Boromir is the eldest son of Denethor, the Steward of Gondor, and the most conventionally heroic member of the Fellowship - a great warrior and captain who has spent his life defending his city against Sauron's forces. He joins the Fellowship representing Gondor's interests but is increasingly drawn to the Ring's power, believing it could be used to save his people. His attempt to take the Ring from Frodo at Amon Hen is the act that breaks the Fellowship, but his immediate remorse and his sacrificial last stand defending Merry and Pippin from the Uruk-hai redeem him. Boromir's struggle - the good man who falls to temptation but dies trying to make it right - is one of Tolkien's most human and compassionate portraits.