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| | Frodo's Temptation; Aragorn's Resistance |
 | | For at the age of twenty, Lord Elrond revealed to Estel that he was, in fact, Aragorn II, son of Arathorn II, heir to the thrones of Gondor and Arnor, the Chieftain of the Dunedain of the North and that in him lay the hope of man and Middle-earth. |
 | | The same ring which Beren, Barahir’s son, wore as proof that he was an Elf-friend when arraigned at the Courts of Thingol and Melian in Menegroth. |
 | | The Scepter of Annuminas, the silver rod which was the symbol of authority for the Lords of Andunie, the Faithful of Numenor and the chief mark of royalty for the kingdom of Arnor was withheld. |
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