When Ofelia is first led to the labyrinth by the fairy and meets the faun, he presents her with three tasks. Not only does he present her with these tasks, he claims that he knows her to be Princess Moanna, a princess from another place, whose father (the king) had been searching for, and that it was his duty to make sure her heart was pure So that she can return to her kingdom. In essence, the faun, or the goat-man as I like to call him, was Ofelia's strongest liaison between the real world, and her "kingdom".
At first glance, the faun appears shady, I felt the impulse to yell out to Ofelia that he should not be trusted. Here we have this girl, who is obviously affected by the death of her father, despises her 'stepfather', and is in dire need of an important/positive male figure in her life. This is where I believe her trusting the faun came into play, he was male, appeared strong, and was finally answering her "call to adventure". A girl who was an avid reader of fairy tales, magical lands and creatures, finally presented with her own adventure, by this magical faun. The faun represents somewhat of a gatekeeper to the fantasy world, who needs Ofelia to perform these tasks with only his guidance, he cannot do them for her. Careful and specific instructions were given to Ofelia by the Faun, and he yelled at her when he disobeyed his instructions on one of the tasks. The faun himself is not only a guide, but in the final moments we realize that he was also testing Ofelia, to verify she is the immortal princess by spilling the blood of her brother (the innocent) to allow her return to the kingdom. Which in turn she does not do, passing the "test", as her blood is the blood spilled into the "portal". Her blood was also the blood of an innocent.
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