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Today's featured article Illustration by John Howe. Aragorn II (Third Age March 1, 2931 – Fourth Age 120, aged 210 years1) was the son of Arathorn II and Gilraen. He was was a Chieftain of the Dúnedain and a direct descendant through many generations of Isildur, the last High King of both Arnor and Gondor. Aragorn would become the greatest man of his time, leading the Men of the West against Sauron's forces, helping to destroy the One Ring, and reuniting the Kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor. Aragorn was named after his ancestor, Aragorn I. Featured articles Collaborations The improvement drive article for this week is: Guillermo del Toro's The Hobbit Let's try and improve this article to a higher standard. Past Collaborations On this day... 1944 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 63. 1957 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 196a. 1962 - Author and editor Henry Gee is born. 2007 - The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is released. 2008 - Guillermo del Toro is officially announced as the director of The Hobbit film adaptation and its proposed sequel. 2008 - The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, "Doom of the Last-King" is released in North America. 2014 - Peter Jackson announces that the third Hobbit film is to be renamed from There and Back Again to The Battle of the Five Armies. 2018 - Robert Murray dies. In Arda There are no known events for this day.

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