A beautiful, proud noblewoman of Rohirrim stock, she feels trapped caring for her family and homestead while her menfolk ride to battle, death and glory. His female characters sometimes left much to be desired or, in the case of The Hobbit , were non-existent. Faramir was a character that had not been planned from the start but organically grew into the story. In TA , he rode out to chase down a band of orcs from West Mordor and was slain in battle. Said to live longer than normal men, they also possessed the beauty and strength of their elevated heritage. Morwen fell in love with Thengel, who became the sixteenth King of Rohan, and with him had five children.

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Oct 25, PM. This is copy and paste from my old topic in The Return of the King, so if you'd already read that, then whatever. Moving on Okay, I know this romance between Eowyn and Faramir is an extremely minor plot point, but I'd like to discuss it anyway.
Following the end of the War of the Ring , she and Faramir were married and bore one son, Elboron. Following the death of her parents in T. Unable to dissuade him, she offered to accompany him, declaring herself "weary of skulking in the hills, and wish to face peril and battle.
After the War of the Ring , she married Faramir and had one son with him, Elboron. Her father was slain and her mother died of illness in TA When Gandalf restored the King, he prepared to defend Rohan against Isengard. It was near this time when she confessed her growing feelings for Aragorn, but he reluctantly refused. In bitterness, she disguised herself as a man, under the alias Dernhelm , and rode to Minas Tirith on her horse Windfola. Eowyn fighting the Witch King, by moonxels.