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Diamond18 · 12-07-2002, 11:35 AM

I'm with Orual...I don't really understand why Denethor and Faramir would have Númenórean blood but Boromir would not. Maybe he didn't inherete all the qualities of a Númenórean, but I never really understood all Tolkien's "blood" talk. If not Númenórean blood, what was flowing in Boromir's veins and where could he have gotten any other blood than what his father had?

I of course know that relations can be very different from each other. My personality and my brother's are as different as day and night, but we both have German/Polish blood flowing through our veins!

Am I being too literal? Is all this "Númenórean blood" talk just symbolic?

12-07-2002, 11:35 AM	#13
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	I'm with Orual...I don't really understand why Denethor and Faramir would have Númenórean blood but Boromir would not. Maybe he didn't inherete all the qualities of a Númenórean, but I never really understood all Tolkien's "blood" talk. If not Númenórean blood, what was flowing in Boromir's veins and where could he have gotten any other blood than what his father had? I of course know that relations can be very different from each other. My personality and my brother's are as different as day and night, but we both have German/Polish blood flowing through our veins! Am I being too literal? Is all this "Númenórean blood" talk just symbolic? __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.