Faramir

Faramir is presented within Tolkien's internal history as the younger son of Denethor II, Steward of Gondor, and brother of Boromir. He is raised in Gondor, serves as a military leader defending Osgiliath and Ithilien during the War of the Ring, and after being gravely wounded and recovered, succeeds his father in the Stewardship under King Aragorn, later marrying Éowyn.

Sources describe Faramir as resembling his brother Boromir: a tall man with a fair and noble face, dark-haired and grey-eyed, bearing the visible signs of Númenórean ancestry noted as 'the blood of Westernesse [runs] nearly true.' Film and radio adaptations have cast actors to portray his appearance, but textual summaries emphasize his noble, stern countenance.

Faramir's notable abilities are human: military leadership and command in Gondor's forces, knowledge and curiosity about Gondor's history, moral fortitude exemplified by his refusal to seize the One Ring, endurance through grave wounding, and capacity for measured judgement and mercy. He is not described as possessing supernatural powers; his recovery from mortal wounds is effected by Aragorn using athelas.