After seeing that Frodo was unconvinced, Boromir commanded him to lend the Ring to him.

When Frodo still refused, Boromir tried to seize the Ring for himself.

As Boromir lay dying, he remorsefully confessed to attempting to take the Ring from Frodo, and that his impending death was his penance.

Faramir later observed to Frodo that Boromir " died well, achieving some good thing.

When his hubris eventually leads him into attacking Frodo to seize the Ring, Boromir seals his own doom by giving in to the malign power of the Ring.

Frodo also wounded a troll in Moria, after Boromir notched his own sword with his attempt.

Boromir unintentionally disturbed the water by casting a stone into the pool, and the Watcher attacked Frodo as the Fellowship was about to enter Moria.

After Sam frees Frodo from its clutches, Boromir rushes forward and hacks at its tentacles for a few seconds.

Gandalf falls in battle with a Balrog in the deeps of Moria, and Boromir, after trying to take the ring from Frodo, falls defending Merry and Pippin.

NPCs on the game include Gandalf the Grey, Gandalf the White, Frodo, Boromir, Elrond, and Haldir.

Sam and Frodo escape, Merry and Pippin being captured by the Uruk-hai, while Boromir is overwhelmed by their sheer numbers.

On the journey south, Boromir frequently questioned the wisdom of their leader, Gandalf the Wizard.

In response to prophetic dreams that came to Faramir and later to himself, Boromir claimed the quest of riding to Rivendell from Minas Tirith in.

Boromir did, however, prove himself a valuable companion on the Fellowship's attempt to pass over the Misty Mountains: he advised that firewood be collected before the attempt to climb Caradhras, and this saved the Fellowship from freezing to death.

Here Boromir apparently knows that " Isildur's Bane " is the One Ring and is chosen specifically by his father, despite his reluctance to go, in response to a summons from Elrond, as Rivendell is a known location.

Ithilien was reoccupied by hardy folk during the Watchful Peace, but in 2475 the Watchful Peace was broken when Uruks from Mordor devastated the province ; and although they were driven back to the Morgul Vale by Boromir I, raids never entirely ceased after this time.

This ability to go from the quiet man on set to the warrior Boromir " amazed " Sean Astin during filming of The Fellowship of the Ring.

The great Horn of Gondor that Boromir of the Fellowship of the Ring had was descended from Vorondil, an heirloom of the House of Húrin.

Boromir led many successful forays against Sauron's forces, prior to his journey north to Rivendell, which brought him great esteem in his father Denethor's eyes.

Boromir first appears in The Lord of the Rings arriving at Rivendell just as the Council of Elrond was commencing.

Boromir always favoured taking the Ring to Minas Tirith, despite the consensus reached at Rivendell that it must be destroyed.

It takes place just after Boromir has just won a battle in Osgiliath and just before Boromir leaves for Rivendell at the urging of his father.

The Council's duties and powers are not elaborated further, but it is also credited with rejecting Arvedui's claim after the death of Ondoher and should possibly be equated with " the elders " that sent Boromir to Rivendell.

The plot of The Third Age involves Berethor, Captain of the Citadel Guard of Gondor, who is travelling to Rivendell to find Boromir, one of the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring.

* In The Fellowship of the Ring, Boromir is described: " On a baldric he wore a great horn tipped with silver that now was laid upon his knees.

Boromir was unnerved by the thought of entering the elvish forest — he pleads with Aragorn to find another way " though it led through a hedge of swords ", citing the stories of elvish witchcraft he had heard about in Gondor, and the " strange paths " they had been taking which had already caused them to lose one Companion.

Boromir was described by Tolkien as a name " of mixed form ", and possibly combines Sindarin bor ( on )- ' steadfast ' with either Sindarin mîr or Quenya míre ' jewel '.

Boromir has been mentioned with other Tolkienian characters such as Fëanor or Túrin Turambar who display " excess " for the sake of their own personal glory, a trait in leaders that Tolkien himself despised.

In The Two Towers ( 2002 ), Boromir appears in the theatrical version only briefly during the beginning flashback sequence of Gandalf's fight with the Balrog in Moria, and he appears twice in the Extended Edition, both times as flashbacks that were not shown previously in the films.

The two brothers are seen celebrating and laughing before their father speaks to Boromir, and the scene ends with Boromir leaving and saying, " Remember today, little brother " to Faramir.

Of other Gondor posts, in Tolkien's writings appear " ministers of the Crown concerned with ' intelligence '" who surveyed the palantíri ( see below ); Captain of the Hosts, borne by future King Falastur during the reign of his father ; and Captain of Gondor and Captain-General of Gondor applied to Faramir and Boromir respectively, with the former title also given to Eärnur when he commanded the Gondor army in Arthedain prior to his crowning.

When the narrative passed into Ithilien, Tolkien introduced the Rangers of that land, with Faramir, brother of Boromir, as their captain.

He sets out on this quest with eight other companions who comprise the Fellowship of the Ring: Legolas, a woodland elf, Gimli, a dwarf of Balin's clan, Boromir, a lord of Gondor, Aragorn, a Dúnedain ranger of the North, Gandalf, and three hobbits of the Shire, Samwise Gamgee, Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck.

They share a vision of Gandalf the Grey, who tells them that Boromir is travelling with the Fellowship, and that they are headed in the direction of Moria.

Tom Shippey has compared Balinor with Boromir of The Lord of the Rings.

The Fellowship is broken up during this battle, with Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli slaying as many of the enemy as they can, and Boromir being left alone to defend the hobbits.

Sean Bean as Boromir in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

* February 26-The breaking of the Fellowship ; Boromir is killed.

Boromir is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

Boromir is portrayed as an honourable and noble character who believes passionately in the greatness of his kingdom, who would have defended its people to the last.

Boromir, as a character, is portrayed as having been born in the year 2978 of the Third Age to Denethor II and Finduilas, daughter of Adrahil of Dol Amroth.

As their father withdrew, the relationship between Faramir and Boromir grew closer and greater in love.

Denethor always favoured Boromir over Faramir — Denethor loved Boromir " too much, perhaps ; the more so because they were unlike "— but this caused no rivalry between the two brothers.

Boromir always protected and helped Faramir.

Boromir was judged to be the more daring one, as well as the more fearless.

Boromir lost his horse halfway along, while crossing the Greyflood at the ruined city of Tharbad where the bridge was broken.

Once in Lórien, Boromir was greatly disturbed by the Lady Galadriel's testing of his mind ; he told Aragorn " not to be too sure of this lady and her purposes.

" When Boromir left Lórien, he received the gifts of a golden belt and an Elven-cloak.