Quick Facts
SpeciesElf—Wood-elf—Woodland Elf—Silvan Elf—Silvan
Genderfemale
BornTA 2341
DiedUnknown—Battle of the Five Armies
HeightAverage
EyesLight-brown—green
HairBrown—red
Also known asCaptain Tauriel of the Mirkwood guard
Character
Tauriel
The Lord of the Rings·Woodland Realm·fictional character added to the movie adaptation of The Hobbit
Tauriel is a Wood-elf of Mirkwood and captain of the Elven guard of Thranduil's Woodland Realm, a character created for Peter Jackson's Hobbit film trilogy and portrayed by Evangeline Lilly. A skilled archer and fighter with some knowledge of healing, she is interventionist by nature, at odds with the isolationism of King Thranduil.
Across The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies, Tauriel repeatedly rescues the Dwarf Kili, healing his Morgul-arrow wound with athelas, and develops a love for him. She fights Bolg at Ravenhill during the Battle of Five Armies, where Kili dies protecting her, and is afterward banished from Mirkwood by Thranduil.
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Elf archer
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FACTIONS
Woodland RealmAffiliations
Elven guardAffiliations
Company of ThorinAffiliationsMirkwood Elven GuardAffiliationsConnected Content
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Identity
- Species
- Elf—Wood-elf—Woodland Elf—Silvan Elf—Silvan
- Occupation
- archer, Captain (of Mirkwood's Guard)
Appearance
- Gender
- female
- Height
- Average
- Eye color
- Light-brown—green
- Hair color
- Brown—red
Origin & End
- Born
- TA 2341
- Died
- Unknown—Battle of the Five Armies
Affiliations
- Affiliations
Relationships
Abilities & Equipment
- Weapons
- Bow and ArrowsDual Daggersreflex bowtwo long daggersswordBow and arrowsword and bow
Other
- Performers
- Evangeline Lilly
- Age
- 600 years (at the time of )—600—1,347—Young adult—2,800—17-27
- Type
- captain—elf—Wood-elf—character
Appearances
Where Tauriel appears across works and media.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Connections 9
- member of
- Woodland Realm
- species
- Elf
- trained by
- Legolas
- parent of
- Legolas
- took part in
- Battle of Five Armies
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