[ SECRET POST #2230 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2230 ⌋

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Notes:

Early because blizzard, not quite sure if power will last.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Except that even in realpolitic terms, you're overlooking the value of the alliance to Aragorn, the remains of the North Kingdom, and therefore to Gondor during the half a century between the time he came of age and the time of the War of the Ring. Rivendell and Lothlorien are the only really safe, stable anchors for the opposition to Sauron in the North; the traveling companies of Elves are among the best sources of intelligence and aid; a betrothal to Elrond's daughter and Galadriel's granddaughter solidifies both. Considering that Aragorn, for all his personal virtues, is an heir whose tangible inheritance basically consists of a sword and a gemstone, and the loyalty of a few hundred warriors, that's not exactly trivial. (And not only does Aragorn's work in the North matter, ultimately, there are limits to what he could have done if he'd tried to base himself in Gondor for all those years: canonically, Denethor was suspicious and hostile toward him even when he was working under an assumed name, and coming clean about his lineage would only have made things worse.)

So, useful alliance to powerful rulers. Do you suggest he should dump that on meeting Eowyn? And perhaps send Elrohir and Elladan back to their father, along with whatever help they brought for the last push against Mordor that allows time for the Ring to be destroyed? When it's evident that your allies the Rohirrim feel themselves committed to you in any event, and certainly don't need the shoring up? In the coldest and most utilitarian view possible, it's not a brilliant strategy.

And by the time that battle is over, even if you were worried about your alliance with Rohan, it has been secured by Eowyn's betrothal to the Prince of Ithilian. So, no need to cause an international crisis, amirite?