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In response to a prophetic dream, Boromir rides to Rivendell where he is invited to attend the Council of Elrond. There he attempts to persuade the Council to let him take the One Ring to Gondor so that it can be used in the defence of the realm, but is told that it cannot be used without corrupting its user and alerting Sauron to its presence.

He subsequently joins the Fellowship of the Ring and travels with them through MoriaThis article is about the fictional underground city, which is not to be confused with El Moria. Tolkien's fictional universe, Middle-earth, Moria (also known as Khazad-dum The Black Chasm The Black Pit Dwarrowdelf Hadhodrond and Phurunargian is the name and then LórienThis article is about the Lorien of J. Tolkien's works. There is also an article about the Babylon 5 character Lorien. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, two places are known as Lorien both exceptionally beautiful. The first is the gardens of t, where he is greatly disturbed by GaladrielIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, Galadriel the Lady of the Woods was an Elf-queen of Middle-earth, ruler of the land of Lothlorien along with her husband Celeborn. She was originally named Artanis ("noble woman") and Nerwen ("man-maiden", referring of her he's testing of his mind.

Seduced by the lure of the ring, he tries to seize it from FrodoFrodo Baggins is the main fictional character of J. Tolkien's monumental and mythological novel, The Lord of the Rings''. He is a Hobbit, born on September 22 of the year 2968 of the Third Age (T. to Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck. 2980, Frodo lost at Amon HenIn Tolkien's Middle-earth, Amon Hen was the Hill of Sight towering over Anduin and the Falls of Rauros. It marked the northern boundary of Gondor. Since the early Third Age, it served as a watchtower, for which purpose a seat was constructed there. The Co, leading to the breaking of the Fellowship. He dies trying to prevent OrcOrc or Ork an Old English word ('orc-neas' from Beowulf) for the zombie-like monsters of Grendel's race was revived by J. Tolkien in his Middle-earth legendarium. For the origin of the word and its usage in other fantasy works, see: Orc. In Tolkien's writs from capturing MerryMeriadoc Brandybuck usually referred to as Merry is a fictional character from J. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth, featured as a central character throughout Tolkien's most famous work, The Lord of the Rings''. Merry is a Hobbit, and one of Frodo's clo and Pippin in the beginning of The Two Towers, thereby redeeming himself for trying to take the ring.

In the movie , Boromir is played by Sean Bean. Differing from the book, Boromir dies at the end of the film instead of the beginning of The Two Towers (the first chapter of the Two Towers novel is moved to the end of the Fellowship movie; the two scene covered the same scene in the story from different perspectives).

The extended cut (not the original theatrical version) of the movie of The Two Towers includes a scene not taken from the book in which Boromir and his brother Faramir see each other for the last time, and we see their father Denethor's attitude toward his two sons.

A much earlier Boromir, son of Boron and father of Andreth and Bregor, after whom Boromir of Gondor was named, appears in The Silmarillion. See: House of Bëor.