Neither Lord of the Rings' Gandalf nor Legolas can appear in the Amazon series because Rings of Powerhappens in the Second Age – Middle Earth's timeline before the LOTR movies. In a way, how Gimli tried to destroy the One Ring belied his youthful determination despite being over a century old. Nevertheless, it's interesting that Thorin Oakenshield is older during the events of The Hobbit than Gimli was during The Lord of the Rings. This is counter to Gimli's curmudgeonly and set-in-his-ways nature, although these could be considered traits of Tolkien's Dwarves in general. Although Eru decrees that he had already foreseen the creation of the Dwarves and therefore permitted their existence, the race would not be granted the same immortality as the Elves, but nor would they suffer the same short lives as men, as they needed to endure the dark influence of Morgoth.ĭwarves typically live between two and three hundred years, which casts Gimli in a relatively young light at 139. Middle Earth's Dwarves are set apart from Elves and Men in the sense that they were created by Aulë, a Valar, rather than Eru, the God. Gimli's age in The Lord of the Rings is much clearer than that of his pointy-eared rival. Considering the evidence, Legolas is most likely somewhere between 20 years old, although there's plenty of leeway on either side of this estimation. On the other hand, Legolas also describes 500 years in fleeting, flippant terms. The fact that Legolas never visited Lórien as his eleven ancestors in The Lord of the Rings often would, and isn't mentioned to have fought in the original battle against Sauron at the end of the Second Age, hints that Legolas is one of the more junior Elves. Legolas refers to his fellow Fellowship members (except Gandalf, of course) as children, suggesting he's much older than any of them. It's equally possible that Legolas was born way after the Rings of Power timeline or some time within the Third Age, which could put him at "only" a few hundred years old.Ĭlues within the text are conflicting. As the Elves are timeless and Legolas' father was born in the First Age, Legolas could've conceivably been born as early as the Second Age, over 3000 years before The Fellowship of the Ring. Even more so than Gandalf, Legolas' age is very hard to pin down, and the elf is one of the few main Lord of the Rings characters that Tolkien doesn't date specifically.
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