Shadows (Faramir)
He has always been overshadowed.
As a son, he is overshadowed by Boromir, the older brother, the hero, the firstborn son.
As a man, he is overshadowed by Mordor, casting it's threat across all of Gondor and onward.
And as a Gondorian, he is overshadowed by his father's madness, a rapidly increasing threat to the people.
These shadows line his face with worries, and cast
his future into doubt. He does not know what will come to him, or his
people. He worries. He takes the weight that he now sees that Boromir
always carried and places it on his shoulders, and he refuses to allow
his shoulders to sag in the least.
Perhaps now, when the people of Middle Earth are
being doused like fire underwater, he can step out of the shadow in
time for a glorious ride to ruin.
He has always been overshadowed.
