LOTR: Whose Grave Is Aragorn Tending In Rivendell?

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Fans who have read Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books will know that there is a lot more to Arwen and Aragorn’s relationship, and his relationship to her father Elrond, than at first meets the eye. It was an interesting directorial decision on Peter Jackson’s behalf, to bring the story of Aragorn and Arwen into the body of the movies, as it only appears in the appendices of the original text, but due to the time constraints of the films, there was only so much that he was able to include.

The rest of their story is only hinted at in glimpses and extended edition scenes, which barely scratch the surface of the complicated past between these three key characters, including the hushed whispers that pass between the she-elf and her love on the night before Aragorn rides away with the fellowship, and the strain that appears between father and daughter when he tries to convince her to leave Middle Earth despite it meaning that his own grandson would not be born.

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In one such extended scene, Aragorn can be seen tending to a white marble statue that has the similar appearance to an angel or a nun that you might find in a graveyard. He brushes the moss off of the tomb, and pulls aside the long overgrown vines to reveal a name in elven lettering below. At this moment, Elrond appears behind him, and says, in elvish “she wanted to protect her child. She thought in Rivendell you would be safe.”

These are very powerful words for two reasons, the first is because they echo Elrond’s own heart, and his desire to protect Arwen. His hope of her being safe in Rivendell is also fading as the perils of the world have arrived at his doorstep. The second reason is because it