Boromir With No Heir?

You’d think, politically, that it would make sense for Boromir to have an heir, right?  But if his lack of wife and child was a problem, it was never mentioned as such.  Rather, Tolkien considered Boromir’s lack of family as an aspect of his character/personality.  In fact, he specifically addresses it in Appendix A, saying: …

Prophecy of the Witch King

Glorfindel! No really, I’m not kidding. See, here’s what happened. Earlier in the Third Age (the year 1975, to be exact) Angmar, led by the Witch King, had basically destroyed all of Arnor. Though it was too late for the northern kingdom, an army made up of men from Gondor and elves from Rivendell and…