Boromir had reasons for doubting Aragorn and for questioning his legitimacy - He was very aware that his father Denethor, though nominal ruler of Gondor, was not actually the King. The office of Steward was very old, and hereditary, but meant to be temporary; the intention was that they would surrender the office when a King - that is, someone from the bloodline of Anarion, Isildur's brother, whose descendants were kings of Gondor - would return and assert his legitimacy. However, the last king of that line died childless, and the Stewards had ruled Gondor for hundreds of years. Most people thought the line of Kings had died out of the world, but a select few knew that it was preserved in the Rangers of the North, specifically from all of Aragorn's patrilineal ancestors, who (if you go back far enough) were kings of the North-kingdom, Arnor. The one that in The Two Towers, Aragorn tells Eowyn was destroyed long ago. It's possible the Stewards knew this, but they used some ancient legalism to dismiss the legitimacy of the claims of the Northern Line - and I'm sure they were at least partly motivated by the desire to hold on to power themselves. It also created a prejudice against the Northern Line, partly because the office of Steward of Gondor was created under the auspices of the Kings of Gondor who were heirs of Anarion. But still, most of the Stewards with a few exceptions (like Denethor) were humble men and good, mostly desiring only to try to rule Gondor wisely and justly. Anyway the point of all of this is that Aragorn is a direct descendant of Isildur (he's called Isildur's heir) - and Isildur and Anarion were the sons of Elendil, the high King of both Gondor and Arnor, and an almost mythical figure among the kingdoms of Men in middle-earth; so presumably that gave Aragorn the legitimacy to rule Gondor as well as Arnor, which was somewhat restored during Aragorn's reign as part of what was known as the Reunited Kingdom. However - and I think this is so right-on - the Shire wasn't part of the Reunited Kingdom, but declared to be an independent nation under the protection of the Crown. How cool is that?
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One does not simply watch Ames without pressing the like button.
I can't see this clip and not think of the video where Legolas lists off all of Aragorn's relatives
Boromir had reasons for doubting Aragorn and for questioning his legitimacy - He was very aware that his father Denethor, though nominal ruler of Gondor, was not actually the King. The office of Steward was very old, and hereditary, but meant to be temporary; the intention was that they would surrender the office when a King - that is, someone from the bloodline of Anarion, Isildur's brother, whose descendants were kings of Gondor - would return and assert his legitimacy. However, the last king of that line died childless, and the Stewards had ruled Gondor for hundreds of years. Most people thought the line of Kings had died out of the world, but a select few knew that it was preserved in the Rangers of the North, specifically from all of Aragorn's patrilineal ancestors, who (if you go back far enough) were kings of the North-kingdom, Arnor. The one that in The Two Towers, Aragorn tells Eowyn was destroyed long ago. It's possible the Stewards knew this, but they used some ancient legalism to dismiss the legitimacy of the claims of the Northern Line - and I'm sure they were at least partly motivated by the desire to hold on to power themselves. It also created a prejudice against the Northern Line, partly because the office of Steward of Gondor was created under the auspices of the Kings of Gondor who were heirs of Anarion. But still, most of the Stewards with a few exceptions (like Denethor) were humble men and good, mostly desiring only to try to rule Gondor wisely and justly.
Anyway the point of all of this is that Aragorn is a direct descendant of Isildur (he's called Isildur's heir) - and Isildur and Anarion were the sons of Elendil, the high King of both Gondor and Arnor, and an almost mythical figure among the kingdoms of Men in middle-earth; so presumably that gave Aragorn the legitimacy to rule Gondor as well as Arnor, which was somewhat restored during Aragorn's reign as part of what was known as the Reunited Kingdom. However - and I think this is so right-on - the Shire wasn't part of the Reunited Kingdom, but declared to be an independent nation under the protection of the Crown. How cool is that?
“The same blood is my veins. The same _weakness.”_
The greatest trilogy of all time!
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When's the rest coming out?!? We wanna know!
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Legolas still hot
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