INKLINGS Q & A: In LOTR, the ranger called Strider turns out to be Aragorn, the...

INKLINGS Q & A: In LOTR, the ranger called Strider turns out to be Aragorn, the future king. What were his name and nickname in Tolkien's working drafts?

A: Strider was originally called Trotter. His true name was going to be Elfstone, and then Ingold, before Tolkien decided on the name Aragorn. (Bonus fact: since paper was so short during World War 2, many of these passages of LOTR were written by Tolkien between the lines of filled-out student exam books!)