Andúril - Flame of the West
| Andúril - Flame of the West | |
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| Scene from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
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| Scene number | 30 |
| Event | Aragorn receives Andúril from Elrond |
| Characters | Elrond, Aragorn |
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Andúril - Flame of the West is the twenty-third scene of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and the thirtieth scene of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition).
Synopsis[edit | edit source]
A hooded rider on a white horse slowly makes his way to the camp at Dunharrow.
Aragorn dreams of Arwen regretting her decision to leave him. The Evenstar falls from his grasp and shatters. At this he wakes to a soldier telling him Théoden is awaiting him.
Aragorn enters the king's tent, where he sees Théoden conversing with the hooded rider. Théoden leaves and the rider reveals himself to be Elrond. He brings Aragorn grim tidings, saying that Arwen is dying, and Aragorn is out outnumbered in the battle to come, citing the fleet of Corsair ships arriving to attack Minas Tirith. Elrond calls upon Aragorn to call upon "those who dwell in the mountain" to fight for him. Elrond tells him they will answer to the King of Gondor and flourishes Andúril — Narsil reforged. Aragorn takes it from him and draws it. "Put aside the Ranger. Become who you were born to be," Elrond says to Aragorn.
Differences[edit | edit source]
The idea of Aragorn being given Andúril at this moment in the story is a large deviation from the source material. In the book, Aragorn was given the shards of Narsil by Elrond when he was twenty years of age,[1]:1057 and Andúril was forged from the shards before the Fellowship of the Ring departed Rivendell.[2]
The final words spoken between Elrond and Aragorn in this scene are the words spoken in the book by Gilraen, the mother of Aragorn, to her son, at their final parting. She told Aragorn she was unable to face the coming darkness and would soon leave Middle-earth. After Aragorn tried to comfort her, she replied "Ónen i-Estel Edain, ú-chebin estel anim (I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept no hope for myself)".[1]:1061
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Ring Goes South", pp. 276-7
