Also, not understanding the power of the Ring, he thinks that Gondor would be able to use it and so have the power to overthrow Sauron. However, Aragorn is reluctant to lead the ring anywhere near Minas Tirith, as he does not trust Denethor and his men.
Originally Answered: Why didn't Aragorn succumb to the temptation to take the ring of power that Frodo wore? Because he was the wisest and noblest Man in Middle-Earth, and he had been taught since childhood to control himself. He even faced down Sauron himself using the palantír.
Sam gave up literally everything to get Frodo to Mount Doom only to be momentarily tempted toward the end of their difficult journey. Aragorn faced the temptation of the One Ring and turned it away because it was the right thing to do.
Why Aragorn (and His Ancestors) Waited To Claim Gondor's Throne. The first reason that Aragorn hadn't claimed the throne was a matter of semantics. Isildur ruled Arnor, while his brother, Anárion, ruled Gondor. So, technically, Gondor's line of kings didn't run through Isildur.
He feels unworthy of the throne because the same blood runs in his veins that ran in Isildurs, and Isildur was too weak to resist the power of the ring after he cut it from Sauron's finger in the Battle of the Last Alliance.
Bottom line, Aragorn was not factored into their calculus. They were looking for Hobbits, not a Numenorean strongman who at that point, they had little to no clue who he was. The effort it would take to kill him was more trouble than it was worth, so….
Bloodlines are very important in Tolkien's stories, and it makes a lot of sense that Sauron would fear the great-grandson of the man who cut off his hand. Aragorn carried the blood of Numenor with him. His genetic connection to the heroes of the Second Age established him as a dangerous opponent of Sauron.
After the war ended Elendil was dead. Therefore Isildur, his eldest son, was then the (last) rightful king of both Gondor and Arnor, and therefore his descendant Aragorn was also the rightful king of both kingdoms.
Éowyn falls in love with Aragorn, but though he respects her, he does not return her feelings, as he is betrothed to the elf Arwen. As Aragorn points out, her duty is with her people; she has to shoulder the responsibility of ruling Rohan in Théoden's stead when the war-host of Rohan go to war.
Heir of Isildur was the title of thirty-nine lords of the Dúnedain descended in right line from Isildur the son of Elendil, from his son Valandil to Aragorn Elessar, who reunited the Kingdoms of the Dúnedain in Middle-earth.
He did not want to see his daughter Arwen married to Aragorn, a mortal, and did his best to stop her from following her heart. Not only did he treat Aragorn– and the race of men in general– with contempt, but he went as far as lying to Arwen about what he saw of her future.
However, Faramir insists that he has no desire to wield the weapon of the enemy, knowing it can only be used for evil. His words in the book were: “I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway.
Why didn t Aragorn use the Army of the Dead against Mordor?
Aragorn chose not to send the Army of the Dead into Mordor because the potential risks would be devastating. Sauron's power as a Necromancer could harm or even turn the ghosts against Aragorn, leading to Gondor's defeat.
At the end of Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo and his companions visit her. Frodo even offers her the one ring. Galadriel admits she has long awaited the chance to seize the powerful token. But, she says, if she took it, she would become corrupted herself and rule over Middle-earth as a beautiful but tyrannical queen.
With the ring, Aragorn likely could have led a massive offensive against Sauron's forces, crushing the evil of the land and taking the fight to the dark lord. Unfortunately, if Aragorn defeated Sauron, he would ultimately be doomed to fall to the corruption of the ring, becoming a lord of darkness in his own right.
Aragorn and Legolas are long-time companions and best friends since Legolas' father Thranduil sent him to live among the Rangers of the North. Aragorn and Legolas grew close, up to the point where Aragorn revealed his true identity to Legolas. Throughout his journeys, Aragorn and Legolas are as close as brothers.
When Aragorn leads his company away from Edoras towards the Dwimorberg, the haunted mountain, and the Paths of the Dead, he leaves Éowyn behind him, his last words to her nothing more than, “Nay, lady”.
The Lord of the Rings films showed Arwen (Liv Tyler) dying due to her connection to the One Ring. The closer Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) and Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin) get to Mount Doom, the closer she gets to death.
The story was abandoned, but Tolkien reused the characters and events. Isildur features briefly in voiced-over flashback sequences of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The video game Middle-earth: Shadow of War departs from Tolkien's narrative by having Sauron make Isildur into a Nazgûl or ringwraith.
Therefore, Elrond would be Aragorn's 65-times-great-uncle. The battle (Battle of the Last Alliance) we see at the beginning of the movie takes place over 3000 years before the LOTR events which is equivalent in time to Biblical stories like the reign of King David & Solomon.
Arvedui, Isildur's Heir through twenty-three generations, was the last King to rule in the north; he attempted to reclaim the High Kingship, but failed, and the last remnant of royal Arnor was overrun by its enemies. Now the line of Isildur in the north became forgotten by nearly all.
In his notes, Tolkien remarks that Sauron saw Galadriel as his equal. Add that to the fact that she's untrusting of Sauron (yes, even when he's in his Annatar guise) and an unwavering, single-minded force, and it's more likely than not that Sauron feared Galadriel — or the potential she held to upend his plans.
Though wizards are technically Maiar, they do not possess all the same abilities in their wizard forms. This is why, despite Balrogs and Sauron also being Maiar, Gandalf wasn't evenly matched in his wizarding form—especially as Gandalf the Grey.
