroth, the capital of Doriath, so one can imagine its magnificence.Galadriel's territory should be the largest, followed by Thranduil, and Rivendell looks really small on the map.

Judging from the partner, Thranduil's wife has already died in battle. Elrond's wife Celebrian is the only daughter of Galadriel. There are several theories about the life experience of Celeborn's husband. Some say he is the grandson of Thingol's younger brother Imo, so he and Galadriel are cousins, and his grandfather and maternal grandfather are brothers. Some say he is the son or grandson of Owe , however, he was a noble Sindarin nobleman.

So to sum up the above points, I think that the order of strength should be Galadriel, Elrond and Thranduil. Although Seddy is extremely powerful in the movie, I think he can't beat Elrond.