FULL NAME
Aragorn II Elessar
ALIAS(ES)
Strider
Estel
Son of Arathorn
ORIGIN
The Lord of the Rings
OCCUPATION
Chieftain of the Dúnedain
Heir of Isildur
King of Gondor
POWERS / SKILLS
High Intellect
Master Tactician
Master tracker
Master Leader
Master Woodsman
Resourcefulness
Master Combatant
Master Swordsman
Expert Archer
Knife Expertise
Master Cavalryman
Indomitable Will
Resistance To The One Ring
Descendancy Of Numenor
Longevity
Superior Physical Traits
Lineage Of Elendil
Shout Of Elendil (Books Only)
Master Healer
Possession Of Andúril
Control over The Army of the Dead
HOBBY
Drinking.
Traveling.
Fighting.
GOALS
Protect Frodo.
Fight for the Free People of Middle-earth.
Promote the ideas of freedom and peace.
Defeat Sauron and the armies of Mordor.
Become the king of Gondor (all succeeded).
FAMILY
Elendil (ancestor) †
Isildur (ancestor) †
Anárion (ancestor) †
Arathorn II (father) †
Gilraen (mother) †
Arador (paternal grandfather) †
Dírhael (maternal grandfather) †
Ivorwen (maternal grandmother) †
Arwen Undómiel (wife)
Elrond (foster father/father-in-law)
Eldarion (son)
Unnamed Two Daughters
FRIENDS / ALLIES
Frodo Baggins
Arwen Undómiel
Legolas
Gimli
Gandalf
Samwise Gamgee
Peregrin Took
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Boromir
Théoden
Éowyn
ENEMIES
Sauron (archenemy)
Saruman
Nazgûl
Lurtz
Gothmog
Gríma Wormtongue
Mouth of Sauron
Durin's Bane
TYPE OF HERO
The Messiah
Arago's most famous line.
FOR FRODO.
Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!
ARAGORN'S SPEECH BEFORE THE BATTLE AT THE BLACK GATE.
Aragorn II Elessar, son of Arathorn, also known in the wild as Strider, is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, and the deuteragonist of the novel, The Lord of the Rings, and one of the two tritagonists of Peter Jackson's Middle-Earth film series (along with Thorin Oakenshield).
He is a Ranger of the North, first introduced by the name Strider, which the hobbits continue to call him. At the end of The Lord of the Rings, he is crowned King Elessar Telcontar, Lord of Gondor.
He is in the long run found to be the last descendant of Elendil and Anárion (Isildur's brother), making him the legitimate heir to the kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor. He is also known to be the Elessar and Strider.
In The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, he is portrayed by Viggo Mortensen.
Roles
In the film series, he serves as the deuteragonist of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, being one of the two deuteragonists of The Fellowship of the Ring (along with Samwise Gamgee), one of the two main protagonists of The Two Towers (along with Frodo Baggins), and the titular deuteragonist of The Return of the King. He is also a mentioned character in the prequel film The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
In J.R.R. Tolkien's novels
Before the events of The Lord of the Rings
Early history
Aragorn was born on March 1, T.A. 2931. The son of Arathorn II and his wife Gilraen. Through his ancestor Elendil (whom he closely resembled) Aragorn was a descendant of the first king of Númenor, Elros Tar-Minyatur; the twin brother of Elrond.
When Aragorn was only two years old, his father was killed while pursuing orcs. Aragorn was afterward fostered in Rivendell by Elrond. At the request of his mother, his lineage was kept secret, as she feared he would be killed like his father and grandfather if his true identity as the heir of Isildur became known. Aragorn was renamed Estel ("hope" in Tolkien's invented language Sindarin) to hide his existence from Sauron and his servants. He was not told about his heritage until he came of age in 2951.
Elrond revealed to Aragorn his true name and ancestry, and delivered to him the shards of Elendil's sword Narsil, and also the Ring of Barahir. He withheld the Sceptre of Annúminas from him until he "came of the right" to possess it. Aragorn met and fell in love with Arwen, Elrond's daughter (whom he mistook for Tinúviel), when she had returned from Lórien, her mother's homeland.
Aragorn thereafter assumed his role as the sixteenth Chieftain of the Dúnedain, the Rangers of the North, and went into the wild, living with the remnants of his people, whose kingdom had been destroyed through civil and regional wars centuries before.
Aragorn meets Gandalf the Grey in 2956, and they became close friends. At Gandalf's request, the Rangers began to guard the Shire, inhabited by the diminutive and agrarian Hobbits. In the areas around the Shire and Bree, he became known as "Strider".
Character
Was there ever anyone like him? Except Gandalf, of course. I think they must be related.
PEREGRIN TOOK ON ARAGORN[19]
Tolkien gives this description of Aragorn 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."[4]
In The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen, he was said to be often grim and sad, with unexpected moments of levity.[1] Some time after the publications of the books, Tolkien wrote that he was six feet six inches tall.
Aragorn possessed Elven wisdom due to his childhood in Rivendell with Elrond and the foresight of the Dúnedain. He was also a skilled healer, notably with the plant Athelas (also known as Kingsfoil). He was also a mighty warrior and an unmatched commander; after the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, he, Éomer, and Imrahil were said to be left unscathed, even though they had been in the thick of the fighting.
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.
On one occasion his reverential pride for his heritage as caused complications as he refused to disarm and leave his sword Andúril at the door of Edoras as Théoden had required. Aragorn even vocally questioned how the authority of Théoden could supersede his own lineage from that of Elendil. Aragron only acquiesced after Gandalf called out his hubris as only benefiting their enemies well as highlighting that he would surrender his own sword if it meant meeting Théoden. Even so, Aragorn swore that death would come somehow to anyone else that touched it.
He also appeared to possess a nigh-indomitable will. At one point, he was able to psychically challenge Sauron for control of the palantír of Orthanc, and proved victorious in that struggle. It should be noted that even Gandalf the White was reluctant to use the palantír 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.
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