Wizards' Pupils

[Elianna]

Originally Posted by Hot, crispy nice hobbit

Gandalf seems to imply something else...

Indeed, Gandalf does say Gríma is bold, but that boldness is only in his skill with words, and only where he knows he'll most likely win. Faramir is bold in battle, something that not even I will pretend to say for Gríma, with his sword rusting away in his room.

When it comes to physical prowess, Gríma is definately a coward. He even lets an old man beat him up. (Saruman was only an old man, sharku, by the time of the Shire.)

In pairing this with Faramir and Gríma's respective wizards: Saruman's main power was in his voice, the only place where Gríma was bold. Saruman makes minions to go and do his dirty work, his physical work; from this Gríma learned to only rely on his words and found (perhaps) others to fight for him.

Gandalf is not allowed to match Sauron force for force, but counsils others to act against Sauron, from this Faramir learned to rather use words than his sword. Also, Gandalf is capable of fighting, if he must, just as Faramir fights valiantly when he must.