Why does Aragorn decide to follow the Orcs and Merry and Pippin?

Aragorn made the right choice (even though it’s been pointed out that the chances of freeing Merry and Pippin from a company of Orcs weren’t good unless they got help somewhere along the line). It was choosing the lesser of two evils, but it was still the right choice.

Why did Aragorn follow the Orcs instead of Frodo?

Why did Aragorn choose to follow the Orcs instead of following Frodo? He did not want to abandon Mary and Pippin to torment and death. Aragorn did not want to lay aside his sword before entering Theoden’s hall.

What did Merry and Pippin do after Return of the King?

Merry and Pippin Pippin became the Thain of the Shire, while Merry became the master of Buckland. After some years had passed, they both left at old age to stand by king Eomer in his last days. Merry died in Rohan, while Pippin died in Gondor sometime afterwards. When Aragorn died, they were laid to rest beside him.

What did Pippin do right after he cut apart his wrist cord?

Pippin uses the orcs’ distraction to cut the cord around his wrist with one of the dead orcs’ knives. Then he lies still and pretends nothing is going on. Two orcs grab Merry and Pippin and continue running. Pippin passes out until he is awakened roughly.

How did Merry and Pippin get separated from each other?

Pippin and Merry are introduced as a pair of young hobbits of the Shire who become ensnared in their friend Frodo Baggins’s quest to destroy the One Ring. He and Merry become separated from the rest of the group at the breaking of the Fellowship and spend much of The Two Towers with their own story line.

How did Aragorn become part of The Fellowship of the Ring?

There Frodo volunteered to destroy the Ring in the fires of Mount Doom, and Aragorn was chosen as a member of the Fellowship of the Ring to accompany him, along with Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the dwarf, Boromir of Gondor, and the hobbits Pippin, Merry, and Frodo’s faithful gardener Samwise Gamgee.

How did Aragorn and the four hobbits reach Rivendell?

The four hobbits had set out from the Shire to bring the One Ring to Rivendell. Aragorn, going by the nickname “Strider”, was then 87 years old, nearing the prime of life for a Númenórean. With Aragorn’s help the Hobbits escaped the pursuing Nazgûl, though Frodo was gravely injured, and reached Rivendell.

What did Aragorn do in the Battle of the Havens?

Aragorn served his lords during that time under the name “Thorongil” (Eagle of the Star). With a small squadron of ships from Gondor, he led an assault on Umbar, burning many of the Corsairs’ ships and personally killing their lord during the Battle of the Havens.

How old is Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings?

Aragorn, going by the nickname “Strider”, was then 87 years old, nearing the prime of life for a Númenórean. With Aragorn’s help the Hobbits escaped the pursuing Nazgûl, though Frodo was gravely injured, and reached Rivendell.