1300 years later they were largely reduced to wanders shouldering a hefty burden of proof. Darn lucky too because during the time of the 1st claim they still had a kingdom, power, were established members of the nobility etc. well it took 1300 years to get the timing right after the 1st failed claim.
not to mention leading the final military blow that saves everyone temporarily and there is no one else left to lead (Oh and you find another tree though that happened a tad late). and basically talk the talk and walk the walk. You save Faramir with " Kings foil" proving the healing hand legend. You've already convinced Gondors most powerfull ally you're the king. You ride with northern Dunedain 'captains' The Periannath halflings appear from legend.
You ride with 2 rarely seen elvish lords courtesy of Imladris. You've got the shards of Narsil and a few other prophet gizmos. I bet that claim would have been rejected real quick just like the one 1300 years before! Some dude from the wild can't very well just walk up to the most powerful city in ME and claim to be king especially with another dude (like Denethor) already calling the shots. Elrond among others probably counselled this. My theory as to why the long wait before (again) claiming the throne was historical 'timing'. I thought this was the same logic made in the Arthedain claim that was rejected at that time by Gondor. Later on the newphew and all of his sons died as well, but by this time Arthedain had effectively been destroyed, so Aragorn's ancestors weren't able to press their claim.Īctually I think the better claim is that he is of Isildur and Elendils line as his claim to the throne. This was refuted by Gondor, who instated the King's nephew (or cousin, I can't remember) in his place. All of the sons of the King of Gondor were later killed, and Arthedain asserted that it could claim the throne of Gondor. One of the daughters of the King of Gondor married the heir to the throne of Arthedain. So when Frodo meets Aragorn in Bree, he is actually in the heart of Aragorn's kingdom.Īragorn's claim to Gondor comes from ~1300 years ago (right before the fall of Arthedain). The surviving nobility from Arthedain (including Aragorn) makes up the Rangers. His kingdom was effectively wiped out ~1300 years prior to LOTR by the witch king of Angmar (lord of the ringwraiths).
Through his male ancestors he is the rightful king of Arthedain (part of the former kingdom of Arnor). Don't let Elrond's line from the movie fool you.
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