Frodo: Where are you taking us? *
Aragorn: Into the Wild.
Hobbit on the trail: How do we know this Strider is a friend of Gandalf?
Frodo: We have no choice but to trust him.
Sam: But where is he leading us?
Aragorn: To
Rivendell, Master Gamgee, to the House of Elrond.
Aragorn is the thirty-ninth Heir of Isildur in the direct line;
King of the reunited realm of Arnor and Gondor after
the War of the Ring;
wedded Arwen, daughter of Elrond
and granddaughter of Galadriel, Elf-Queen of Lórien. His name
is constructed on the power number eleven, with many others
in Middle-earth. He is called the Heir of Isildur.
While Aragorn was still an infant, his father was ambushed hunting
Orcs. As was the tradition of his people, he was fostered in
Rivendell
by Elrond, who wore Vilya, the Ring of Sapphire, the Ring of Air
- Mightiest of the Three Rings of the Elves. [This Ring was first
given to Gil-Galad, but he gave the Ring to
Elrond, who at the end of
the Third Age of the Sun took it into the West.]
At the request of Gilraen, his mother, his identity was kept secret
from all who knew of him, to protect him from enemies. During early
life in
Elrond's hidden valley, his name was Estel (Sindarin for "hope").
Elrond revealed to "Estel" his true name and ancestry when he came
of age [twenty years old] in 2951. Aragorn took his name Aragorn II,
sixteenth of the Chieftains of the Dúnedain of the North, aka Strider,
and went into the Wild.
Titles are: Chieftain of the Dúnedain, Dúnadan, Eagle of the Star,
Envinyatar, and King of the West.
Strider escorted the Hobbits to Rivendell taking an indirect road
from Bree into the wild to avoid black riders chasing down the Ring
of Power. At Weathertop, an ancient outlook, Strider went hunting*
while the Hobbits set up camp. Their fire attracted the nine riders
who ascended the mountain and attacked Frodo. Strider rescued
the Hobbits in the nick of time but Frodo had been gravely wounded
by the Witch King during the fight.
The Red Book of Westmarch:
The book written by Bilbo, Frodo and Sam, from which The Hobbit and The Lord
of the Rings was taken. Along with this book were four more, consisting of
three volumes, titled, Translations from the Elvish and one which was the
family trees of those hobbits in the Company of the Ring. The original
titles the books were divided into were:
There and Back Again
The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings
The Return of the King
Translations from the Elvish
The Sun:
The fruit that sprouted from Laurelin after the poisoning of the Two Trees by Melkor. It was hallowed by Aule and guided by the Maia Arien. Another name for the Sun is Anor.
The White Tree:
A symbol of the kingship of Gondor, the White Tree is descended from the
line of Nimloth. Shown on the banner of the Kings of Gondor, the White Tree
is surmounted by seven stars. This combination is the emblem of the line of
Elendil.
Ask for complete text taken from THE WEST COAST MAGAZINE
Amulets and Talismans ~ Closing Comments
Lord Of The Rings - Special Extended Edition Fragment 6:53
The Phial of Galadriel:
A magical phial containing the light of Earendil, the Evening Star. This gift was
presented to Frodo during the leave taking as the Fellowship left Lothlórien to go on to Amon Hen:
"And you, Ring-bearer," she said, turning to Frodo. "I come to you last who are not last in my thoughts. For you I have prepared this." She held up a small crystal phial" it glittered as she moved it and rays of white light sprang from her hand. "In this phial," she said, "is caught the light of Earendil's star, set amid the waters of my fountain. It will shine still brighter when night is about you. May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out."
The Lord of the Rings, page 397
It was instrumental in Frodo and Sam's escape from Shelob in the pass of Cirith Ungol
The Red Arrow:
A sign of need between Rohan and Gondor. It was fletched with black, and a
red-painted steel head.
* Note: 'The Three Hunters' - the name given by Aragorn to himself, Gimli, and Legolas when they tracked the Orcs who captured Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took.
MUSHROOM
Mushroom is British slang for an unimportant worker who is not kept informed.
Mushroom was old British slang for an umbrella.
FYI Numerology and Qabalah [Kabbalah] for Weathertop and The Lord of the Rings trilogy are found in the Energy Management #5 & #6 - correspondence course
Hobbit on the trail: How do we know this Strider is a friend of Gandalf?
