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Aragorn

Elessar; Strider; the Heir of Isildur; King of Gondor and Arnor

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Names and Lineage

Aragorn II — son of Arathorn II of the Dúnedain of the North, descended in unbroken line from Elendil, heir through Isildur of the kings of Arnor and Gondor. He bore the names Elessar (“Elfstone”, taken at his crowning), Strider (the name the folk of Bree gave his wandering), and as king Telcontar (“Strider”, used as the name of his royal house). He was the last of the “long-lived” heirs: “the greatest of all the Dúnedain of the later age”.

Life in the Shadows

  • Raised in Rivendell by the fosterage of Elrond, who kept him hidden as the last hope of the line of Isildur (“his heritage… none but Elrond knew”).
  • At his coming of age he was given the heirlooms of his house: the Ring of Barahir, and the shards of Narsil; and he won the love of Elrond’s daughter Arwen, who chose mortality for his sake (the tale told in Appendix A). For decades he served in the wild as the chief (Chieftain) of the Rangers of the North, guarding the lands against the servants of the Shadow — “Thorongil” in Gondor, a captain who rode with Ecthelion but would not sit on the throne not yet his.

The War of the Ring

  • At Rivendell (the Council of Elrond) he took up the quest as one of the Fellowship of the Ring; he bore the broken sword of Elendil and fought in the journey of the Company. When Frodo went on alone, Aragorn led the pursuit of the Orcs to Rohan, took part in the deeds of Fangorn and the Ride of the Rohirrim, and at Helm’s Deep and the Paths of the Dead rallied the forgotten oath of the Dead Men of Dunharrow to win the battle of the Pelennor Fields.
  • Narsil reforged: at the coming of the War, the shards of the sword of Elendil were re-forged as Andúril (“Flame of the West”), and Aragorn bore it at the last. He came with the armies of Gondor and Rohan to the Black Gate, and the taking of the One Ring at Mount Doom was accomplished in the hour when Sauron, deceived, turned his gaze upon Aragorn’s march — the Fellowship’s great diversion.

The King Arthur and the Heir

  • Crowned King of Gondor and Arnor (as Elessar Telcontar) at the close of the Third Age; he wed Arwen and reigned 120 years of the Fourth Age, “in the full splendour of the restored kingdom”.
  • He renewed the White Tree of Gondor (found a sapling in the snows of Mindolluin), held peace and plenty, and was served by the Faithful of both realms. His heir was Eldarion; with his passing (F.A. 120) the age of the Dúnedain’s long vigour ended.

Significance

Aragorn is the “returned king” of The Lord of the Rings — the heir who waits in the shadows, heals (his hands “the hands of a healer”), and restores the broken thrones; the living proof in the later age of everything the First and Second Age pages of this vault describe: the line of Elendil, the heirlooms (Barahir’s ring, Narsil), and the friendship of Elves and Men.

Verknüpfte Seiten

ElrondArwenThe Ring of BarahirNarsilIsildurSauronGandalfElendilThe White Tree of GondorThe Banner of ElendilThe EvenstarThe ElessarThe ElendilmirAndúrilConcordance — A to ZCrebainThe Line of ElrosThe Battle of the Pelennor FieldsThe Battle of the MorannonThe Host of the WestThe Grey CompanyThe Breaking of the FellowshipFourth AgeThe Council of ElrondThe Chieftains of the DúnedainThe Kings of Gondor and ArnorThe Midgewater MarshesRivendellAmon HenThe ArgonathThe Falls of RaurosBreeThe GreenwayThe Fields of CormallenWeathertopThe Paths of the DeadThe Stone of ErechThe Last BridgeMinas TirithArnorThe Two TowersThe Lord of the RingsThe Hunt for the RingArathornBarliman ButterburFaramirDenethor IIÉowynÉomerThe Stewards of GondorGhan-buri-GhanThéodenHalbaradThe Kings of GondorThe Mouth of SauronGilraenIorethBoromirElladan and ElrohirFrodoGimliLegolasÉothéodThe DúnedainRangers of the NorthLossoth
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