Why Aragorn Frees The Army Of The Dead Before The Lord Of The Rings' Final Fight Against Sauron
The Dead Men of Dunharrow were employed by Aragorn to help him defeat Sauron’s forces inThe Lord of the Rings, but he let them go after they had finished fighting together. This was rolled out in both J.R.R. Tolkien’s landmark fantasy novel of 1955,The Lord of the Rings, andPeter Jackson’sLord of the Ringsmovies. The explanation for Aragorn’s dismissal of this key ally was more evident in the book than in the trilogy....