Sixteenth and last Chieftain of the Dúnadan Rangers of the North (T.A. 2933-3019), Aragorn Elessar (S."Revered King, Kingly Valour" and "Elfstone") also became the first King of the Reunited Kingdom: Arnor and Gondor (T.A. 3019-F.A. 120). Aragorn was one of the most significant figures in the late history of Middle-earth: on him rested and were fulfilled many of the hopes of Middle-earth's good peoples. Because Sauron so greatly desired to destroy this last of Isildur's line, Elrond raised Aragorn secretly in Rivendell under the name of Estel, not even revealing to him his lineage until the age of twenty. He was born in Rivendell in T.A. 2931, only two years after the death of his father, Arathorn II. His mother, Gilraen the Fair, returned to her ancestral home Esteldin near Annúminas in T