In response to a fan, the author said the following: “I think Jaime would probably take Aragorn, especially if he was allowed to be armored.” For Martin, “armor was invented for a reason.

This was the first step in Aragorn's gradual transition from Ranger's garb to Gondorian armor, which continued in the two following films. As the War of the Ring intensified, Aragorn found himself ...

Aragorn's ace up his sleeve in The Return of the King was the Army of the Dead, who were crucial in the Battle of Pelennor Fields. Aragorn's sense of duty led him to set the Dead Men free after ...