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<blockquote data-quote="Steverooo" data-source="post: 820135" data-attributes="member: 9410">Aragorn was, indeed, a scout, but to say that he was a warrior only because of finding Frodo is just...&nbsp; I believe you are wrong, Henry... and I'll tell you why.&nbsp; By the time the Hobbits met him in Bree, he was already over eighty years old.&nbsp; Before Frodo was born, he had already served the Lords of Rohan and Gondor, even having served aboard ship in the Pelargir, warring with the Southrons, and campaigning into &quot;...far Harad, where the stars are strange&quot;.&nbsp; Aragorn had been adventuring for round-about 60 years, by the time of the FotR, fighting Sauron's forces all that times, and often protecting the Shire, when Gandalf wasn't there.See the &quot;Strider&quot; chapter, and note what he says about himself...&nbsp; &quot;I am older than I look.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;If I had killed the real Strider, I could kill you!&quot;&nbsp; &quot;It would not be the first time the servants of the enemy have set traps for me.&quot;&nbsp; Etc.&nbsp; He even knew the effects of the flowers in the vale of Minas Morgul, where the nine Dark Riders laired, and had searched the Meres of the Dead looking for Gollum after his escape from the Elves!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steverooo, post: 820135, member: 9410"] Aragorn was, indeed, a scout, but to say that he was a warrior only because of finding Frodo is just... I believe you are wrong, Henry... and I'll tell you why. By the time the Hobbits met him in Bree, he was already over eighty years old. Before Frodo was born, he had already served the Lords of Rohan and Gondor, even having served aboard ship in the Pelargir, warring with the Southrons, and campaigning into "...far Harad, where the stars are strange". Aragorn had been adventuring for round-about 60 years, by the time of the FotR, fighting Sauron's forces all that times, and often protecting the Shire, when Gandalf wasn't there. See the "Strider" chapter, and note what he says about himself... "I am older than I look." "If I had killed the real Strider, I could kill [I]you[/I]!" "It would not be the first time the servants of the enemy have set traps for me." Etc. He even knew the effects of the flowers in the vale of Minas Morgul, where the nine Dark Riders laired, and had searched the Meres of the Dead looking for Gollum after his escape from the Elves! [/QUOTE]

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