Boromir he met upon the edges of Rivendell, and little welcome he gave, for the man arrived unlooked-for and uninvited.

"Halt, and give your name, man," he said, notching string to bow amongst his brothers. "State your allegiance and your business here."

The man, atop his horse, looked upon them with keen eyes. "Elves," he said. "Then perhaps I have found my goal, or at least I approach it. He drew himself up. "Boromir am I, son of Denethor, Steward of Gondor. I seek the hidden valley of Rivendell and the counsel of Elrond Half-Elven."

"The path to Imladris takes much skill to find," Legolas said, hiding his wonder. "How came you hence?"

"By rumors, and half-truths, and no small dint of labor," said Boromir. "Are you of Rivendell, then, that you speak of its path?"

"I am of the Greenwood," answered Legolas. "But my brothers are of Rivendell. What is your mission, that you seek such a difficult and dangerous road? Chose your answer wisely, lest we send you back on the road you came."

The man did not answer immediately. "I seek the answer to a dream," he said. "It spoke of the Sword that was Broken, and Isildur's Bane, and the Halfling. What these things mean I cannot say, only that I am bound to seek them, and will test my strength against you, should you deny me passage."

Legolas gave no sign, though he was indeed alarmed. The man spoke of matters that were secret even in Rivendell, and of which even Legolas's knowledge was imperfect. "Such matters are beyond me," he said, lowering his bow. "Yet if what you say is true, Lord Elrond will wish to hear it, and how you came to know it."

A/N: So the movie sort of shows Boromir just waltzing up to the door due to an invitation from Elrond. The books are a bit cooler-Boromir actually hunts Rivendell out, which is essentially a legend for most people-"The Hidden Valley" is what most people call it. In the books even Gandalf has to follow clues and signs in the wild to find the valley. But Boromir finds it all by himself (which is impressive) because of a vision his brother had.

Seek for the Sword that was Broken

In Imladris it dwells.

There shall be councils taken

stronger than Morgul-spells.

There shall be shown a token

that Doom is near at hand

for Isildur's Band shall waken,

and the Halfling forth shall stand.

So there you are. Jackson didn't have time to incorporate the vision, but it's one of those things that really fits in the heroic tradition Tolkien's writing in, and also gives meaning to Gandalf's "There are other forces at work in this world beside the will of evil."

I'm partly writing this to promote my YA Paranormal story The Nephilim Protocol, out September 7th.

"Far, far out from the coast of Alaska, at the very end of the world, tiny Attu Island crops out of the ocean, surrounded by hundreds of miles of freezing water. This is where the UN imprisons Nephilim, half-angel hybrids of stupendous power who once ruled the earth. Chad has just arrived, pulled from his high school after a near-mass-shooting brought his powers to light. But a strange disease is killing off the prisoners, and Chad and his friends must find a way to escape."