博羅米爾和法拉米爾是同胞兄弟,他們當然都是努曼諾爾人,也就是Westernesse西方人。但是這裡所說的blood of Westernesse 是指的努曼諾爾人特有的智慧和遠見,以及那種洞察人心的本領。原著中所說的法拉米爾和其父都具備該特點,而博羅米爾則更像一個驍勇的武士,並沒有繼承其父的這種能力。
THE RETURN OF THE KING
Chapter 1 Minas Tirith
He is not as other men of this time, Pippin, and whatever be his descent from father to son, by some chance the blood of Westernesse runs nearly true in him; as it does in his other son,Faramir, and yet did not in Boromir whom he loved best.