Elves
After repulsing three great assaults from Dol Guldur during the War of the Ring, the elves of Lothlórien subsequently managed to rid the forest of Mirkwood of all the forces of evil. It is also said that Celeborn took many boats of elves, ready for war, over Anduin and attacked Dol Guldur for Galadriel herself threw down its walls and lay bare its pits; thus the forest was cleansed, reverting back to its original name Greenwood the Great.
Later on, Celeborn and Thranduil met in the midst of the wood and named it Eryn Lasgalen. The Silvan realms in Eryn Lasgalen (Thranduil's realm and Celeborn's East Lórien) seem to have expanded somewhat, although much of its population gradually departed to the West. The Grey Havens and with it the rest of Lindon were abandoned, save for Círdan and a few others, who remained behind. For at least a while an Elven colony founded in Ithilien was led by Legolas.
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