Aragorn's Entire Backstory Explained

Viggo Mortensen has portrayed some great characters on-screen. He is arguably one of the most underrated actors out there, but he has given moviegoers characters like Joey Cusack in A History of Violence, Nikolai Luzhin in Eastern Promises, and Ben Cash in Captain Fantastic.

But arguably his greatest gift to moviegoers has been the Ranger of the North, Aragorn, in the Lord of the Rings. The heir of Isildur is one of the most beloved characters from the Lord of the Rings trilogy and it made Mortensen into an international star.

But what else is there to know about this J.R.R Tolkien character? Here is an explanation of Aragorn’s entire backstory.

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Impressive pedigree | 0:00
Chieftains of the Dúnedain | 1:05
Growing up in Rivendell | 1:52
A mighty heirloom | 2:48
Love at first sight | 3:38
Friend of Gandalf | 4:37
Traveling to Rohan and Gondor | 5:15
Saving Gondor | 6:01
Aragorn and Denethor | 7:08
Further travels | 8:16
Meeting Arwen again | 9:08
Hunting Gollum | 10:10
Long reign | 11:03

[Looper]

Who's your favorite LOTR character?

[N]

The reason why the LOTR universe is so expansive is because Tolkein didn't just sit down and say, "Yep, I'm writing a story now." He actually stared by creating his own mythology, and then he worked down from there, creating the races and languages, and eventually he decided, "Hey, there needs to be a story for all of this."
That's the very very short explanation of what happened, but that is why there is so much detail in the background of the characters and the world itself. He didn't create the world for his story, he created a world and a story came _from_ it.

[ozzyg]

Respect to anyone still turning over the complexities of LOTR and keeping it fresh in our minds. Thanks.

[janmichaelvincent]

Sam: It’s all wrong
By rights we shouldn’t even be here.
But we are.
It’s like in the great stories Mr. Frodo.
The ones that really mattered.
Full of darkness and danger they were,
and sometimes you didn’t want to know the end.
Because how could the end be happy.
How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad happened.
But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow.
Even darkness must pass.
A new day will come.
And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.
Those were the stories that stayed with you.
That meant something.
Even if you were too small to understand why.
But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand.
I know now.
Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t.
Because they were holding on to something.

Frodo: What are we holding on to, Sam?

Sam : That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.

I love the Lord of the rings, I could watch it everyday & never be bored even tho I could word for word say every line in all 3 movies by now lol

[alexced]

If only toklien had Aragorn's gift and live 200 years to continue this beautiful story.

[SimmSumm]

My aunt and I had a special bond when watching these movies. My mom, my cousin and my aunt all went to see all of the movies, but my aunt and I had a huge crush on the actor who played Aragorn.
I miss her and my mom.

[pjortego]

Aragorn for me is the coolest fictional character ever.

[jeffking]

Recognizing that JRR Tolkien creates this entire mythology out of thin air, complete with its own language is almost overwhelming. That intellect doesn’t exist anymore.

[thegingergyrl]

I’ve read all the Tolkien material but this is interesting. Aragorn is my favorite character. Viggo Mortensen is one of my favorite people in general. 👩🏻‍🦰👍🏻👑

[otaku-sempai]

One minor clarification: Yes, Aragorn spends a few weeks spying out Mordor after he leaves Gondor. However, he is reunited with Arwen in Lothlorien and returns to Rivendell before he begins his journeys in the farther East and the South. T.A. 2980 was a very busy year for our Ranger-boy, probably his single most momentous year until the War of the Ring.

[eimanb]

Even though this trilogy is a 13-15+ movie, I started watching this masterpiece when I was 7 with my brothers. I left it for a while, but now have been reunited with it, and I immediately fell in love with Aragorn's character. Tolkien made him so likeable, and Viggo Mortensen did such an amazing portrayal. I would so love to see more, maybe even have him make a cameo in the new show set to come out next year. I would love to see his rule of 120 prosperous years.

[alanacevedo]

Lord of the Rings is the best trilogy in the history of cinema

[anasalwash]

the Lord of the Rings is the Mona Lisa of cinema. I just remembered to watch it for the 24th time

[johncambridge]

Everytime I see Viggo mortensen all I see is Aragorn. This character was made for him and vice versa. Like jack sparrow made for Johnny depp.

[justinpaulhines]

makes me want to watch the films all over again thanks!!!

[jaysardalla]

All time favorite! Watched it hundred times! Almost 2 decades since LOTR 1 released. Still the best ever.

[Infinity]

This exactly shows that when time loses the correct memory, history will repeat itself and hope humanity learnt this lesson

[roshi]

Lotr is making a comeback on youtube recently. A surprise to be sure but a welcome one

[kirbymarchbarcena]

If you think about it, Aragorn married his distant relative who is old enough to be his ancestor and he only met after staying with Elrond for more than 20 years.

[jacquelinetellis]

I would have liked to hear a bit about how Aragon met Legolas and their friendship.