Don't own POTC or Legolas or LOTR! I have reedited all of these chapters so you might want to reread them. They have hopefuly been improved.

Legolas did not travel to the Undying Lands. Although he loved his kind, he had felt out of place ever since the Fellowship. He had lost touch with his people; his two closest friends were Aragorn a mortal and Gimli A DWARF. Also, he craved adventure and the thought of living in a land of pure bliss bored him. After the death of his friends, Gimli and Aragorn, Legolas withdrew from the world; he lived in Fangorn for a while and other various forests, even the famous Sherwood (but that is another story). As the years past, the world began to change. The elves had left and now few even believed that they had ever existed, kingdoms and lands were renamed, and the Middle Earth he knew disappeared. The biggest discovery of those years was a new land called the Americas. Legolas saw this as an opportunity to have another adventure so he left the forests. To hide is elfish features he was given a ring by a member of the Fellowship that few knew excised. When given the ring, he was warned not to wear it for a period longer than 20 years; for one cannot hide ones true self without forgetting who one once was.