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Ok, what I never understood, was why did Aragorn, and all the Dunadan-leaders before him, not claim the throne?
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There have been some compelling arguments made as to why Aragorn waited until after the War to claim the throne, but as I understand it the reason why he could claim it at all was because he was the son of Arathorn AND Gilraen, thus uniting the lines of Isildur and Anarion and making him the heir to the thrones of both Gondor and Arnor. This is why none of the other chiefs of the Dunedain could take the throne in Gondor--they were the heirs to Arnor only. Which brings up the question, why did they not try to reestablish the kingdom of Arnor before? I think that they were waiting all along for Aragorn to reunite the two kingdoms--if Frodo could see a vision of the Dunedain ending with "one with a star on his brow" (at the Barrow-downs), it stands to reason that they themselves could have known what to wait for.
OK, I've said my piece and will now wait patiently to be corrected--I'm sure there are gaping holes in my logic and in my lore.
