Talk:Aragorn
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Already in his eighties by the time of the events of The Lord of the Rings,
This isn't right, I don't think. I don't know if it says specifically how old he is in the books, but I pictured him in his 40s, maybe. In book 1 of LOTR it says he had "a shaggy head of dark hair flecked with gray." -- Merphant
- Appendix B: 2931: Aragorn son of Arathorn II born on March 1st. The main events of LoTR start in 3018, making him 87. Considering this is a fantasy world, simple age says little about his physical appearence or fitness. (Besides, are we sure the years are the same length as ours? ;) --Brion 05:26 Dec 23, 2002 (UTC)
And while we're at it, surely a major subplot is something of an oxymoron? user:sjc
- Aragorn is one of the watsits -- elf-type mojo thingy, Numenorians or something -- so lives longer than ordinary men -- Tarquin
- Actually he could even choose when to die.--AN
- Númenoreans have long lifespans (Elros reigned for over 400 years, I believe) but they are indeed mortal. That's the whole thing about Númenoreans: the Elves chose to be immortal and the Númenoreans chose to be mortal. --General Wesc.
- Actually he could even choose when to die.--AN
yeah, the Númenoreans have a long lifespan coupled with the youthful appearance, but they do die (when they are very old) Selphie 10:31, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Actually (since someone brought it up), they didn't really choose to be mortal...it was more or less inevitable. (Only Elros had a real choice to not be mortal. Men were inevitably mortal, but their Elvish blood gave them certain advantages.) They could, however, definitely choose when they died for a while, so they lived much longer than we would expect, but this ability seems to have been lessened when they started not choosing to die, or putting it off as long as possible. --Aranel 19:21, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
aragorns other names
Wasnt Aragorn also called "wingfoot" by someone in the second book (i think, might have been the first)?
- That would be Éomer in Two Towers. I don't believe anyone actually calls Aragorn by that name, though. It's just one reference. -[[User:Aranel|Aranel ("Sarah")]] 15:26, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)