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Furthermore, just like the Imperial Sword with its Latin inscription promising everlasting Victory to Christ through the Emperor’s rule, the High Elves of Lórien give Aragorn a priceless gift for his sword Andúril, a sheath overlaid with silver and gold flowers with runes listing the name of the sword and its noble lineage. It is promised that the blade drawn from that sheath would never be stained or broken in defeat. In addition to the promise the blade will never be broken again, Aragorn reveals that only the heirs of Elendil may touch or wield the sword, it appears to be protected by a deep power of ‘Old’ or ‘On High’: “Telchar first wrought it in the deeps of time. Death shall come to any man that draws Elendil’s sword save Elendil’s heir.”42 These details reveal Aragorn shall never know defeat and pretenders to the throne shall never again reign over Gondor similar to the promises concerning the Great French Monarch. It is predicted when his kingdom is established France will never lose the Faith and its royal rule would last until the end of time.43 Perhaps for Tolkien the shattered shards of the Broken Blade re-forged represented the relic-shards of the spear of Longinus that opened the side of Christ and brought forth the birth of the Church, which are currently scattered throughout the Christian world? Andúril is re-forged as a symbol of unity between the kingdoms of the North and South never to be defeated or broken again, just as the Faithful Great Monarch would reunite the various Christian churches under One Church as stated in the prophecies. In the end of Lord of the Rings, Aragorn unites both the North and South Kingdoms which had been divided for centuries, in addition to all the smaller kingdoms of Middle Earth that are permitted the royal boon to govern themselves yet under his rule as High King: a last link with the Great Monarch who will restore all the former kingdoms of Europe and rule over them as Holy Roman Emperor as Charlemagne in ages past.
As we have seen, Tolkien’s character Aragorn bears a striking resemblance to the prophecies of the Great Monarch, which leads us to consider other intriguing questions: did the corresponding revelations concerning an ‘Angelic Pope’ also influence Tolkien’s development of another character? If so, who could it possibly be?
42 Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, p. 533.
43 Christ to Marie-Julie, (October 27, 1875), We Are Warned, p. 38
As we have seen, Tolkien’s character Aragorn bears a striking resemblance to the prophecies of the Great Monarch, which leads us to consider other intriguing questions: did the corresponding revelations concerning an ‘Angelic Pope’ also influence Tolkien’s development of another character? If so, who could it possibly be?
42 Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, p. 533.
43 Christ to Marie-Julie, (October 27, 1875), We Are Warned, p. 38