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Old 02-02-2009, 09:59 AM   #4
CSteefel
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Originally Posted by BGreg View Post
Well, if Aragorn was scared, he certainly didn't show it. Charging at the Balrog like that... truly heroic.
Well, to quote my own post again:

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'I too once passed the Dimrill Gate,' said Aragorn quietly; 'but though I also came out again, the memory is very evil. I do not wish to enter Moria a second time.'
Fear, or the memory (and aversion to) evil, I don't know, but certainly it is not as if Aragorn had no problem with facing the Balrog.

My point was that he probably felt some level of fear when on the Paths of the Dead as well, since only the Elves (who are immortal) are free from that (it is not even an issue for them, same as the Nazgul have no effect on Glorfindel). But he overcame it by sheer force of will, just as Boromir did...
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