Faramir hears the news with solemn gravity, and in the council that follows he hears what his captains have to say and agrees to the drafted plans to ride out in force and seek to find the source of the increased numbers and eradicate it, if they can.

It is only later, in their private rooms, that he holds his son and his wife in his arms and trembles.

"I have to go."

They both know it, but saying the words...