[Corin Stormhands]

So even though it was Elrond who told him to use the army of the dead to go to battle, Gandalf was the one had the original idea?

Not so much Gandalf's idea as it was Aragron's destiny, which Gandalf, Eldrond and Aragorn would have known.

[ecurbh]

Not so much Gandalf's idea as it was Aragron's destiny, which Gandalf, Eldrond and Aragorn would have known.

In the book, it's Elrond who keeps reminding Aragorn of the "words of the seer," about the old prophecy regarding Isildur's heir who would return to walk the Paths of the Dead.