For generations the realm of Gondor had been kingless, but at the end of the Third Age an heir would return to claim the empty throne. Elessar they would name him, the bright hope of his people, though his friends knew him as Aragorn, or called him simply Strider.

With the return of Isildur’s heir at this time of great need, the ancient vaults of Minas Tirith were cast open and imperial livery that had long lain folded beneath layers of dust was brought forth to fly again from the city’s masts.