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   From: no.spam@no.spam   
      
   On 9/11/2011 10:17 AM, David Bent wrote:   
      
   > Aragorn after he takes control of the palantir says that Sauron didn't   
   > know there was any descendant of Isildur until that point.   
   >   
   > "To know that I lived and walked the earth was a blow to his heart, I   
   > deem; for he knew it not till now." Return of the King   
   >   
   > So it appears that Sauron couldn't have targeted Aragorn specifically as   
   > he didn't know he existed.   
      
   Good point; I'd forgotten that.   
      
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