My first time on these forums. Apologies if this has already been covered. Is this the right forum for my game comments/questions?
I'm playing through an alt on LotRO, and noticed the text from Barliman Butterbur for "An Unwanted Guest" has Barliman mention that, "he calls himself Strider" in reference to Aragorn.
I find this an interesting take. I believe Aragorn would not have created the name "Strider" (long shanks, related) for himself. That Barliman in the game states that Aragorn provides this name suggest to me, in the minds of the developers, that Barliman mixes "cause and effect". That is some Breelanders referred to Aragorn as Strider, Barliman noted this at some level (perhaps subconsciously); Strider recognized the situation, and called himself Strider in some context, and Barliman conflated these into "he calls himself Strider".
I appreciate that LotRO provides a version of Barliman which closely matches the one created in my mind from reading the books.
Cheers,
Gloimli @ ex-Windfola
I'm playing through an alt on LotRO, and noticed the text from Barliman Butterbur for "An Unwanted Guest" has Barliman mention that, "he calls himself Strider" in reference to Aragorn.
I find this an interesting take. I believe Aragorn would not have created the name "Strider" (long shanks, related) for himself. That Barliman in the game states that Aragorn provides this name suggest to me, in the minds of the developers, that Barliman mixes "cause and effect". That is some Breelanders referred to Aragorn as Strider, Barliman noted this at some level (perhaps subconsciously); Strider recognized the situation, and called himself Strider in some context, and Barliman conflated these into "he calls himself Strider".
I appreciate that LotRO provides a version of Barliman which closely matches the one created in my mind from reading the books.
Cheers,
Gloimli @ ex-Windfola
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