[Marileangorifurnimaluim]

Yes, Sharku - and first Sam would have had to find him! But Aragorn would not have let Frodo (or Sam) go alone to Mordor. He would have gone with them himself. Could he have forced Frodo to leggo the ring? This is a horrible thought, but, Frodo could have fallen just as easily in a struggle into the cracks of doom.

Elrian, I think you have Gandalf's original intention correct, though I doubt he meant for Pippin and Merry to go to Mordor. I was running with the scenario after Gandalf's fall, with Aragorn as the leader.

--Maril