Let's face it, all of the Istari need counsellors once if they all make it back to Valinor. "So Gandalf, how does it feel to have been the only one doing anything useful in all that?"

I feel like I should now point out that it's my head-canon now, damn it. But its inclusion (and Lee Pace, who was perfect) makes me like Thranduil more.

I thought Greenwood was founded by Oropher after Doriath fell? I could have sworn there was something about him going off to rule them since they hadn't bothered to find a king of their own, and that he lead wood-elves into battle in the Last Alliance...