Also called: ^Estel^, ^Elfstone^, ^Elessar^, ^Strider^, ^Longshanks^, ^Wingfoot^, ^Thorongil^, ^Envinyatar^ (‘The Renewer’), ^Dúnadan^, Chieftain of the ^Dúnedain^, ^Telcontar^.
Aragorn II was the son of ^Arathorn^ and ^Gilraen^, and an only child. He was born on March 1st, 2931 of the ^Third Age^, he was the thirty-ninth generation of the heirs of ^Isildur^.
Aragorn was only two years old when his father died, so his mother took him to live in ^Rivendell^. There, he was given the name ^Estel^ to hide his true identity and heritage because ^Sauron^ was searching to see if any heir of ^Isildur^ lived.
^Estel^ often went out into the wild with ^Elrond^’s sons, ^Elladan^ and ^Elrohir^. One day they returned, and it was said that ^Estel^ had done great things. ^Elrond^ decided that it was the time to tell him his true heritage. ^Elrond^ gave to Aragorn the tokens of his house, the ^Ring of Barahir^ and the Shards of ^Narsil^.
The next day, Aragorn was walking in the woods of ^Rivendell^ when he met ^Arwen^ for the first time. He had been singing of ^Lúthien^ and thought that she had appeared to him. From that moment on he loved her.
^Elrond^ could see what was in Aragorn’s heart, and told him that he would have no wife until he had proved himself worthy, and that ^Arwen^ would live the life of the ^Elves^ as long as Elrond was in ^Middle-earth^.
The next day Aragorn said farewell to ^Elrond^, ^Arwen^, and his mother, and went into the wild. He fought in the cause against ^Sauron^, and made friends with ^Gandalf^ the Grey. For a while he journeyed with ^Gandalf^ and gained much wisdom from him.
More and more he travelled alone, and under different names. He rode with the ^Rohirrim^ and fought for ^Gondor^ under the name of ^Thorongil^. He ventured into the East to reveal the plots of ^Sauron^.
When he was forty-nine he stopped in ^Lothlórien^. He didn’t know at first that ^Arwen^ was there. They met, and decided that one day they would be married.
When ^Elrond^ next saw him, he told him that ^Arwen^ would not wed anyone less than King of both ^Gondor^ and ^Arnor^. Aragorn went back into the wild, and ^Arwen^ thought of him often, and started to make a standard that the heir of ^Elendil^ could use.
Just before the ^War of the Ring^ he met the hobbits in ^Bree^, where he was known as ^Strider^. He led them to ^Rivendell^ and was made a member of the ^Fellowship^. When ^Gandalf^ fell he was their leader.
In the ^War of the Ring^, he took the ^Paths of the Dead^, and came in the enemy’s ships to save the battle. It was on one of these ships that the standard ^Arwen^ had made was unfurled.
When the war was over, and ^Sauron^ destroyed, he was crowned King, and wed ^Arwen^ in ^Gondor^. They had children, a son called ^Eldarion^ and an unknown number of unnamed daughters.
In 16 of the ^Fourth Age^ he met his friends in The ^Shire^ by the ^Brandywine Bridge^, and he gave the ^Star of the Dúnedain^ to ^Samwise^.
On March 1st, 120 of the ^Fourth Age^ he died, with ^Arwen^ by his side. Arwen herself traveled then to ^Lothlórien^, where, come winter, she laid herself down and died as well.
