They traded with the neighboring realms of the Lonely Mountain and Dale. The Elves of the Woodland Realm survived but lived more cautiously considering the increased danger. It was at this time that the Elves renamed the forest Mirkwood, along other with other places they formerly occupied. From then on, the Woodland Realm remained confined to the north. All settlements in the Mountains of Mirkwood were withdrawn and the capital and realm's people relocated to a Cave settlement under a wooded hill, in the northeastern region of the forest. The Elves were then forced to remove themselves to the northernmost part of the forest. Afterwards, the forest became dark and tainted, infested with Orcs, great spiders, and other mysterious and savage beings. The peace was broken in TA 1050 when a mysterious being known as the Necromancer began living in the abandoned halls of Amon Lanc. Third AgeДespite the heavy losses their people had suffered during the War of the Last Alliance, the Elves of the Woodland Realm survived and continued living peacefully in the forest for the next millennium. Oropher's son Thranduil survived the war and took his father's place as King of the Woodland Realm. They suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Dagorlad and Oropher and AmdГr were both killed.

They also refused to submit to the supreme authority of Gil-galad due to past disputes with the Г‘oldor, and so fought independently. Though they were as determined to defeat Sauron as the others, Oropher and AmdГr's army was lightly armed and less experienced in open warfare. A large army was created and a combined force of Wood-elves and Galadhrim marched to support the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. Oropher and the Elves of LГіrien under AmdГr both agreed that peace could not be expected until Sauron was completely defeated. Over one hundred years after the Downfall of NГєmenor, the threat of Sauron once again grew into a very real threat to Middle-earth. Despite these problems, the Elves of the Woodland Realm still continued to roam the south of the forest freely. Oropher and his people also felt threatened by the Dwarves of Khazad-dГ»m and by the presence of Celeborn and Galadriel in the forest of LothlГіrien. The main reason for this was the growing threat of Sauron in Mordor. Sometime after SA 1000, Oropher had his capital moved further north to around the Mountains of Mirkwood. The Woodland realm flourished in peace with its boundaries unchanged and way of life undisturbed for over a millennium. This notion was appealing to the Wood-elves and Oropher was soon named their king, adopting their language and way of life.ДЄfter being named 'King of the Woodland Realm', Oropher established his capital on Amon Lanc in the southern part of the forest. The Sindarin company intended to live like the Wood-elves: natural and undisturbed. He and his company were well received and accepted as they had once lived with King Thingol, whom the Silvan Elves regarded as distant kin.

During the latter half of the Years of the Trees and the First Age, the Nandorin and Avarin Elves populated the forest between the Misty Mountains and the far eastern lands, eventually intermarrying and becoming Silvan Elves, or Wood-elves as they were more commonly known.ДЄfter the War of Wrath and the destruction of Beleriand, Oropher, a Sindarin prince formerly of Doriath who chose to stay in Middle-earth, came to the forest known as Greenwood the Great.

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