In The Lord of the Rings, Aragorn was a direct descendant of Isildur, the first King of Gondor. He felt an obligation to live up to Isildur's legacy, and more importantly, to avoid Isildur's mistakes.

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The Fellowship of the Ring may be a huge success for Peter Jackson, but what would Tolkien have thought of it, asked this feature from our February 2002 issue.