They brought to him a banner of black cloth: the gift made by Arwen, and a sign that encouraged him to take the difficult path. While the War in the South raged on, Arwen wove a banner for Aragorn, which would become his standard after he became king.īefore taking the Paths of the Dead, Aragorn was met by the Grey Company, consisting of Rangers of the North, and Arwen's brothers, Elladan and Elrohir. Arwen never broke faith with Aragorn, even when he went to war. Nonetheless Elrond would not permit the two to marry until Aragorn had taken the thrones of Arnor and Gondor, the price for Arwen's abandonment of immortality. Ībout thirty years later, the two were reunited in Lórien, where Arwen reciprocated Aragorn's love and they "plighted their troth" (promised themselves to each other) on the mound of Cerin Amroth, Arwen choosing to become mortal and to stay in Middle-earth with Aragorn, and giving up the chance to sail over the sea and live forever in the Blessed Realm. Aragorn fell in love with Arwen at first sight, and at first mistook her for Lúthien, thinking he had fallen into a dream. Arwen, then over 2700 years old, had recently returned to her father's home after living for a while with her grandmother Galadriel in Lórien. She lived most of her life in Rivendell and Lothlórien interchangeably.ĭuring Aragorn's twentieth year, he met Arwen for the first time in Rivendell, where he lived under Elrond's protection.
Like her father and brothers, she had the right to choose between immortality or mortal life. Arwen was born in TA 241, to Lord Elrond and Lady Celebrían of Rivendell.