richsabre said:

It did seem to me also the other must be Leadership Faramir. However, with 8 heroes available in the deluxe plus the aps, we are bound to get second copies of Boromir and Denethor, no? Even though Boromir's Tactics version is indeed superb from all points of view, except there are almost no synergies as of yet - but they are surely coming in HoN and AtS.

crap, i forgot about the APs for a moment, good call. so yes, plenty of room i guess. denethor must come (just for a non-creepy version of the art) and id also like to see the palantir as an attatchment and lots of nice weapons from the gondor armouries.

rich

Interesting will be the sphere alignment. Because the whole family fits Leadership, Faramir is already and might be again in the hero version and both Denethor and Boromir were great leaders. Denethor fits Lore perfectly also, so if he's to be an ally this time round, he can remain lore, though the last ruling steward of Gondor would call for being Leadership. And Boromir, could be something wicked like Spirit… surely not Lore.

richsabre said:

I don't know why everyone is assuming Boromir, as he hasn't been spoiled and all that anyone on the French board (thanks for pointing this out btw.) is saying is supposition/hypothesizing. Also as to heroes in the Numenor cycle, I wouldn't bet on all Gondor folks (remember what happened in DD that wasn't anything close to all dwarves. In any case, I'm sure we'll see new versions of all of the "Steward" family, either in Ally or Hero form, and then maybe some hobbiti for rich (the Latin pl. of hobbitus is there in case anyone didn't know that an official Latin translation of The Hobbit has finally been published).

My French is rusty but I think the guy was referring to "that new version of Boromir" as if he knew it was there. What has others deciphered?

I can confirm that the second hero from this expansion will be Boromir. It was told in the french editor magazine. But no intel on its effect, only the name was revealed.

Shiv@n said:

Well I guess that it makes sense he would (and not Faramir) since he is the heir to the stewardship (and not Faramir), but if we don't get a Faramir hero I'll be very upset (and probably not just me, but others too). Also it would be nice if the designers would release the info in English/American sources before third party/language adaptations did, since it's designed by an American company, but I digress.

The designer had confirmed we were getting Faramir hero a long ago, no worries. At the same interview Spirit (or Tactics) Glorfindel was mentioned.

But for now, the let the wild speculations of Boromir begin? Leadership? Same stats? Would be cool if he quested a bit more, we don't really need another killer. But if Leadership, he might rather get resources or stuff. Perhaps get as strong as the resources in his pool? The guy on the French forum said the Pelargir girl combos well with him, so?

im not sure, but it should be something that shows his proud belief in gondor, perhaps have a very powerful effect with a risk of a downside