Aragorn's Original Hobbit Name is Still Lord of The Rings' Craziest Secret

Before he was the mighty king of Gondor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, the hero named Aragorn was introduced to the Hobbits (and the world) as simply “Strider,” a humble Ranger of the northern wilds. But fans will be shocked to learn that the author’s original plan for the character not only bore a far more ridiculous name, but he wasn’t even planned to be a human being, at all.