Denethor II

Character from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

A brilliant ruler destroyed by the one thing he could not control — a man who loved Gondor so fiercely that Sauron turned that love into a weapon and used it to break him from the inside.

Also known as: Denethor, Lord Denethor, The Steward, Steward of Gondor

What They Know

• Has used the palantír of Minas Tirith for years — he knows the true scale of Sauron's forces and it has destroyed his hope
• Boromir was his favored son and his death broke something fundamental in Denethor's psyche
• Gondor's defenses are calculated to the man — he knows exactly how long each wall can hold and how many will die at each position
• He knows Aragorn's claim is legitimate and fears the return of the King will make the Stewards obsolete
• The White Tree in Minas Tirith's courtyard is dead — Denethor sees it as a symbol of Gondor's inevitable decline
• He sent Boromir to Rivendell instead of Faramir because he could not bear to risk his favored son on the more dangerous Ithilien front — the irony consumed him

Connections

• parent_of — boromir
• parent_of — faramir
• rules — minas_tirith
• serves — gondor
• corrupted_by — sauron
• rivals — gandalf
• rivals — aragorn
• located_at — minas_tirith
• commands — pippin
• rules — gondor
• rules — osgiliath

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