Why does Aragorn follow the same path to Rivendell which Gandalf took 60 years ago?
In LOTR "The Fellowship of the Ring", Aragorn tries to take Frodo and his companions through a forest to Rivendell to tend to Frodo's wound from the Morgul blade.
This was exactly the same place where 60 years ago, Gandalf saved Bilbo and Thorin's company from the mountain Trolls? in The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey
My question here is: Was there any reason why Aragorn took this route? Or if this was just an intended link or reference between the two movies/novel sequels?
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I'm not being facetious but I think it is simply down to the fact that it is the way to go. The similarity between the route taken by the dwarfs in 'The Hobbit' and Aragorn and the hobbits in 'The Lord Of the Rings' is long established in the books. It is the same departure point and the same destination - due to the individual events in each story there is still a certain amount of variety in between the routes.
The location cited is exactly the same. This is confirmed by Sam when he points this out to a mortally injured Frodo in an attempt to comfort him or keep him conscious.
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Why does Aragorn choose to follow the Orcs and not go after Frodo?
Because he knows that if he tries to go after Frodo and Sam, the other two hobbits will be tortured and killed, and he refuses to countenance that: 'Our choice then,' said Gimli, 'is either to take the remaining boat and follow Frodo, or else to follow the Orcs on foot.How did Aragorn get to Rivendell?
Aragorn's mother Gilraen takes him to Rivendell where Elrond accepts him as a foster-son and calls him Estel meaning "hope."Was Aragorn in Rivendell in The Hobbit?
In TA 2941, Bilbo comes to Rivendell for the first time with Thorin and Co., whilst Aragorn as Estel was there as a ten year old boy. Obviously there is nothing of Estel in The Hobbit, and Elrond had not yet told Estel who he was, but Aragorn was indeed in Rivendell when Bilbo first visited, unless I am mistaken.How long did Aragorn live in Rivendell?
Aragorn left Rivendell and was abroad for thirty years, becoming a Ranger and a determined opponent of Sauron. In his forty-ninth year (TA 2980), after years of strife and toil, Aragorn wished once again to be at peace. He came into L\xf3rien, not knowing that Arwen also was there.The Complete Travels of Gandalf | Tolkien Explained
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Actually they don't go by the same route in the books. Gandalf, Bilbo, and the Dwarves go by the Great East Road in the Hobbit.
In LOTR Aragorn avoids the road for fear of the Black Riders. He leads the Hobbits north of the road from Bree to Weathertop, south of the road from Weathertop to the Last Bridge over the River Hoarwell, and north of the road beyond the Last Bridge until they turn south to rejoin the road where it crosses the Loudwater at the Ford of Bruinein. They find the petrified trolls on the last turn south toward the road and talk about Biblo's adventure with the Trolls.
In the Hobbit the dwarves are camped by the road and the river and see the campfire of the Trolls to the north. In LOTR Aragorn & the Hobbits are travelling south after their detour to the north when they find the petrified Troll site.
There is a problem that the petrified Trolls and their cave seem to be much farther north of the road and the river in LOTR than in the Hobbit. This leads me to suppose that the course of the river moved to the south and the road was also moved to the south between the two stories.
But they definitely do pass though the area with the petrified Trolls in LOTR.
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