No, Legolas and Arwen are not closely related by blood; they are from different branches of Elven royalty (Mirkwood vs. Rivendell/Lothlórien), but likely distant cousins through ancient elven lineages, sharing ancestry like Thingol, making them kindred, but not immediate family, their connection forged through friendship with Aragorn and shared service to the Elves, though some fan theories, like the one in the Harry Potter Fanon Wiki, incorrectly portray them as adoptive family members.
Fictional history. Legolas is the son of Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood, who appeared as "the Elvenking" in The Hobbit. Thranduil, one of the Sindar or "Grey Elves", ruled over the Silvan Elves or "Wood-elves" of Mirkwood.
Tauriel is a Silvan Elf, which means she is of a much lower order than the elves that had previously been seen in The Lord of the Rings film series, and holds a lower social status than characters like Arwen, Galadriel, Elrond, and Legolas.
He heard all about Thranduil from his dad and his buddies. Technically Legolas is a prince. so saying legolas son of Thranduil would let everyone know he is the elven prince. Which he didn't want to freely admit.
Arwen is the daughter of Elrond, whose brother, Elros founded Numenor, and started a royal lineage that descended to Elendil, Isildur and eventually Aragorn. That means they are cousins “n-times” removed. Elrond is Aragorn's great great great… great uncle and father in law.
The reason why Eldarion and his sisters (the children of Aragorn and Arwen) were born mortal was because Arwen chose mortality and therefore that fate was passed on to the rest of their line.
Tolkien's Legolas is extremely introverted. He just doesn't have much to say directly to anyone, perhaps because he's thousands of years old. His odd relationship with Gimli draws him out in a way the hobbits never do, and that's mostly after Frodo and Sam leave the Fellowship.
After its conclusion, many Northmen emigrated to Gondor, and that is how Gondor's blood became "mingled". (LOTR Appendix A) So yes, Aragorn's blood can be considered "purer Númenorean".
By lingering behind, she chose mortality so she could rejoin him. She died a year after him of heartbreak if I recall correctly. She chose a mortal life to be with Aragorn, as such she could no longer travel to or set foot upon Valinor. Gimli, Bilbo, Frodo, and Sam were the only mortals ever granted passage to Valinor.
Tolkien's description of Gollum conforms to a Catholic – and Thomistic – account of envy, which is a “sadness of the soul”; and it is Gollum's unbearable sadness and his unquenchable desire for the one Ring that marks his character.
Why did Fili and Kili have to die? There are a few different theories as to why Tolkien had Fili and Kili die at the end of The Hobbit. One theory is that he was emphasizing the important and loyal role that Fili and Kili had as sister-sons of Thorin, an important relationship in medieval literature.
Arwen is one of the half-elven who lived during the Third Age; her father was Elrond half-elven, lord of the Elvish sanctuary of Rivendell, while her mother was the Elf Celebrian, daughter of the Elf-queen Galadriel, ruler of Lothlórien.
The movie the Battle of Five Armies expanded on Tolkien's canon by saying that the white gems Thranduil wanted back from the dwarves were originally intended for her, but that she was captured and taken and tortured to death by Gundabad orcs before the order was completed.
He can't simply leave Galadriel to her fate, though. So, we must intuit that Elrond kissed Galadriel in order to distract Adar and the Uruk (who were so shocked that two characters who have no business kissing were kissing they forgot to pay attention) from the rest of what he was doing.
Therefore it is feasible that he would have never actually had a wound before, especially as it took all that from Bolg to get the smallest nosebleed. Therefore seeing his own blood came as quite a shock. And demonstrated the violent nature of his foe to both Legolas and the audience.
It's not the years; it's the mileage. Gandalf isn't a Maia in the same way Sauron is. He was sent to middle earth as an old man, so his body is much more real than Sauron's “raiment”. He can't use his power to the same extent, he can't change his forms at will.
He and Éowyn had at least one son named Elboron, who followed his father as Steward and Prince of Ithilien when Faramir died in the year Fo. A. 82. Faramir lived to be 120 years old, due to the large percentage of pure Dúnedain ancestry he possessed as a member of the Gondorian nobility.
He was known by many names during the long years he remained in Middle-earth: Elves named him Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgrim, while the men of Arnor named him Gandalf, which became his most common name. He was also known as Incánus in the south, and Tharkûn to the Dwarves.
It's possible that Gollum's prolonged search for the ring allowed it to maintain a significant power over him, suspending his aging process. In contrast, Bilbo's exposure to the ring's influence waned after he willingly (mostly) relinquished it, allowing his aging to resume more noticeably.
One of the things I like most and am proud of in this world is that Viggo Mortensen was offered to play Aragorn again in The Hobbit trilogy, but he declined because he said Aragorn did not appear in the book.
As a Maia, Gandalf was an angelic being in human form, in service to the Creator (Eru Ilúvatar) and the Creator's 'Secret Fire'. He took on the specific form of an old man as a sign of his humility. His role was to advise but never to attempt to match Sauron's strength.
Aragorn: This day does not belong to one man but to all. Let us together rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace.
Despite his status among Sauron's servants being similar to that of the Nazgûl, the Mouth of Sauron was a living man whose early history was largely forgotten.