Aragorn's Backstory And The History Of The Númenóreans

 From GameRant:

Aragorn II Elessar was the last descendant of Anárion. The line of kings of Gondor all came from Anárion, while the line of kings for Arnor were descendants of Isildur. When Aragorn was an infant of two years old, his father was killed by Orcs. Aragorn’s mother feared Aragorn would be killed (just like both his father and grandfather) if anyone were to find out who he was or that he was an Heir of Isildur, so she asked Elrond to take care of Aragorn in Rivendell and keep his lineage a secret. Elrond gave Aragorn a new identity by calling him Estel. It wasn’t until Aragorn was twenty years old when Elrond finally revealed his identity to him and told him of his ancestry. At this time, Elrond also gave Aragorn the Shards of Narsil as well as the Ring of Barahir—the ring with two serpents and eyes made of green jewels that Gríma Wormtongue spoke of in The Two Towers. 

 Around this time (age twenty), Aragorn also met and fell in love with Arwen. Arwen had been in Lothlórien, which was her mother’s original homeland, visiting her grandmother—Galadriel. Sometime after this, Aragorn left Rivendell to live in the wild amongst his remaining people called the Rangers of the North. Aragorn was in his twenties when he met Gandalf the Grey, and the pair quickly became good friends. Gandalf said Aragorn should monitor The Shire and the Hobbits that lived there, and he stayed just outside the borders and became known as Strider. During his time as a Ranger, Aragorn would provide morale to the armies of the West in an attempt to help keep the growing threat of Sauron at bay. But he maintained a low profile, using the name Thorongil and gaining skills as a fighter that he would use in the War of the Ring. (Read more.)

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