The "bad elf" in Lord of the Rings lore often refers to Adar from The Rings of Power (a corrupted elf who fathers Orcs) or characters from The Silmarillion like Fëanor, Maeglin, or Celegorm, who committed evil acts like Kinslaying or betrayal, showing that elves weren't always pure. While Sauron (a fallen Maiar) and Morgoth (a corrupted Vala) are the ultimate evils, several elves turned to darkness through pride, lust, or corruption by Morgoth.
There are a few candidates. Feanor definitely had the worst legacy. Eol attempted to kill his own son, and instead killed a wife he had entrapped into marrying him.
The third episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power introduced audiences to the season's Big Bad: Adar (Joseph Mawle), a menacing elven figure who leads the orcs of the Southlands.
Although he lived among them, Legolas was not fully of the Silvan Elves. As a son of the Elven-king Thranduil, who had originally come from Doriath, Legolas was at least half Sindar; his mother's identity is completely unknown.
Due to his noble actions that had saved many Elves in the Fall of Gondolin, he was re-embodied and dwelt in Valinor. Many years later, in SA 1600, Manwë sent him back to Middle-earth as an emissary of the Valar and granted him powers nearly as strong as those of the Maiar.
In The Fellowship of the Ring, Glorfindel was sent by Elrond of Rivendell in the direction that the Nazgûl were most likely to come from, to help the hobbit Frodo reach Rivendell. He set Frodo on his horse, Asfaloth, and has the hobbit riding ahead to the other side of the Ford of Bruinen, where he defies his pursuers.
Arwen Undómiel, often called Arwen Evenstar, was one of the half-elven, married to Aragorn II. She was the daughter of Elrond and Celebrían. She was considered to be the fairest of the Children of Ilúvatar in the Third Age, resembling Lúthien of the First Age who would never again appear in Ëa.
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.
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.
Initially an adherent of his second master's purposes to heal Middle-earth, he ultimately became disillusioned with the Dark Lord, noting the selfish sacrificing of his "children" to create a power over flesh. Adar eventually rebelled against Sauron when the Dark Lord attempted to have the Orcs swear fealty to him.
Legolas does not marry or have any children, based on the appendix of The Lord of the Rings. Regardless of who his mother was, Legolas is the last of his line. When he sails into the West at the beginning of the Fourth Age, he leaves no family members behind.
Is the Necromancer actually Sauron? Yes, the Necromancer in Dol Guldur is Sauron. He disguised himself as the Necromancer so that he might build up his forces and power and once again try to overtake Middle Earth. He needed to hide his identity from the Elves as long as possible to gather his power.
In the section "Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor" from The Silmarillion, Tolkien wrote, "Fëanor was made the mightiest in all parts of body and mind, in valor, in endurance, in beauty, in understanding, in skill, in strength and in subtlety alike, of all [Elves and Men], and a bright flame was in him." ...
Galadriel is ancient, the Leader of the Northern Armies and particularly obsessed with combat. Legolas is no slouch, but Galadriel is just next level when it comes to melee.
while Sauron was more powerful than Gandalf in a direct comparison, their roles and methods were fundamentally different. Gandalf's strength was in enabling others to resist evil, while Sauron sought to dominate and enslave.
Legolas is introduced at the Council of Elrond in Rivendell, where he came as a messenger from his father to discuss Gollum's escape from their guard.
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 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 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.
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.
Because he was a ring-bearer. It was a special honor granted to him, because he bore the one ring all the way to Mount Doom. He needed healing for his wound from the Morgul blade, and the severe psychological trauma he had from bearing the one ring, that only the undying lands could provide.
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.
Of this possibility, Tolkien wrote that it would be strange indeed, that any Dwarf should be willing to leave Middle-earth for any love, or that the Eldar should receive him, or that the Lords of the West should permit it, but that it is said that Gimli went not only because of his great friendship with Legolas but ...