Faramir
Faramir is the brother of Boromir and second (and much less loved) son
of the Steward of Gondor, Denethor. As Captain of a group of Rangers he
patrols the border land of Ithilien protecting Gondor from an incursion
of Orcs, Mordor Beasts or any of the men that aid Sauron (i.e. Easterlings
and Southrons). It is on one of these patrols that he comes across two
hobbits and takes them captive - thinking that they could be spies of
Mordor.
He tries to get from
them how Boromir died - as he not only dreamed of 
Boromir's funeral boat but also found the cleaved horn on the shores.
He wants to prove himself to his father as his father feels the loss of
Boromir and despises his younger son for living whilst Boromir lies dead.
He is stern and uses his power to get the information he desires from
the hobbits slowly drawing it out of them - when he discovers that they
have the ring of power he quickly takes them to Osgiliath and commands
his men to take them to his father with "a great gift."
He only lets the hobbits go when he sees first hand the power of the ring, "At last we understand one another Frodo." It is Sam's words: "Do you want to know what happened to Boromir? He tried to take the ring from Frodo" that make him decide to let them go on their journey whilst he bears the wrath of his father, "Then my life is forfeit."
Faramir
is played by Aussie actor David Wenham who is known for his role as the
scarf-ed Diver Dan in Sea Change and who also
played the pyromaniac Doug in Cosi (I had to study it for school)
- so I kinda find Denethor's fate and what he does to Faramir funny.
Faramir starts off
in Osgiliath where he was at the end of the Two Towers, but the Orcs are
too many and he has to withdraw his men from the city and hence give them
a way across the river and into Minas Tirith. On the plains his troops
are being slaughtered by the Nazgul until Gandalf and his staff send them
away. He goes and sees his father, “You wish that Boromir had l 
ived
and I had died,” to which his father replies, “Yes.” “What
do you wish me to do?” and he is told to retake the city, which
he knows is a hopeless cause, “Think better of me father, if I return.”
“That depends on the manner of your return.” Gandalf assures him that
Denethor loves him, “He will see it before the end,” but Faramir
has his duty and rides out with his men (in a dorky helmet mind you) and
returns injured, dragged by his horse to the gates, the only one to return.
Denethor seeing Faramir's body goes quite mad and proceeds to set up a
pyre, “We shall burn like the heathen Kings of old.” But Pippin
realises that Faramir is alive and tries to stop Denethor who throws him
bodily out so the little hobbit goes in search of Gandalf, “ He's
burning Faramir, ALIVE!” they both manage to rescue Faramir and
when he wakes up a little he sees his father burning. In the House of
Healing (SE fingers crossed) Faramir is healed by Aragorn and attends
the coronation with the fair lady Éowyn.
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