King of the Woodland Realm of northern Mirkwood, father of Legolas. Proud, isolationist, and distrustful of outsiders, Thranduil rules a diminished Elvish kingdom in a darkening forest and has little patience for dwarves or their quests.

Daughter of the Elven-king Thingol and the Maia Melian, the most beautiful being ever to walk Middle-earth. Lúthien falls in love with the mortal man Beren and joins him on an impossible quest to steal a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown. Her power, courage, and choice to share in Beren's mortality define the greatest love story in Tolkien's legendarium.