On the road east of the Shire, he encountered four Hobbits, one of whom identified himself as ' Baggins'. In the following year, aware of Gandalf's plan that the Ring would be carried out of the Shire by Frodo Baggins, Aragorn set out to find and protect the Ring-bearer.
So began Aragorn's direct involvement in the events of the War of the Ring. From there he transported him northward through the wilds of Middle-earth until he came to the realm of Thranduil in the north of Mirkwood, where Gollum was imprisoned and questioned by Gandalf. Aragorn agreed to hunt for Gollum, and found him at last among the Dead Marshes on the borders of Mordor. Years before, while Aragorn was still a child, Gandalf had learned of a creature named Gollum who had owned the Great Ring that later came to Bilbo Baggins. In the following years he fell in with Gandalf again. At this time his mother Gilraen departed from the House of Elrond, and she died soon afterwards. News of this dismayed Elrond, as he warned Aragorn when he returned to Rivendell. They declared their love for one another on the green mound of Cerin Amroth, and Aragorn gave the Ring of Barahir, ancient heirloom of his house, to Arwen. After a great victory over the Corsairs of Umbar, he left Gondor's service, and travelled away into the east.Īt last his travels brought him to Lórien, where he met again with Arwen. In the southern lands, he served both Thengel of Rohan and Ecthelion II of Gondor, though again he adopted an alias, calling himself ' Thorongil'.
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He then began a series of great ventures throughout Middle-earth. Soon after, he met Gandalf, and the two developed a close friendship and alliance.
It was at this time, too, that he first met Arwen.Īfter discovering his true calling, Aragorn took his leave of Elrond and travelled the wilds of Middle-earth. It was only at the age of twenty that Elrond revealed to him his true ancestry, and gave him two tokens of his station as Heir of Isildur: the Ring of Barahir and the Shards of Narsil. In Rivendell his identity was concealed, and he was known only by the name ' Estel' throughout his childhood years.
His mother Gilraen took him to Rivendell, where he was fostered by Elrond. Called by Gandalf 'the greatest traveller and huntsman in this age of the world', Aragorn experienced many great adventures, and travelled to many distant lands, before claiming his kingship.īorn the heir of Chieftain Arathorn II of the Northern Dúnedain, Aragorn lost his father to the Orcs in only his second year. Heir of Isildur through thirty-nine generations, Chieftain of the Dúnedain of the North and, after the War of the Ring, King of the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor.
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