LOTR: Did Aragorn Have The Power To Choose When He Died?
In Tolkein's Lord of the Rings saga, the War of the Ring ended, some members of the fellowship leave to sail across the seas and find rest in Valinor. Others find peace and success settling back into their old lives with renewed confidence, and some of them champion an era of peace and prosperity for all those around them as well as themselves. Aragorn was one such character. He used his throne and his reign to strike up allegiances, to share in the bounty and the joys of Middle Earth, and to protect the world that they had fought so hard to build. After becoming the king of Gondor, Aragorn set about establishing the Re-united Kingdom, in close companionship with King Eomer of Rohan, and with Merry, Pippin and Samwise in The Shire. He and Arwen guided their peoples for many long years into the Fourth Age, until it was time for their son to take the throne and continue their legacy.
As a member of the Dunedain, Aragorn is blessed with an extraordinarily long life, and his ancient Numenorean blood helps keep him youthful and healthy far longer than normal Men. During the time of the War of the Rings, Aragorn is 87, much to the surprise of the young Eowyn who falls for him. His reign continues for another hundred years or more before he passes it down to Eladrion, and starts the slow decent into old age. And when he reaches 210, Aragorn is finally laid to rest in the halls of his forefathers. But many fans have questioned if this was a personal choice of Aragorn's, and whether he had the ability to choose when to end his life.
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