Legolas had experienced many a day that felt longer than a year though most had begun to bleed together, some details remained clear as crystal and others faded. The worst of them were the clearest, much as he wished to forget.

"I am but one though. Gandalf, Haldir and others from Middle Earth remain."

People that he often suffered more for if only so they wouldn't. So that other people would be safer and maybe have a chance at seeing their homes in one piece again.