Envy
My father favors him more than he does me, his only son. His counsel over mine, his advise over mine... I almost begin to think that my father would choose Thorongil to succeed him as Steward instead of me. The captains of the army admire him greatly, and I must admit him to be an excellent warrior. But he is no one! Only a man my father took into his sevice for Gondor, as he has done for so many other men. What is so special about this Thorongil? Does he seek to usurp my rightful place as Steward of Gondor?