Quote:
Anyway, if Boromir is a soldier, then the Chain of Command should be taken into account. If Aragorn were to determine that following the Hobbits was the best course of honour, then if Boromir had accepted him as rightful king, then that's the way to go…
As of Parth Galen, though, Boromir is shown to have accepted, as of then, Aragorn's claim,
|
But had he 'accepted him as rightful king?' I don't see that from his words. Of course, he did obey Aragorn's orders to find & protect the Hobbits, but was he obeying his king, or merely the leader of the Company?
Quote:
|
After all, is one deserting one's post if one is following one's commander?
|
Technically yes- if that 'commander' has not established his legal right to command or been accepted by the Government, Army & People.