When, why, how did Oropher and Thranduil come to the Greenwood forest?
After the fall of Beleriand, the surviving Elves, including Thranduil’s father Oropher, and his kinsman, Celeborn, lived at the western edge of Middle-earth, on the sea coast, in a region called Lindon. Gil-galad was King of the Elves there at the time. The Noldor Elves felt bothered that the Sindar Elves were not more grateful for the help they were given fighting off the orcs during the Battle of Beleriand. Relations were strained. At some point in the Second Age, Oropher and Celeborn got tired of the political strife and left Lindon. Together they traveled east over the Misty Mountains and down into the great forested region of Rhovanion. Celeborn settled on the west side of the Anduin River with the Galadhrim in Lothlorien, and Oropher on the east side with the Wood-elves in the Greenwood. Before crossing the Anduin and migrating to the southern part of The Great Greenwood, both Oropher and Thranduil reportedly lived among the Galadhrim with Celeborn and Galadriel for a while. Agai
