They held the title of Chieftains, but before their lands were overrun by Angmar his line ruled Arthedain and before that all of Arnor. Generally the line of Elros were the longer lived of the Dúnedain and during the final third of the 3rd Age Aragorn's descendants generally lived between 155-160 years of age. Aragorn is directly descended from the male line through Isildur and from the female line from Anarion through Fíriel, daughter of King Ondoher. They're stronger, taller, longer-lived, and hold onto their vitality late in life.
These were the Númenoreans, the Kings of Men, whom the Elves called the Dúnedain.Īragorn's people are Dúnedain which means they have different sinews than other men. They were fair of face and tall, and the span of their lives was thrice that of the Men of Middle-earth. Most of the Elf-friends, therefore, departed and dwelt in Númenor, and there they became great and powerful, mariners of renown and lords of many ships. The name of that isle was Númenor (Westernesse). But since the Undying Realm was forbidden to them, a great isle was set apart for them, most westerly of all mortal lands. It was in origin the language of those whom the Eldar called the Atani or Edain, ‘Fathers of Men’, being especially the people of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends who came west into Beleriand in the First Age, and aided the Eldar in the War of the Great Jewels against the Dark Power of the North.Īfter the overthrow of the Dark Power, in which Beleriand was for the most part drowned or broken, it was granted as a reward to the Elf-friends that they also, as the Eldar, might pass west over Sea.
The Westron was a Mannish speech, though enriched and softened under Elvish influence. Their long lives were a reward for their fathers' assistance in the fight against Morgoth.