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Boromir was described by Tolkien as a name "of mixed form"; [T 16] it combines Sindarin bor(on)-'steadfast' and Quenya míre 'jewel'. [T 17] But the Stewards of Gondor also often bore names "remembered in the songs and histories of the First Age", [T 16] regardless of meaning, and the name Boromir did appear during the First Age in The ...
Faramir: Son of Denethor II of Gondor, brother of Boromir, and husband of Éowyn following the War of the Ring. Fëanor: Son of Finwë and Míriel. The greatest Noldorin smith to have ever lived, he forged the three jewels known as Silmarils. Slain by Balrogs. Fíli: Son of Dís; nephew of Thorin. Older brother to Kíli.
Faramir looks much like Boromir, [T 1] [T 6] who is described as "a tall man with a fair and noble face, dark-haired and grey-eyed, proud and stern of glance". [T 7] In Faramir, "by some chance the blood of Westernesse [runs] nearly true". [T 8] He does not enjoy fighting for its own sake. [T 5]
Boromir, a member of the Fellowship of the Ring, falls to the temptation to try to seize the One Ring, intending to use it to defend Gondor. This at once splits the Fellowship, and leads to Boromir's death as Orcs attack. He redeems himself, however, by single-handedly but vainly defending Merry and Pippin from orcs, dying a hero's death. [26]
Baelish's preferred course of action, revealed only to Ned, had been to seize Cersei and her children first and rule in Joffrey's name as Regent and Lord Protector. Ned's sacrifice is not in vain, since his notifying Stannis of the truth of Joffrey's parentage sets in motion Stannis' claim to the throne, and ensuring the illegitimacy being made ...
"The Council of Elrond" is the second chapter of Book 2 of J. R. R. Tolkien's bestselling fantasy work, The Lord of the Rings, which was published in 1954–1955.It is the longest chapter in that book at some 15,000 words, and critical for explaining the power and threat of the One Ring, for introducing the final members of the Company of the Ring, and for defining the planned quest to destroy it.
The name Gimli first appeared in Tolkien's works in "The Tale of Tinúviel", the earliest version of the story of Beren and Lúthien Tinúviel, found in the second volume of The Book of Lost Tales. Here, the name belongs to an aged elf, a prisoner along with Beren in the kitchens of Tevildo, Prince of Cats (forerunner of Sauron).
Gandalf, in this setting, is thus a representation in English (anglicised from Old Norse) of the name the Dwarves of Erebor had given to Olórin in the language they used "externally" in their daily affairs, while Tharkûn is the (untranslated) name, presumably of the same meaning, that the Dwarves gave him in their native Khuzdul language.