Aragorn (The Lord of the Rings)

**Aragorn**, also known as **Chieftain of the Dunedain**, **Edhelharn**, **Elessar**, **Envinyatar**, **Estel**, **Heir of Isildur**, **High King of the Dunedain**, **King Aragorn**, **King of Gondor**, **King of Arnor**, **Strider**, **Telcontar**, **The Dunadan**, **Thorongil** and **Wingfoot**, is one of the main characters from *The Lord of the Rings* series.

## **Charactah Account**

Aragorn is the chief of the remaining Dúnedain of the North, known as the Rangers of the North. One of the dying breed of Númenóreans, Aragorn is raised in secret by Elrond in Rivendell, unaware of his true identity as the Heir of Isildur. When he comes of age Elrond reveals all to him, and he meets and falls in love with Elrond's daughter Arwen. After she reciprocates, some 30 years later, Elrond tells Aragorn that he can only have her hand in marriage if he becomes the King of Gondor and Arnor.

Aragorn spends the next few decades battling orcs and aiding Gandalf in tracking and opposing the agents of Sauron, particularly Gollum. In his youth he also travels far and wide, notably as a captain of Gondor and Rohan (under a pseudonym, Thorongil), to be the best he can in order to pursue his destiny.

As a ranger, Aragorn takes the alias of "Strider" and seems a rough, coarse man but can shed this facade to unleash a great lordly presence which is part of his heritage as the last heir to the Númenórean kingdoms, and that stems in part from his people's trace of Elvish blood. As is mentioned elsewhere, in a normal epic, Aragorn would be The Hero and would defeat Sauron himself; Tolkien's decision to focus on the lowly and boot Aragorn to a supporting role was a conscious and deliberate subversion of that longstanding trope.

## **Appearance**

### **Literature**

* The Lord of the Rings
* The Silmarillion
* Unfinished Tales

### **Movies**

* The Lord of the Rings
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
* The Return of the King

### **Video Games**

* J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: Volume One
* J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Vol. II: The Two Towers
* J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle-Earth
* LEGO Dimensions
* LEGO The Lord of the Rings
* Middle-Earth: Shadow of War - The Mobile Game
* The Lord of the Rings
* The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm's Deep
* The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria
* The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
* The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game
* The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest
* The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
* The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
* The Lord of the Rings: Tactics
* The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth
* The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II
* The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II - The Rise of the Witch-King
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
* The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
* The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring

## **Trivia**

* The name Aragorn means "revered king", from the Sindarin ara ("king") and (n)gorn ("revered").
* Aragorn was named after Aragorn I.
* Aragorn's name is translated from Sindarin as "kingly valour".

## **External Links**

* Aragorn II at The One Wiki to Rule Them All