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Aragorn:
He was born in the year 2931 of the Third Age of the Sun. Throughout
his life, Aragorn went under many names, including:
Strider:
This was the name that he used in the Bree-area, and the one that Merry and
Pippin were the most comfortable using. I don't think he chose the name, as
(LOTR.265-266) he says: Travellers scowl at us and countrymen
give us scornful names. "Strider" I am to one fat man who lives within a day's
march of foes that would freeze his heart, or or lay his little town in ruin,
if he were not guarded ceaselessly.
Dúnadan:
This is the name often used in Rivendell. It is elvish and translates as Bilbo
says: But I thought you knew enough Elvish at least to
know dún-adan: Man of the West, Númenorean. (LOTR.249)
Elessar:
This is the name foretold for Aragorn, and was chosen for him by the people
he later ruled. The name came from the gift of the elftstone from Galadriel,
during the Company of the Ring's stay in Lothlórien.
Thorongil:
This was the name he used on one of his expeditions to Gondor and Rohan, during
the reign of the Steward Ecthellion II. It translates as "Eägle of the
Star" because of the star of the North he wore on his cloak.
Aragorn met Arwen in Rivendell when he was 20 in the year 2951.
He fell in love with her and was told that Elrond would not wed
his daughter to any other than the King of both the North Kingdom
(Arnor) and Gondor. This finally happened after the War of the
Ring in the year 3019 of the Third Age. During the War of the Ring,
Aragorn acted as the guide of the Company of the Ring from Moria,
to the falls of Rauros, after which he was in pursuit of the orcs
that had taken captive Merry and Pippin. From the Paths of the
Dead, Aragorn acted as a captain of the armies of the West, and
after the Battle of the Pelennor Fields as the commander of the
Host of the West.
After the War of the Ring, Aragorn ruled the Reunited Kingdom
until the year 120 of the Fourth Age, when he laid down his life
of his own free will as was once the custom for the Númenorean
Kings.
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Arathorn II |
Arwen | Frodo
Baggins | Samwise
Gamgee | Meriadoc
Brandybuck | Peregrin
Took | Legolas
Greenleaf | Gimli |
Gollum | Boromir | Gandalf
the Grey | Gandalf
the White | Anduril | The
Elessar | Gondor | Arnor | Isildur | Elendil | The
War of the Ring | The Paths of the Dead | The
Battle of Helms Deep | Hasufel | Weathertop | The
Third Age of the Sun | The
Hunt for the Ring | The
Quest of Mount Doom | Dúnedain | The
Fourth Age of the Sun |
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Arwen:
Arwen was the daughter of Elrond and his wife Celebrían.
She was born in the year 251 of the Third Age and lived in both
Rivendell and Lothlórien. After she fell in love with Aragorn,
she had to wait until after the War of the Ring before she was
permitted to wed him. She died upon Cerin Amroth in the year 121
of the Fourth Age, as after she married Aragorn she became mortal
and thus subject to dying of old age. She too died of her own free
will. It was said that in Arwen's beauty, she had the looks of
Lúthien Tinúviel, the first of the Elves to form
a union with a Man.
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Lúthien
Tinúviel | Elrond | Celebrían | Rivendell | Lothlórien | Aragorn |
Elladan | Elrohir | The
War of the Ring | The
Third Age of the Sun | The Fourth Age of the Sun |
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Aulë:
One of the Valar, Aulë created the Dwarves out of a desire
to have someone he could teach his skills to. He delighted in craftsmanship
and the substances out of which the earth was made. Aulë taught
his skills to many of the Noldor. To the Dwarves, he was called
Mahal. Some of Aulë's most famous works included the Two Lamps
and the vessels in which the fruit and flower of Laurelin and Teleperion
are contained to form the Sun and the Moon. He is married to Yavanna,
and they dwell together in Valinor.
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Related Entries:
Manwë | Varda | Yavanna |
Vairë | Vána | Tulkas | The
Two Trees | Laurelin | Teleperion | The
Sun | The
Moon | The
Ages of the Lamps | The
Ages of the Trees | The
Ages of the Stars | The
First Age of the Sun | Aman | Valinor |
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Anárion:
The younger son of Elendil, Anárion was born in NÚmenor,
and died in the year 3340 of the Second Age of the Sun, killed
by a large stone in the siege of Barad-Dûr. As far as I can
find, there is no record of his year of birth. It was probably
destroyed by the passing of time, or in the downfall of Númenor.
Before the War of the Last Alliance, Isildur and Anárion
were both rulers of Gondor, under their father Elendil. Anárion's
city was Minas Anor, the Tower of the Sun, later known as Minas
Tirith, the Tower of Guard.
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Related Entries:
Isildur | Elendil | Númenor | Barad-Dûr | Minas
Anor | The War of the Last Alliance | The
Third Age of the Sun | Orodruin | Gondor | Sauron | Gil-Galad | The
Dagorlad | Dúnedain | The
Second Age of the Sun |
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Amras:
One of the two youngest sons of Fëanor and his wife Nerdanel,
Amras was the twin brother of Amrod. Amras was slain at the siege of the Havens
of the Sirion.
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Related Entries:
Amrod | Fëanor | Curufin | Celegorm | Maglor | Maedhros** | Morgoth | Caranthir | Sirion | The
Silmarils | The
War of the Jewels | The
Ages of the Stars | The
Ages of the Trees | The First Age of the Sun |
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Amrod:
Son of Fëanor and Nerdanel, and the twin brother of Amras.
Amrod was also slain at the Havens of the Sirion.
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Amras | Fëanor | Curufin | Celegorm | Morgoth | Maglor | Maedhros | Caranthir | Sirion | Silmarils | The
War of the Jewels | The
Ages of the Trees | The
Ages of the Stars | The
First Age of the Sun |
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Arvedui:
Arvedui was the fifteenth and last king of Arnor. It was fortold
by Malbeth the Seer at his birth that he would be the last king
of Arnor and so his name literally means 'last king'. Arvedui came
to rule Arnor in 1964 of the Third Age of the Sun. He ruled until
1974, when Arnor was finally overcome by the armies of the Witch-King.
During his reign, Arnor was fighting the forces of the Witch-King
of Angmar. They were over-run and Arvedui sent his sons to Lindon
for safety. Arvedui himself remained in hiding on the North Downs
and eventually fled north into the region of Forochel where he
took refuge with the Men living there. He died in 1975, when the
ship sent by Cirdan was crushed by the icebergs.
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Related Entries:
Cirdan |
The Witch-King |
Arnor |
Gondor
The Third Age of the Sun
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Arathorn II:
Born in the year 2873 of the Third Age of the Sun, Arathorn was
the fifteenth Chieftain of the Dúnedain. He married Gilraen
in the year 2929. Arathorn was killed fighting orcs along side Elladan
and Elrohir, the sons of Elrond in 2933 of the Third Age of the Sun,
leaving his young son, Aragorn as the next Chieftain of the Dúnedain.
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Related Entries:
Aragorn | Gilraen |
Elladan | Elrohir |
Arnor | The Third Age of the Sun
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Books Used in this Document:
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
The Hobbit
The Complete Guide to Middle Earth by Robert Foster
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