February 21, 2002

Re: Swords in LotR Plus Arwen
Peter C.

I want to respond to David's comments. I think he is right on. Aragorn uses the same sword all through the movie and hasn't decided yet to claim his throne. I think it likely that the sword will be delivered to him in Rohan in addition to the "7 stars 7 stones and 1 white tree" banner.

I also think it is quite possible that Arwen herself will come down and accompany Aragorn. If you will recall, wew never catch even a passing reference to Elladan and Elrohir, the sons of Elrond, nor do we see any other rangers. It just makes no sense to introduce two new elvish characters in the middle of the story. I fully expect (but do not entirely condone) that Peter Jackson will send Arwen to war.