re: Thoughts on The Hobbit: The Battle of 5 Armies (Spoilers)

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aragorn would be 20 at the time.

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according to the encyclopedia of Arda he was born in 2931 and the ring was "found" by Bilbo in 2941, which would have made him 10 (by my math), I'm not saying that's absolute fact or your wrong or anything.

It kind of works for me that he would be 10 though, because by the time he's 20, Aragorn should have already been some what of a young badazz, orc killer, phenom and would have likely been able to contend with the events in the Battle of Five Armies, so it would explain his absence. But like the absence of Elronds sons, and some other notable Elves who could have also been there, it's evident Tolkien pieced together Middle Earth's history and didn't simply set down and right out a nice neat timeline of history where everything falls into place. Which also explains why it was such a magnificent creation and not just another work of literary art.