Where Are the Aragorn and Arwen Web Sites?

Arnor was a kingdom. It was ruled by kings. The Chieftains were the guys who succeeded the kings after the kingdom was destroyed. Elrond also used the title "Lord of the Dunedain" when addressing Aragorn on at least one occasion. Aragorn lived with Elrond in Imladris (Rivendell, also called Karningul in true Westron) for eighteen years. When the boy turned twenty Elrond told him who he really was. Until that time he had been raised as Elrond's (foster) son Estel. So, Aragorn was raised as an Elf for eighteen years. Few people seem to note the parallel between Aragorn's life and the life of Tuor, his forefather, who grew up among Annael's Sindarin Elves in Hithlum (for sixteen years). Just as Aragorn found out who he was he met Arwen, fell in love with her, confided in his mother, and soon thereafter Elrond figured out what was going on in the lad's mind and he laid out the score for him: "She's too old for you, son, but even if she did love you, Arwen would have to make a great sacrifice to be with you, and I would lose my daughter forever". Forever is a long time to an Ent, but to an Elf it's devastating. Aragorn had already been out a time or two with Elladan and Elrohir, Elrond's true sons (his foster brothers). There must have been a very strong bond between the three, though we don't see much of it in the book. It may seem curious to some people when the two Half-elves show up with the Dunedain in Rohan, but I suspect they were there partly to keep an eye on the young fella, and also to help him win the struggle, even though it might cost them a great deal. Aragorn left Rivendell soon after he and Elrond had that first talk about Arwen. He spent the next five years in "the Wild". What does Tolkien mean by that? I suspect this was a period of apprenticeship for Aragorn, when he first went among his people and learned the ways of the Rangers. After five years Aragorn met Gandalf. It may have been by chance (Tolkien really doesn't say how they met) but it was almost certainly inevitable. Gandalf must have worked closely with the Rangers for nearly a thousand years by that time. Of course, nit-picky people might ask why it took Gandalf so long to befriend Aragorn, since

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