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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Thorongil
Thorongil was a nom du guerre of Aragorn. The two pages that you mention are one of the few instances where we get details of the far wanderings of Aragorn that he mentions in the Lord of the Rings.
He was a captian of great renown under Steward Ecthelion II.
Thats when he traveled to Umbar and destroyed a great part of the fleet of the Corsairs. That experience would come in handy later on.
It also shows that Aragorn took part in the family naval tradition. (Though it seemed to have missed quite a few generations back up north.)
Unfortunately, thats about it for details on Thorongil. That, and the fact that he was also in Rohan under that name as well.
But in Gondor we see the beginnings of Denethor's covetousness of the rule of Gondor. Thorongil was a rival to him in the eyes of the people and his father. Thorongil also tried to counsel against trusting Saruman, and instead put forward Gandalf.
Denethor was just as glad to see the back of Thorongil.
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