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[He was] personally courageous and decisive, but also modest, fair-minded, and scrupulously just, and very merciful. —JRR Tolkien

My favourite character in Middle-earth: Faramir of the House of Húrin, Steward of Gondor, Prince of Ithilien, Lord of Emyn Arnen, son of Steward Denethor II and Finduilas of Dol Amroth, and younger brother of Boromir. Through his mother, he is the nephew of Prince Imrahil of Dol Amroth and first cousin of Lothíriel, Queen of Rohan.

He shares his name with Prince Faramir of the House of Anárion, brother of Aragorn’s foremother Fíriel; it appears to combine fára, “shore,” and mírë, “jewel.” His mother loved the seashore of her home.