Post by faramir on Jun 18, 2012 23:21:13 GMT -5
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Faramir
“If you took this thing on yourself, unwilling, at others' asking, then you have pity and honour from me. And I marvel at you: to keep it hid and not to use it.”
full name, Faramir
nicknames, N/A
age, Thirty-eight
class/profession, Captain of the Rangers of Ithilien; Captain of Gondor
marital status, Single
race, Man
alliance, Gandalf and the Fellowship, and Gondor (but not Denethor)
hair, Light brown and wavy, reaching past his chin; ever since the battle between Denethor and Rohan, the tidiness of Faramir’s hair has become one of the least of his concerns. All he does nowadays is make sure it is clean and free of any small, hair/head-dwelling parasites.
eyes, Grey-blue (grey in novel + blue in film → synthesis)
build and body, Height at 180 centimetres (around 5’11); body not as muscular as his brother Boromir’s, yet still toned and fit due to physical training.
anything else, Facial hair because shaving is not as important as defending Gondor.
face claim, David Wenham
likes,
- Boromir – despite Denethor’s obvious favour for his brother, Faramir loves Boromir dearly and is closest to him; Boromir was the one who protected and guided him after their mother’s death.
- Finduilas – Faramir was only five when his mother passed away, yet he still loves, even misses, her. Her death was his first grief.
- Poetry – poetry provokes thought, conjures up and releases emotions. He finds beauty in the ideas found in &/or inspired by poetry. Do note, however, that “beauty” to him does not necessarily involve pleasuring the senses; rather, for something to be beautiful to him requires it to evoke a certain ‘special’ feeling within him, a feeling that he cannot explain accurately through words, a feeling that is better explained using –
- Music – when words fail to express accurately, turn to music. Music can express so much in just one sequence of notes.
- Solitude – He can keep his emotions and thoughts in check in solitude. Noise and (fast) movement can be too extreme for him.
- Sunlight filtering through leaves – for a simple reason: it calms and soothes, and does not beat down on you like an entire egg of sun does.
dislikes,
- Death – death causes too much pain – first his mother, then the soldiers of Gondor in Osgiliath, the Rohirrim, a number of his rangers, and now anyone pulled into the war against Saruman.
- War – war guarantees killing, which guarantees death. Nonetheless, Faramir does view war as necessary at times, only after considering and evaluating other methods of resolving the conflict.
- Conflict – causes disorder and chaos. Sometimes they’re just trivial matters, but not everyone perceives them as such.
- Being judged as “weak” – while he is not one to flaunt his intelligence or strength, he would very much appreciate it if someone would just abolish the assumption that loving the arts equals being weak.
- Reckless killing, or killing for the sake of killing – only kill when you have to. Why cause grief for the pleasure of a short-lived thrill?
- Denethor favouring Boromir over him – Faramir had defected to Gandalf, losing his ranks and titles bestowed upon him by his own father. Aragorn is now the new Steward of Gondor, Denethor is not (physically) around anymore. Logically, Faramir should be able to let go of his distress over Denethor’s disapproval of him. And yet. He can’t. It’s not because he’s particularly stubborn or harbours just a hint of faith in his father. Denethor’s defeat and the events afterward isn’t enough to heal over thirty years of parental neglect.
strengths,
Faramir is an open-minded person, considering different viewpoints for almost any subject at hand, not to mention he is willing to consider new ideas. He is also introspective, often analyzing his own mental and emotional processes in hopes of a(n even) better understanding of himself, as well as contemplative, a trait influenced by his rather gentle upbringing, including his childhood friendship with Gandalf. The death of his mother and his father’s neglect, however, have stopped him from drowning his head in the clouds; rather, he is realistic – his decisions and actions are based on reason, and he tries not to act purely by his emotions, not to mention he thinks before he acts. He is also quite diligent, willing and able to work hard and persist – this is driven by his duty to protect Gondor, as well as his desire to be judged as a strong person by the other men of Gondor. Nonetheless, he has learnt through his father’s attitude towards him that being rude to someone would (ultimately) result in low self-esteem, or a decrease in self-respect, hence his politeness.
weaknesses,
While courteous to those he meets, Faramir is close to none, with the exception of Boromir. Yet he can be easily moved – that is, by anyone who isn’t an orc or some slippery, grey thing. Children and women, especially, not to mention the ill. He can be quite blinded by their misfortune (or what he perceives as misfortune), as grief, to him, is (one of) the worst thing anyone can feel. Of course, his caution knows no bounds; he can be quite suspicious, mostly of strangers, but some men in Gondor are possibly (secretly) still loyal to Denethor, and some are possibly (secretly) allied to Saruman. And because of his father’s neglect, he is extremely self-critical and hard on himself. He cannot let go of any distress over his father, as over thirty years of neglect and condemnation have morphed in him what seems to be a ceaseless longing for his father’s acceptance. He also has a tendency to keep his opinions to himself, except when in dire situations.
fears, Gondor’s fall, and (in secret) Denethor’s official rejection of him.
dreams, Faramir longs for peace in Gondor and genuine trust between Gondor and Rohan. Secretly, a part of him still yearns for Denethor’s acceptance.
personality,
Faramir is an individual, thinking&feeling on a different wavelength from the mass. Yet this wavelength is not detached from the mass – the arts have taught him the instinctive ‘darkness’ in men; darkness such as power-hunger, greed, lust. This darkness, however, does not repel him; rather, it invokes a sort of pity in him, motivates him to look after others, for who better to save them from darkness than one who knows of, perhaps even understands, it? Nonetheless, Faramir does not enjoy being physically in a crowd of people, nor does he like confined places or loud noises. It is difficult for him to keep track of his thoughts and emotions in these situations (although war is forcing him to improve on this, his solution being to focus on only one thing: winning).
A conceptual person, Faramir considers spiritual aspects more important than the material world, and thus does not have high living standards. Furthermore, he chooses to see inner beauty (again, his definition of ‘beauty’ being something that conjures a special feeling that cannot be accurately described/explained with words) instead of outer beauty – in fact, those with inner beauty can be aesthetically pleasing to his eyes, while those without are, well, not aesthetically pleasing. As for love – love, to Faramir, whether purely platonic or involving sexual attraction, cannot be moulded: he cannot possibly pick someone out and transform them into what he desires; rather, he can only wait for them to come along as what he desires.
Despite being close only to Boromir and Gandalf, as well as his preference for solitude, Faramir loathes loneliness, and he is not ashamed of this. Loneliness is not a feeling he can just throw to a side, nor can he solve it by finding company, as it occurs when he cannot find|feel at least a strong commonality between him and another. However, this is not to say that he is not kind or friendly:
Faramir does not like confinement – both physical and metaphoric. The more restrictions there are, the more suppressed his individuality is. He thrives best in freedom, which is rare for him now due to his duties and the exigencies of war.
father, Denethor II, twenty-sixth and former Steward of Gondor
mother, Finduilas of Dol Amroth
siblings, Boromir
other figures, Gandalf
lineage, Gondor
history, Faramir was born to Denethor II and his wife Finduilas of Dol Amroth in the year 2983 of the Third Age. His brother, Boromir, was five then. As the younger brother, Faramir had a milder upbringing than Boromir, resulting in a gentle appearance. Denethor perceived this as a sign of weakness, and thus favoured Boromir over Faramir. Nonetheless, the two brothers lived closely, loved equally and deeply by their mother.
A wizard named Gandalf (then known as Mithrandir to Faramir) would make occasional visits to Minas Tirith. Faramir looked up to him, saw him as a mentor. He acquired as much knowledge as he could from Mithrandir – including the death of Isildur. Denethor, however, did not approve of their friendship, and so grew even more dissatisfied with Faramir.
Faramir was five when his mother died. Her death drove Denethor mad. He became cold and detached from his family, all the while letting his favour for Boromir show even more. Still Faramir remained close to Boromir. In fact, he became even closer, for who else did he have? His mother, who loved him wholeheartedly, loved him as much as she loved his brother – gone. Forever. She could only exist in his memories, and even then at that young age he knew she was dea – …not alive. He sought and found consolation in art – poetry, first, followed by music when his emotions were too heavy, too complex, too difficult to explain.
Growing up, Faramir trained alongside the Rangers of Ithilien. By the time of the War of the Ring, he had become Captain of the Rangers of Ithilien. Along with Boromir, he commanded the defence of Osgiliath against Sauron’s forces. Around this time, a strange dream had thrice appeared in Faramir’s sleep, and once to Boromir, in which a voice spoke out a riddle. They told of this dream to Denethor. Learning that the riddle pointed to Rivendell, Faramir offered to go, but the task was given to Boromir. Faramir remained behind to defend Gondor, travelling around the kingdom in hopes of catching any enemy forces before they reached too close to Minas Tirith. And because of his father, he only returned to the city whenever he had any important information to deliver.
Only after the War had ended did Faramir learn of the ring. Its creation and its destruction. What it did to people.
Despite Sauron’s defeat, Faramir still received orders from Denethor to train his rangers. At first he suspected nothing, as it was normal to ensure a kingdom’s daily protection. But as the orders became more and more specific, he began to question them in his head. Finally, after a number of eavesdrops, spying, and deductions, he knew: either the War was not over, or another one was brewing. Denethor had formed an alliance with Saruman. Rohan was to be attacked. Wary of Saruman’s motives and what he would do to Gondor, Faramir defected to Gandalf, followed by his rangers who were still loyal to him, or at least loyal to Gandalf’s cause, or what they thought of as a better future for Ithilien or Gondor. Not all of the rangers had followed Faramir, but it was a sizable amount and moved him nonetheless. With his defect he lost his ranks and titles as the Steward-Prince of Gondor, Captain of the Rangers of Ithilien, and Captain of Gondor. And he lost the thin string that was his final chance to prove himself worthy of his father.
Faramir informed Gandalf of Denethor’s plans. Rohan could now prepare for battle. He fought alongside Gandalf and Rohan and their allies. He fought against his father’s army. The battle ended with Denethor’s defeat and Aragorn as the new Steward of Gondor. Faramir regained two of his titles and ranks (Captain of the Rangers of Ithilien and Captain of Gondor) from Aragorn. Yet none of this is enough to heal over thirty years of parental neglect – a part of Faramir secretly wishes to see his father again, driven by a longing for his approval, a wish burnt into Faramir by years of neglect and condemnation. At first he tried to deceive himself into believing otherwise, but the process of self-deception itself was too much a weight on his emotions and could morph into a distraction away from maximising Gondor’s protection, so now he lives with the knowledge in silence, defending Gondor and aiding Gandalf’s forces when needed.
alias, Friedrich
age, Eighteen
experience, 4.5 years
other characters, None yet
rp sample,
eace. He searched every surface, wall, bed, floor for a streak of moonbeam but (and([?]?)) found none. Missing Moonlight. Darkness.
Hidden t[T]houghts. Darkness. He chose, for just a minute, a moment, a small while, to let the light go. He wanted it to stay dark, where he could release his thoughts, send them flying off – yet stay near the ground, floor, the surface on which his feet stood. He could think at p
eace here and(&?) now. Now where (not when, where) silence takes over noise. Now where things could be compared to (back) then. Back then where (again, not when) Boromir was in Minas Tirith & not Rivendell. In Minas Tirith by his[Faramir]’s side. Back then with the sunset & grey stones, two horses, all this music, grey beard & grey robe, three horses, entering the walls of white, leaving, eyes forever forward, back the final view of you… dependent clause after dependent clause after dependent clause ((which Back Then? Or was there only one, was it only one?)).
Still not dawn. He[Faramir, he was Faramir] could not return to sleep, not with this heavy solitude around him. He paced the room quietly, thinking of his brother again. He could not even write an unsent letter to him, for fear of his[their] father’s mind; all possibilities of ink to parchment, (un)smooth words exploding out like a bruise on (un)equally smooth skin, had been thrown away the moment they were considered. No, he could only take silent steps in the dark, and think one in his head. Always, everything, always, always in his head.
credit to phips, don't steal!
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