Aragorn's mistake concerning the army raised from the Paths of the Dead - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Finwe · 09-22-2003, 06:48 PM

I think that Aragorn wanted to fight his battles on his own terms, mainly to prove to himself and to the world that he was a worthy Heir of Isildur, and that he could reunite the Kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor, with his own strength and will-power, on his own terms. If he had used the Army of the Dead at the Pelennor Fields, folk would have said that it was due to their strength that Aragorn won, not due to his own strength. A King who comes to power thanks to the strength of others is no King at all, and Aragorn realized that. He knew that he could have to fight for his kingship (and eventuallly with it the hand of Arwen) by himself. (by himself being a relative term, since Legolas, Gimli, & Co. were with him).

09-22-2003, 06:48 PM	#1
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	I think that Aragorn wanted to fight his battles on his own terms, mainly to prove to himself and to the world that he was a worthy Heir of Isildur, and that he could reunite the Kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor, with his own strength and will-power, on his own terms. If he had used the Army of the Dead at the Pelennor Fields, folk would have said that it was due to their strength that Aragorn won, not due to his own strength. A King who comes to power thanks to the strength of others is no King at all, and Aragorn realized that. He knew that he could have to fight for his kingship (and eventuallly with it the hand of Arwen) by himself. (by himself being a relative term, since Legolas, Gimli, & Co. were with him). __________________ 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.