What D&D Alignment is Aragorn? 

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one book moment that is interesting is, after he is king, he judges a guard who murdered another to help save faramir from denathors madness. The way he 'punishes' him is by exiling him from minis tirith to ithilian to be faramirs bodyguard.

Aragorn is the embodiment of the idea of being a man. If you ever ask yourself “Would Aragorn do this?” And the answer is no, you probably should not be doing it.

About the Jesus part: Tolkien pretty much split Christ's "arch" into 3 characters in the story: Gandalf: Prophet Aragorn: King Frodo: Sacrifice

Honestly given how hungry the hobbits always seem to be I'm surprised they didn't just eat Sauron

Another severely underrated moment is that in wgich he holds the oaths fulfilled. There was nothing stopping him from continuing to use or extort the undead save maybe they're reaction to it. An immortal invincible army that in the movies could effectively have won the war for the forces of good, but nonetheless he left them to their rest after they served their purpose and he held up his promise. Easily another LG moment and a good one at that.

One small problem with comparing what the Hobbits, *_especially_* Sam and Frodo, did with basic foot soldiers delivering supplies, is that it downgrades the weight of carrying the One Ring! They're more like subterfuge agents tasked with carrying a live wasp nest into the enemy's chambers because he's deathly allergic to wasp venom. Along the way they get stung, suffer injuries to keep the nest safe, have to deal with the original nest keeper who wants to eat the wasps for his own twisted pleasure, etc. Frodo is permanently scared *to the point of choosing an early death* due to his constant exposure to the One Ring! They definitely deserve all the clout they got.

Aragorn is literally one my favorite characters period and you described him perfectly ❤

Even before watching I'm certain that Strider's going to end up bonded to Lawful Good with sovereign glue... which he also proves doesn't stop a character from being rad as hell.

What dark times? We only have the movies.

I'm really surprised you didn't show the death of Boromir. That's like one of the best scenes in the trilogy

I know it would be a relatively short video, but I'd love to see one on Boromir and Faramir. I think they are both deeply overlooked characters for how complex they are.

Aragorn is my second favorite LOTR character, he is the embodiment of the epitome of what it means to be a good and strong person, man or woman, it does not matter. He is only beat for me by Gimli because I love dwarves, Tolkien dwarves in particular and Gimli was the one that kindled that for me.

Love your description of the plan after Minas Tirith, but one thing to add, "So much a pain, Sauron thinks I have the ring because no one can actually be that crazy normally to march on Mordor with a fatigued and somewhat wiped out army of only Men, when it took Elves and Men to march on Mordor last time, so therefore the Ring must be with Aragorn."

I just got a Anduril replica a few days ago (it was meant for my eighteeth, but it took a few months.) It's really cool to see one of my favorite Tolkien characters getting a loadingcrew video. Thanks for the upload :D.

These were indeed some of the most influential movies of their time, to the point that many others, even Jackson himself tried and failed to recapture the magic that made them unique. Also I want to mention a well enough factoid about the movie... well I would love to mention a lot but I'll hold myself and just mention one. During the filming of one of the fights, an extra dressed as an orc threw a real axe at Viggo Mortensen and he deflects it with a prop sword. It is insignificant for the story but I liked facts like that.

What the hell? You left out his nat 20 duel with Lurtz and his vow to Boromir? That's two lgs at least.

I swear Aragorn is the character that created the concept of Lawful Good.

13:43 “best elements of King Arthur-“ *but he’s not a blonde waifu* “- and Jesus.” *ah, that’s why. Carpenter bod.*

Mad respect for shouting out another member of the community, we love to see it!

Aragorn is the example that evryone should follow

Lord of the Rings is fundamentally a story about a Chaotic Good guy becoming a Lawful Good guy, if you limit the discussion only to Aragorn in terms of anachronistic D&D alignments.

0:11 glad to hear that How about one day alignment of Preminger from Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper, I heard he is a popular villain whose characterization is quite fabulous

He's a king. And a hero. Lawful good. Thank you for coming to my TED talk

"My friends...You bow to no one." Friggin' ninjas in the walls chopping onions.

About 3 chapters into the first book, you can clearly tell that Aragorn is a man of unflinching goodness and honor. He’s basically a good-aligned Omar…and “A man must have a code”.

Aragon is like a 20th Ranger, Lawful Good or possibly Chaotic Good alignment! At least that's what I have always thought. And he has like 20 Charisma to reject the lure of the Ring, master the Palanter, and then face off in mental battle with Sauron and not even flinch! All in all he's a remarkable individual! He's a human with all the skill of a Sylvian Elf!

Book and movie Aragorn converge in RotK when Aragorn comes to Gondor and sees the Argonath again where the weight of his legacy and duty mirrors that of the One Ring on Frodo. Book Aragorn is more confident in himself though. He has been training and focused on this moment for eight decades. The One Ring could not hide itself forever. Aragorn knew this was his doom or perhaps the doom of his son, or grandson. The confrontation with Sauron was inevitable and the heir of Elendil had to be ready. After finding Gollum, Aragorn knows for sure he is the one. From then on it will either be death or the realization of all his dreams and the salvation of the Free Peoples of Arda. He's all in at that point come what may. It's all Bushido after that.

15:10 I 100% agree with you that it would be nice for people in power to use their resources to help others

I guaran-fucking-TEE that if anyone asked me who the hell was the one guy I'd call the ideal inspirational hero, I'd yell Aragorn's full name and aliases from a goddamn skyscraper. I'm THAT much of a fan of his.

That Dumbledore quote about leaders comes from Plato.

so I guess after this it will be gandalf, all four hobbits, legolas and gimli, and maybe boromir and then possibly the three rohan heroes?

Clearly Good. I think NG - he follows the rules mostly, but often exists in the wilds outside of civilization, and doesn’t feel bound to take up his inheritance.

Funny how the only "dings" that strayed from LG were the actions put in specifically for the movie. Also a fun fact (for me anyway) is that apart from being his love interest Arwen is also Aragorns great (several times over) grand aunt (or some sort of relation in any case) due to Elrond being brothers with Elros, the first king of Numenor.

Viggo Mortenson just MADE Aragorn pop man, my god.

While the alignment ding stays the same, it should be noted that Aragorn doesn't decapitate the Mouth of Sauron, because he is a hero and doesn't violate the agreed upon rules of warfare.

Regarding that quote from Dumbledore thats mentioned at 14:21, there is another piece of media that predates it that has the exact same saying. Namely from Star Trek: Deep Space 9 with Worf handing over the seat of Chancellor to Martok with the quote: "Great men do not seek power, they have power thrust upon them."

I just can’t wait for the inevitable Barbenheimer alignment video

Aragorn is a character worth emulating, the same could be said about other characters too. Many in LoTR have traits and virtues that men of today could incorporate into themselves and strive to be better overall.

Aragorn's probably my favourite character in all of pop culture. I'd be hard-pressed to not follow his truly noble example.

Aragorn is one character that could make me willingly leave my family, charge into battle against impossible odds and know that all would be well

Fate rarely calls upon us on a time of our choosing

Hollow knight music with lotr is a very unique combination

i still love the theory that if this was DnD that merry and Pippin are npc's that the GM keeps to cause trouble XD

Can't believe you skipped over some key moments in the first film regarding the death of Boromir and Aragorn's actions around it

I think King Theoden would be an interesting a character to put through the d&d alignment chart

Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm pretty sure that he's Lawful Awesome.

13:30 You could make an alignment chart for Tolken because I believe his response to the Nazi party that wanted to publish his book in German Deserves at least 2 Chaotic neutral pings For those who don't know Nazis were interested in publishing his book because they saw they could use it as propaganda BUT they asked Tolken to confirm his Aryan identity to which he replied: "Thank you for your letter. I regret that I am not clear as to what you intend by arisch. I am not of Aryan extraction: that is Indo-Iranian; as far as I am aware none of my ancestors spoke Hindustani, Persian, Gypsy, or any related dialects. But if I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people. My great-great-grandfather came to England in the eighteenth century from Germany: the main part of my descent is therefore purely English, and I am an English subject-which should be sufficient. I have been accustomed, nonetheless, to regard my German name with pride, and continued to do so throughout the period of the late regrettable war, in which I served in the English army. I cannot, however, forbear to comment that if impertinent and irrelevant inquiries of this sort are to become the rule in matters of literature, then the time is not far distant when a German name will no longer be a source of pride."

9:30 Why stopping a person from killing another in a fit of rage was labeled as a chaotic act, I'll probably never understand...

Fine I’ll rewatch LOTR extended edition again.

The alignment result was not a surprise, neat video anyway

Isnt there also a quote in the books about the rightful king having the hands of a healer? Which aragorn also shows.

His alignment is giga chad.

I need a sticker that says, "What Would Aragorn Do?"

You missed a neutral ding when he looted boromir's vambraces.

Can't wait for Gimli my beloved

Before any dings, i need to say, even if Aragon is a Ranger and is known for it, he's not the rangeiest ranger. He strikes me by far as being more of a Paladin/Ranger multiclas with Paladin being the Classical Paladin (3e/Pathfinder), i think that in the books he have an ability called (i think) "Healing hands of the King", it's just Lay on Hands.

12:44 in effect, hes the same kind of character as TinTin and Superman.

"The major problem-one of the major problems, for there are several-one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job." ~ Douglas Adams

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In the future, if LoadingCrew does any future alignment video on recent Cartoon Network characters, would you guys be interested in doing an alignment video on Connie Maheswaran and/or Lapis Lazuli's actions from the original Steven Universe run all the way to Steven Universe Future?

12:55 not equal, HE BOWS TO THEM!

Ah heck yah! Always wanted to see one of these for Aragorn.

These are rather dim hours, possibly even dark.

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"The Hobbits were ostensibly a bunch of hill-billies" Underhill-billies*

Of course the King of Gondor is a Paladin - Ranger multiclass.

If you want another “good politician” might be “how a realist hero rebuilt a kingdom”

I don't know how socially acceptable it is to give a shout out to another youtube channel in a different youtube channel's comment section but seeing how you did an unsponsored shout-out yourself I'm just going to go with it. Pilgrim's Pass has an amazing series of videos analyzing Lord of the Rings characters including Aragorn and much of your language speaking about him in the ending of this video reminded me of a lot of the points he made. I highly recommend watching some of his stuff if you haven't done so.

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Pretty sure mary and pippin have some of the highest kill counts in the movies. Not too mention hightest tier kills Gollum kills/sauron/mt doom Sam kills shelob Pippin kills the witch king/kill stealed by erwern

He is Chaotic Platypus.

This man is the polar opposite of Dio.

YES SHOTS FIRED AT RINGS OF POWER

I see him as Chaotic Good.

When I was a teen, I used to reread LotR every year. Stopped mostly because every part I read I was like "I remember all this in detail". And that's why Two Towers is BY FAR my least favorite of the movies #TreebeardAndFaramir

Aragorn aka Captain Gondor!

In the novel, there was nothing reluctant about Aragorn becoming king, that had been his objective for decades before the novel begins. However, it is absolutely true that he wanted to be king to restore peace, justice, and lawful rule to his people, in other words, to serve them, not because he wanted power for its own sake. Also, Elrond had made Aragorn becoming king a condition of his blessing for Aragorn to marry Arwen, he didn't want her to be the wife of a fugitive living in the wilderness.

Requesting Glados, Wheatley, and Cave Johnson from Portal. Also, Shiroe, Akatsuki and Naotsugu from Log Horizon.

Boy I can't wait for Boromir's video that's 5 minutes long!

Lawful Good doesn't make sense, as he abandoned his duty as king for so long. Lawful Good is all about doing your duty and adhering to the order of things, I'd think.

He is LAWFUL GOOD.

"Now count the days of the King."

It's 2300 (11pm for you civies) and I should be sleeping....but not yet.

One of the few people who hasn't watched the Lord of the Ring movies or read the books. As a kid I was more into Harry Potter but I can appreciate the ideas and subjects the Lord of the Ring touches upon.

I mean, yeah. Of course Aragorn is lawful good. He’s pretty much what the entire concept (D&D and derivatives, such as FF) of the paladin was based off of, honestly. Though the term paladin actually came from the stories of Charlemagne, whose knights were called paladins.

I'd like to ask a question here. At 12:18 you say "Aragorn was never meant to represent any specific people or person." You then call out WoTC for their depiction. May I know what exactly you meant by that here? What are you trying to say?

Definitely should have given a lawful good for him talking to boromir when he was dying and taking his bracers that he had on through the rest of the movies

Dude everytime a character does something good that doesn't make them lawful good it just makes them good. Lawful is showing respect for laws and authority. Giving a hobbit and apple isn't showing respect for laws and authority its just being a good guy lol

I would pay money to see you do Sheridan from Babylon 5. as much as I like Aragorn, as awesome as Aragorn is, Sheridan is the person I think of when I think of a good person. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if you chose not to do an alignment vid on him as Babylon 5 is a TV show and not something that can be watched in a day.

Aragon basically is the culmination of Jesus and King Arthur HOWEVER I believe there are hints of other inspirations added onto the character like, for example, Aragon is very wise and a great deal of courage as well. I would even go so far to say, as he has a small amount of inspiration from king Leonidas. MAYBE also a pinch of inspiration from some of history’s, most honorable kings and leaders. Idk. Aragon definitely was a reflection of the best humanity had to offer If not, it’s complete incarnation of the ideals humanity holds in the highest regard.

0:52 fun story, they are technically related (abit very far removed)

I'd say neutral-neutral at the start, then curving towards lawful good via neutral good towards the end. I'm on the fence whether he actually reaches full lawfulness.

Cold stoic and hollow ? Thats me tapping out.

the hollow knight music

if you are not being treated like aragon would treat you, you have kissed another frogg

Personally, I'd rank him as Neutral Good, since he does what he believes is right regardless of what people think. When you consider that for a good chunk of his life, he's been a Ranger, he hasn't been embedded into any society. Surviving the wild and hunting Orcs for most of his life, its hard to see how Law even fits in there. Also I wouldn't say that him sparing the creep is Chaotic Good. Chaotic Good try to destroy evil regardless of the costs or consequences. For it to be a Chaotic Good act is if Aragorn killed the creep himself. I heard it from Worf in Star Trek DS9 after he beat Gowron and just as he is about to give the mantle to Martok: Martok - Worf! I do NOT seek leadership. Worf - Kahless said that great men do not seek power, they have power thrust upon them (puts the mantle on Martok). Hail Martok! Leader of the Empire! Leader of destiny.

I don’t think Aragorn saved what’s-his-face from Theodan for the sake of saving a life, but because it would’ve been the Kings first official act without being controlled by Sauroman, and it was happening right in front of the whole city to witness. I always thought Aragorn saved his life to spare the King a reallllllllllly bad move

What Alignment is Dinobot from Beast Wars Kain and Raziel from The Legacy of Kain series (maybe collab with Strictly Fantasy?) Silver from Treasure Planet The Party in The Black Cauldron

Nice. Been waiting for these.