He was hot-blooded and he disliked our Noldor kin. So much so that he crossed a continent to escape them and did not heed their call during a great battle, charging to his death outside the Black Gates of Mordor.

[ It's spoken quietly, with the same even cadence that allows for him to remain composed. ]

That is how I inherited his throne, as Elven princes seldom do. Legolas understands he will never be king, as once I did.