User blog comment:SunflashtheAwesome/Lord of the Rings Similarities/@comment-8728029-20120229005253/@comment-8728029-20120301003919

Good point about the swords, but Martin's was broken while it was in his possession, and Aragorn's was broken in the distant past, so that doesn't really work out. Aragorn goes on a ship in the book, too, you know.