LOTR Fans: Create an interesting backstory for Prince Imrahil

Title pretty much says it all. If you could expand Imrahil’s story, how would you do it? Or would you rather expend your creative energies on filling out the story of another character from the book - Radagast, Rosie, or Fatty, perhaps.

As for Imrahil, was he jealous of Aragorn? If not, how cool was his own area if he wasn’t? Did he have daddy issues like most of the other main characters? Did he have encounters with sexy elves or magic jewelry? Let’s get creative gang.

No go on Imrahil but I might be interested in a back story of Radagast.

Imrahil’s sylvan elf ancestry manifests itself in his love for starlit walks, fine pastries.

I LOVE Imhrahil, he’s my favorite bit character; intelligent, responsible, actually thinks about things!

He so does not have daddy issues (at least, in my conception of him). In fact I envision him as having a loving daddy who made a point, when Imrahil was young, of taking him along when he was doing ruler-type things and showing him how everything worked. Young Imrahil would sometimes ask stupid questions, but his dad would never laugh at him, and patiently explain why the decision was made that way. Occasionally, especially as Imrahil got a little older, he’d (mostly accidentally) hit on a point his dad hadn’t thought of, and his dad would praise him for coming up with good advice. Also, Dad always stressed that they, the rulers, were responsible to the people, and not the other way around.

He idolized his dad so much that maybe he shortchanged his mom a little, though she loved him just as much. She was mostly a typical stay-at-home mom, although even after she married and had kids she continued some of the physics and astronomy experimentation she had done as a teenager (in fact, that’s how his parents met; she was at the top of a tall tower dropping balls of various sizes and weights, trying to see which fell first, and he happened to be walking by. First she had to yell at him to make sure he didn’t get hit by a ball, and then she enlisted his help in seeing which dropped first). He probably absorbed a great deal of her hard-headed rationality, but was more dismissive of her talents than he ought to have been.

He wasn’t particularly jealous of Aragorn as King, as that was a little more responsibility than he would’ve wanted, but one must admit that he did wonder a little what it was like to ahem be married to an Elven woman.

He thought Eowyn was good-looking but a bit on the brainless side, and was frankly a little astonished that Faramir, whom he greatly admired, thought she was all that. He teased Faramir about his infatuation quite a bit, which Faramir was a good sport about, and when Imrahil fell head-over-heels for Faramir’s cousin [um, did he have cousins? I don’t have the books with me] Faramir didn’t even say anything, just smirked at him.

I don’t think Faramir had cousins. That would imply Denethor had siblings, which I don’t think is the case. Hm. Maybe he had some on his dead mother’s side. :stuck_out_tongue: I’m too lazy to find a copy of RotK in the carnage of my house to try to check the genealogy though.

Imrahil was very much a sort of true-blooded Numenorean lord. Wisdom comes naturally. He’s certainly not jealous of Aragorn. It’s just not appropriate, and he has tons to do anyway. :stuck_out_tongue:

I can’t say I ever gave the Prince of Dol Amroth much thought, although he seemed like he had a good head on his shoulders and he certainly played a constructive role in helping Aragorn take the throne. I wonder if, deep down, he just didn’t like Denethor, perhaps irrationally blaming the Steward for the death of Finduilas, Denethor’s wife and Imrahil’s sister. He also seemed wise enough to have noted Denethor’s ill-treatment of Faramir, and that would’ve bothered him, I imagine. Far from resenting Aragorn, he was probably relieved that the chieftain of the Dunedain came along to arrest Gondor’s long, slow slide into misery, as the line of Ruling Stewards had proven it wasn’t up to the job. Imrahil was also, it seems, enough of a traditionalist to respect Aragorn’s lineage as Elendil’s Heir, the rightful king.

Given Imrahil’s slight Elven heritage (which Legolas, at a glance, picked up on), I wouldn’t be too surprised if he’d had some dealings with Elves during his life.

Imrahil’s daughter Lothiriel later married Eomer, king of Rohan, and I’ll bet there was a good story there, too.

No need to dig out the books any more for stuff like this. His mother [COLOR=#800080]Finduilas [/COLOR]was the sister of [COLOR=#800080]Imrahil and also a Ivriniel. Thus we know that the Prince was Uncle to Faramir and Boromir. [/COLOR]

(off to conjecture/backstory)
More over, I believe that Prince [COLOR=#800080]Imrahil probably did interact with Faramir often who favored his late sister over the older son Boromir. We know Faramir sought knowledge and surely visited [/COLOR]Dol Amroth the land of his mother frequently. Prince Imrahil probably helped him in his studies. The Prince himself was a great sailor, often braving the seas in his proud swift ships against the Corsairs. He was ever vigilant in protecting the rest of Gondor from an attack up the Anduin. He rules his mostly independent Princedom fair and well. He was saddened by the way his brother-in-law fell into depression but did not realize he had descended to madness.

His visits to minas Tirith were not common and he greatly preferred is airy city and its sea breezes to the slowly dying heavily fortified city of Minas Tirith. To him it was a giant morgue, living in the past and reflecting the dark mood of its lord. He was sure that [COLOR=#800080]Finduilas withered and died there. [/COLOR]

He had some few dealings with the occasional Elf. Still some came down to the ancient site of the Elf-haven of Edhellond. It was mere courtesy though and not friendship. In later days when Prince Legolasmoved south to the Woods of Ithilien, the Prince struck up a closer friendship with the Elves that often came down to his city or lands.

His youth was spent learning every job on the ships of his people. From a sailor in the spars to boatswain fixing the hull. Later he learned the craft of a statesman, warrior and knight from his father and his best. He took to all well and was beloved by his people.

He was an excellent Father, having married a distant cousin from Dol Amroth itself. His Children were Elphir, Erchirion and Amrothos and his lone daughter, Lothiriel who married King Éomer. It is worth noting that Éomer’s grandfather, King Thengel was married to Morwen of Lossarnach. She was of High Númenórean descent and directly from the Princes of Dol Amroth so King Éomer wedding Lothiriel meant the ruling house of Rohan became more Dunedain than Rohirric.

I have arrived, a little late but here.