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Isildur's Hier
In 2968, he entered Gondor and the service of the Ruling Steward of Gondor and swiftly became regarded as one of Gondor's great heroesunder the name Thorongil (Star of the North). Unbeknownst to Aragorn, it was at this time that the future Ruling Steward, Denethor began to harbor a deep jealousy for the northern hero. In 2980, Aragorn led a small force of Gondorians into the harbor of Umbar and burned most of the Umbarean fleet, delaying the onslaught of Umbar's ships for nearly forty years. This was also the same year that Aragorn and Arwen became engaged.

During the War of the Ring, Aragorn first protected the hobbits from the attack of the nazgul at Amon Sul (Weathertop), and then joined the Fellowship at Rivendell when he was revealed as Isildur's heir. He led the Fellowship through Moria and Lothlorien, where he was given the Elessar, or Elfstone from which he would take his ruling name. After the breaking of the Fellowship, Aragorn with Gimli and Legolas, crossed the great plains in pursuit of the orc band that had captured Merry and Pippin. He also fought at the Battle of Helm's Deep.

Looking into the palantir of Orthanc, Aragorn wrested control of the seeing-stone from Sauron (as king, his power over the stones was greater even than the Dark Lord's) and saw in Sauron's mind the approach of the fleet of the Corsairs of Umbar. He then led his dúnedain through the Paths of the Dead, where the dead fulfilled their ancient oath to his ancestor and joined Aragorn's forces.

At Pelargir, he captured the fleet of the Corsairs, and led it to the Pelennor Fields, where he assisted in the crushing of Mordor's army. After the battle, he proved his heritage by healing many of those struck down with poision arrows or by the Black Breath of the nazgul.

After the war, he was proclaimed king of the Reunited Kingdom, and held sway over all of Gondor and Arnor, from as far south as Umbar to as far north as Angmar, and was overlord Dale and the Lonely Mountain as well. He took the ruling name Elessar, and named his house 'Telcontar', which is Adûnaic for 'Strider'. He married Arwen the next year and had a son and several daughters.He died peacefully in Fourth Age 120, at the age of 208.

  Aragorn son of Arathorn Arwen:

In J.R.R. Tolkien's novels, Arwen -- played with luminosity by Liv Tyler in Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring -- is referred to as the "Evenstar" of her people: that is, the full flowering of the beauty of the Elves; and yet, by fate, symbolic of their waning. In her veins flows the blood of the greatest of the Elves, and the greatest of Men; and as Aragorn first beheld her in the forests of Rivendell he thought he witnessed, through some Elvish magic, the very incarnation of Luthien Tinuviel, the fairest of all Elven Ladies that had ever lived. Arwen Undomiel: daughter of Elrond, granddaughter of Galadriel and Celeborn, granddaughter of Earendil, great-granddaughter of Luthien herself; and distant cousin of her betrothed, Aragorn -- himself the descendent and heir of Elros, brother of Elrond.

There is not a doubt that Peter Jackson appreciates the significance of the role that Arwen plays in Tolkien's fiction. The vision of loveliness, strength and nobility that Tyler brings to the screen as Jackson's version of Arwen can leave the viewer no doubt as to the identity of the Evenstar of the Elves. Indeed, as I noted in my review of The Fellowship of the Ring , Jackson has stronger ideas in store for Arwen than even Tolkien intended.

viggo mortesen
  the hobbits... Almost as soon as The Hobbit was published, questions started to be asked about the real origins of the word. Of course, Tolkien's use of it was his own invention, but was he definitely the first to use the word? Perhaps it had already been invented by someone else? Perhaps Tolkien had come across it in childhood and forgotten the event, only to have the word reappear from his subconscious years later?


Arwen evenstar
  Gandalg Mithrindier Gandalf the grey/white.Immortal. In Middle-earth c. III 1000 to 29 September III 3021
Race: Ainur
Division: Maiar of Manwë and Varda
Order: Istari (Wizards)
Other Names: Incánus, Mithrandir, Olórin, Tharkûn
Titles: The Grey, Grey Pilgrim, Grey Wanderer, Stormcrow, The White
Meaning: 'Wand Elf' (but note that this name was given mistakenly by Men; Gandalf is a Maia, not an Elf)
Pronunciation: ga'ndalf
(A note in Appendix E of The Lord of the Rings that final 'f' should be pronounced 'v' leads some to mispronounce this name 'gandalv'. 'Gandalf' is not an Elvish name, however, and this rule does not apply)

gandalf in the libary at Ministirith