The tears of Boromir - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**lindil** · 03-30-2001, 08:06 AM

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Re: the trip to rivendell

Odysseus, you are most likely right about the trip being a longer journey w/ out the aid of rangers.
[although I do not think Boromir would have given credit to them in the Council of Elrond at that point, he was feeling a strong need to interupt the council w/ his prouud, premature and unasked for account of Gondor.

So maybe te learning that the north had rangers equal [or better] than the rangersof Ithilien was unsettling, or maybee it was for the first time in his life being exsposed to Noldor who had lived in Aman, and Elrond. To find living representatives of the'Old Tales 'which he probably loved as a boy, musst have been disturbing on some levels.

I mentioned the whole ranger hypothesis though to attempt to account for his seeming non-involvment w/ the Nazgul who were scouring the very area he was travelling through.

Gilthalion your reading of the departure is happily , I would say [ or hope] the right one.
That Boromir [who may well have known Quenya and thus Galadriel's song] was exceedingly moved by the gifts, and by Galadriel putting forth her power in sing in such a strangely moving and vulnerable fashion.

Had I been in the fellowship I doubt if I would have had the strength to leave.

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>

03-30-2001, 08:06 AM	#6
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: 555</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: the trip to rivendell Odysseus, you are most likely right about the trip being a longer journey w/ out the aid of rangers. [although I do not think Boromir would have given credit to them in the Council of Elrond at that point, he was feeling a strong need to interupt the council w/ his prouud, premature and unasked for account of Gondor. So maybe te learning that the north had rangers equal [or better] than the rangersof Ithilien was unsettling, or maybee it was for the first time in his life being exsposed to Noldor who had lived in Aman, and Elrond. To find living representatives of the'Old Tales 'which he probably loved as a boy, musst have been disturbing on some levels. I mentioned the whole ranger hypothesis though to attempt to account for his seeming non-involvment w/ the Nazgul who were scouring the very area he was travelling through. Gilthalion your reading of the departure is happily , I would say [ or hope] the right one. That Boromir [who may well have known Quenya and thus Galadriel's song] was exceedingly moved by the gifts, and by Galadriel putting forth her power in sing in such a strangely moving and vulnerable fashion. Had I been in the fellowship I doubt if I would have had the strength to leave. 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.