#the ancestors of thranduil

Hello, and welcome to the last (and the first) of The Kingdom of the Woodland Realm Trilogy. This is the beginning of the history of Eryn Galen/Mirkwood/Eryn Lasgalen–before Thranduil or his father, Oropher were born. Going all the way back to Thranduil’s grandfather, Orothôn and his wife Aralúin and their sundering at Lake Cuiviénen, this story will take you to the birth of Thranduil and lead into what is now known as Book II: The Saga of Thranduil (found here: http://tkwrtrilogy.tumblr.com) and its follow-up, Book III: To Eryn Lasgalen (found here: http://tkwrtrilogy2.tumblr.com) which just began. I will not try to disturb the delicate balance of current readers, but I may periodically start posting this story while completing Book III as this book currently looks to be as long as Book II (don’t quote me on that, but I do have to do two lives in this one–Orothôn and his son Oropher).