The tears of Boromir - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**lindil** · 03-31-2001, 05:14 PM

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Re: the detection of Boromir

The Nazgul might have recognized him via a one way 'osanwe'.

But I would say this is possible not definite.

It is not improbable that they would have done a mental scan of the Gondorians and looked for their leader and his level of resistance, suceptability to fear and mental authority over their troops, etc., in which case they may have mistaken Faramir as the leader!, and thus not even have recognized Boromir as chief .

Perhaps [Lindil now reaches the height off speculation] this is why the dream also came to Boromir, as he would be less detectable by the enemy.

Faramir ,being of 'nearly pure Numenorean descent' would have been the more obvious mind on whom the Nazgul would fix at the battle of Osgiliath, even as they did in Pellenor fields.

Lindil is oft found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowdowns and working on a new Elven/Christian discussion board<a href="http://beta.ezboard.com/bosanwekenta" >Osanwe-Kenta</a> 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p>

03-31-2001, 05:14 PM	#15
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Seeker of the Straight Path Posts: 563</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: the detection of Boromir The Nazgul might have recognized him via a one way 'osanwe'. But I would say this is possible not definite. It is not improbable that they would have done a mental scan of the Gondorians and looked for their leader and his level of resistance, suceptability to fear and mental authority over their troops, etc., in which case they may have mistaken Faramir as the leader!, and thus not even have recognized Boromir as chief . Perhaps [Lindil now reaches the height off speculation] this is why the dream also came to Boromir, as he would be less detectable by the enemy. Faramir ,being of 'nearly pure Numenorean descent' would have been the more obvious mind on whom the Nazgul would fix at the battle of Osgiliath, even as they did in Pellenor fields. Lindil is oft found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowdowns and working on a new Elven/Christian discussion board<a href="http://beta.ezboard.com/bosanwekenta" >Osanwe-Kenta</a> 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p> __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.