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'Falborn' was the leader of the Gondorians who, with his men, originally came across Frodo and Sam wandering in Ithilien and confessed to being Boromir's brother. But on the 6th May 1944, JRR Tolkien wrote: "A new character has come on the scene (I am sure I did not invent him, I did not even want him, though I like him, but there he came walking into the woods of Ithilien): Faramir, the brother of Boromir... courageous and decisive, but also modest, fair-minded and scrupulously just, and very merciful." Therefore, Faramir took the place of Falborn, but Falborn himself was not disposed of. He became Anborn, the Ranger who catches sight of Gollum in the pools of Henneth Annûn. Tolkien seems to have favoured Faramir very much. To all but his father, he was held in high respect and nobility. This is perhaps we are given such an insight into Faramir's life - his family, personality and love. Although Tolkien confessed to being very much like a hobbit: "I smoke a pipe... like good plain food... even dare to wear in these dull days, ornamental waistcoats... I go to bed late and get up late (when possible)" he did state in a footnote of letter 120 from The Letters of JRR Tolkien edited by Humphrey Carpenter: "As far as any character is 'like me' it is Faramir - except that I lack what all my characters possess (let the pyschoanalysts note!) Courage."
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