

Tauriel and Legolas arrive to rescue the Company and kill the orcs. In Esgaroth, the house of Bard is attacked by Bolg and his troops. She also told him that she must find Kíli and save him because he does not know that the arrow that wounded him was poison. As he asked her to come back with him so that Thranduil may forgive her, Tauriel refuses since she recognized the growing evils that were beginning to spread all over Middle-earth and was destined to eradicate the enemy rather than withdrawing into the safety of the elven realm. She is later followed by Legolas, who confronts her by the river. She then leaves the palace without the permission of the Elvenking to search for the Dwarves and Humans, as well as Kíli. When she tries to kill the orc, Thranduil orders her to leave them be. The orc mocks Tauriel about the impending death of Kíli, which enrages her. She and Legolas take one orc to the palace for interrogation.

During the battle, Kíli is injured and is saved once again by Tauriel. When the Dwarves and Humans escaped, Tauriel and Legolas led a band of soldiers to battle Bolg and his troops arrive to attack the Company. She suggests sorties to destroy the spider's source outside the kingdom's boundaries near Dol Guldur, but this idea is quickly dismissed by Thranduil. She explains that new spiders enter the kingdom after the previous ones were wiped out. As a captain of the guard, she was ordered by the King to drive the spiders out of Mirkwood. She was later summoned to meet with Thranduil under Legolas' orders. There, Tauriel becomes curious of Kíli's talisman and they spend time for a while. Under Legolas' orders, she and the other guards took them back to the Elven cavern fortress and confiscate their weapons. In late- TA 2941, Tauriel rescued Kíli after the dwarves and humans were ambushed by Great Spiders. In the year TA 2799, Tauriel became a high ranking and combat-ready member of the Woodland Realm.ĭuring the Dark Wars, Tauriel and Legolas fought together in the Battle of Mirkwood when Azog the Defiler led a legion of Gundabad orcs to attack the Woodland Realm. Tauriel impressed Legolas and Thranduil so much, but since she never forgot how her parents were killed, she became very lethal. Over the years, Tauriel began to learn how to wield a sword, and archery by her new mentor Legolas. Tauriel mourned her the death of her parents until she grew close with Legolas, son of Thranduil.

Sometime in the year TA 2362, her parents were killed by orcs when she turned twenty-one. Tauriel, the future head of the elven guards was probably born around TA 2341 during the Third Age.
