What is certain is that at least 60 years pass between the Hobbit movies and the LotR movies, per Gandalf's words source : For sixty years the ring lay quiet in Bilbo's keeping, prolonging his life, delaying old age Improve this answer. I think the key point here is that the 17 years between Bilbo leaving the Shire and Frodo setting out with the ring has been compressed to a few months in the movie, meaning that Aragorn was 17 years older at the time of The Hobbit.
Do years work differently in Middle Earth, do humans live longer, something else is going on? Moo - this is already dealt with on other questions on this site. See scifi. Omegacron "Jive" refers to jazz music, dancing or nonsense talk. Kevin - I stand corrected, sir. Show 1 more comment. JimB JimB 71 1 1 bronze badge. Add a comment. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. I have been watching the East Road anxiously.
So, to summarize: Aragorn heard from some traveling elves that Frodo was carrying the One Ring across Eriador alone. Aragorn then spent the next howevermany days hiding behind a hedge on the East Road, until he saw some hobbits talking to Tom Bombadil.
He then followed them to Bree, snuck in to the Prancing Pony, and sat in a corner until Frodo noticed him. He knew that if he aggressively promoted his claim, rival claimants or debates as to his legitimacy were not out of the question, and this could be a fatal distraction for Gondor at a time when the West needed to be united against Sauron. So, to avoid conflict, after he had healed people during the following nights of March 15 — 16 , he left Minas Tirith and symbolically refused to enter it again until he was crowned King on May 1.
They marched over the Anduin river and came to Minas Morgul , and set fire to the fields there. Leaving a guard at the Cross-roads , they began to march north through Ithilien , and Aragorn won a skirmish against some Orcs and Easterlings that tried to ambush them. They then reached the desert before Mordor, and Aragorn allowed those who were afraid to depart to retake Cair Andros. Men of Gondor, hear now the Steward of this Realm! One has come to claim the kingship again at last.
Shall he be king and enter into the City and dwell there? Upon Sauron's defeat, Aragorn was crowned as King Elessar , a name given to him by Galadriel and adopted by the people of Gondor because of the Elfstone he wore. He became the twenty-sixth King of Arnor , thirty-fifth King of Gondor , and the first High King of the Reunited Kingdom , though it would be several years before his authority was firmly re-established in Arnor. His reign was marked by great harmony and prosperity within Gondor and Arnor, and by a great renewal of cooperation and communication among Men, Elves, and Dwarves, fostered by his vigorous rebuilding campaign following the war.
Aragorn led the forces of the Reunited Kingdom on military campaigns against some Easterlings and Haradrim , re-establishing rule over all the territory that Gondor had lost in previous centuries. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta! In this place, I will abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world. Then a great beauty was revealed in him, so that all who after came there looked on him in wonder; for they saw that the grace of his youth, and the valour of his manhood, and the wisdom and majesty of his age were blended together.
And long there he lay, an image of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world. He said farewell to his son Eldarion and his daughters and gave Eldarion his crown and sceptre. Arwen remained at Aragorn's side until he died. Eldarion began his reign as the Second King of the Reunited Kingdom after his father's death. Was there ever anyone like him?
Except Gandalf, of course. I think they must be related. An artist's conception of Aragorn at The Prancing Pony.
Tolkien gives a brief but detailed description of him in The Lord of the Rings : lean, dark, tall, with "a shaggy head of dark hair flecked with grey, and in a pale stern face a pair of keen grey eyes. In The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen , he was said to be often grim and sad, with unexpected moments of levity. He was also a skilled healer, notably with the plant Athelas also known as Kingsfoil.
Though there is no indication of his ever doubting his role and destiny as the future king of the Reunited Kingdom and one of the leaders of the war against Sauron as he did in Peter Jackson's film , he was not immune to self-doubt, as he doubted the wisdom of his decisions while leading the Fellowship after the loss of Gandalf in Moria, and blamed himself for many of their subsequent misfortunes.
Even so, he swore that death would come to anyone else who touched it whether by his own hand or by some magic, it is left unsaid. He also appeared to possess a nigh-indomitable will. At one point, he was able to psychically challenge Sauron for control of the Palantir of Orthanc, and proved victorious in that struggle. It should be noted that even Gandalf the White was reluctant to use the Palantir for fear of challenging Sauron directly and revealing himself to the Dark Lord.
His fortitude in the face of the Army of the Dead was unwavering and his companions remarked that he was mighty indeed in the strength of his will. He was accounted as "the hardiest of living Men" during his lifetime. The name Aragorn means "Revered King", from the Sindarin ara "king" and n gorn "revered" [21].
Aragorn was named after Aragorn I. The restoration of the line of Elendil to the throne of Gondor is a subplot of The Lord of the Rings ; Aragorn's adventures not only aid Frodo in his Quest, but also bring him closer to his own kingship which, though his by right and lineage, has been left open for centuries due to historical, legal, and military circumstances.
The people of Gondor have been under the rule of the Stewards of Gondor for centuries, as it was widely doubted that any of the royal line still lived. The "first term" of the character that later evolved into Aragorn or Strider was a peculiar hobbit met by Bingo Bolger-Baggins precursor of Frodo Baggins at the inn of The Prancing Pony.
His description and behavior, however, was already quite close to the final story, with the difference that the hobbit wore wooden shoes, and was nicknamed Trotter for the "clitter-clap" sound that they produced. He was also accounted to be "one of the wild folk — rangers", and he played the same role in Frodo's journey to Rivendell as in The Lord of the Rings.
Later Tolkien hesitated about the true identity of "Trotter" for a long time. One of his notes suggested that the Rangers should not be hobbits as originally planned, and that this would mean that Trotter was either a Man or a hobbit who associated himself with the Rangers and was "very well known" within the story.
The latter suggestion was linked to an early comment of Bingo: "I keep on feeling that I have seen him somewhere before". Tolkien made a proposal that Trotter might be Bilbo Baggins himself, but rejected that idea.
Another suggestion was that Trotter was "Fosco Took Bilbo's first cousin , who vanished when a lad, owing to Gandalf". This story was further elaborated, making Trotter a nephew of Bilbo, named Peregrin Boffin, and an elder cousin of Frodo. He was said to have run away after he came of age, some twenty years before Bilbo's party, and had helped Gandalf in tracking Gollum later.
A hint was also given as to why Trotter wore wooden shoes: he had been captured by the Dark Lord in Mordor and tortured, but saved by Gandalf; a note was added by Tolkien in the margin, saying that it would later be revealed that Trotter had wooden feet. Quite soon Tolkien finally settled on the Mannish identity of Trotter, from the beginning introducing him as a "descendant of the ancient men of the North, and one of Elrond's household", as well as the name Aragorn.
Thus the evolution of the history of the Second and Third Ages was dependent on the bringing of Trotter to association with them. The development of Aragorn's connection to Gondor was long and complex, as was his association with Boromir. The story of the two branches of Elendil's descendants ruling over two kingdoms of Men through many generations only emerged gradually; at one time, Tolkien even seems to have conceived only three generations between Isildur and Aragorn. One significant feature which was not established until late stages was Aragorn's relationship with Arwen.
The first mention of Elrond's daughter, named Arwen Undomiel, was in reference to the banner which she made for Aragorn, but Tolkien did not give any hint whether she had any further part to play.
The references to her marriage with Aragorn were made later, but it was explicitly stated only near the completion of the book. It is only in his working on the appendices for The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien recorded the full tale of Aragorn and Arwen. A passing idea was that Galadriel gave her Ring to Aragorn, and that he would accordingly be titled the "Lord of the Ring".
The original nickname Trotter was retained for a long while, and Tolkien decided to change it to Strider only after the story was completed. By the end of the book series, Aragorn, the Heir of Isildur, became king. In doing so, he finally adopted the title of Elessar, which Galadriel had named him in the high-elvish language of Quenya.
It was a green stone made in Gondolin during the First Age of Middle-earth by either Enerdhil or Celebrimbor and was said to have the light of the sun within it. Whether Galadriel gave him the original or a lesser version is debated, but the significance is not diminished. His taking the name and title of Elessar showed his public acceptance of the role as king of men in Middle-earth, and he ruled many years before his eventual, peaceful death.
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