Knight, look at it this way. A person with no history of any illness in their family is generally going to be healthier in long-term than a person who has a great history of illness in their family. It works the same way with heritage. One of royal, or even more superior, blood like Aragorn has much more innate power than, say, Eomer, who is of lesser, Rohirric blood. The Numenoreans were also inherently stronger because they had an Elvish strain in them, and were also descended from the mighty heroes of the First Age. That strength and longevity was passed to their direct descendants, like Aragorn.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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