Aragorn was a descendant of Elros Tar-Minyatur of the line of the Lords of Andúnië in Elendil, High King of Arnor and Gondor. Like all kings before him, he is related to Elrond through the line of Elros. His ancestor Arvedui was married to Firiel, who was descended from Anarion, who gave birth to his son Aranarth, making Aragorn the last descendant of Isildur and Anarion.When he was only two years old, his father Arathorn was killed while hunting orcs. Aragorn was then encouraged by Elrond at Rivendell. At his mother's request, his parentage was kept secret, as she feared he would be killed like his father and grandfather if his true identity as a descendant of Elendil and heir to Isildur became known. Aragorn was renamed "Estel" and was not told of his origins until 2951. Young Aragorn with Shards of Narsil, by Anna Lee Elrond revealed his real name and parentage to "Estel" when he was twenty and gave her Barahir's ring and Narsil's shards. Elrond held the Scepter of Annuminas before Aragorn until he "had the right" to possess the item. Meanwhile, Aragorn met and fell in love with Arwen, daughter of Elrond, who had just returned from Lothlorien, her mother's homeland, where she had visited her grandmother Galadriel. Aragorn then assumed his role as the sixteenth leader of the Dunedain and left the comfort of Rivendell for the desert, where he lived with the rest of his people, the Rangers of the North, whose empire had been destroyed by Partition and Angmar. Wars destroyed for centuries.