![]() If there is ever a chumping faction, it is Gondor. That's why he could heal Théoden and not Denethor - because Théoden had not given up hope, while Denethor had given into despair. This leads us nicely to the human resource synergy of the Gondor trait. 'It was commanded yesterday.' - Denethor, The Return of the King. Denethor became a madman without reason, and Gandalf knew that there was no healing his mind. Action: Exhaust Steward of Gondor to add 2 resources to attached hero's resource pool. Then, when he lost Boromir, all hope was gone. ![]() He was a proud old man who loved Gondor very much, and I don't see how dying would have helped the kingdom he loved. Watching the part in the movie again, and I'm still a teeny bit unclear why he kills himself just like that. His pride had failed, and despair had overtaken him. In LOTR Return of the King, Denethor Steward of Gondor decides to burn himself, and his son Faramir to death. The steward of Gondor had looked into the coming night and given up hope. Boromir, son of Denethor II, Steward of Gondor, was a member of the Fellowship of the Ring. Denethor wasn't possessed by anything, nor was he being fed lies that Gandalf could rectify. The Kingdom of Gondor and its people play a crucial role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Thus, in Denethor's situation, Gandalf really couldn't do anything. The knowledge which he obtained was, doubtless, often of service to him yet the vision of the great might of Mordor that was shown to him fed the despair of his heart until it overthrew his mind." His curiosity led to him making a bunch of noise and waking up the Balrog in Moria, whose presence surprised everyone. Pippin was easily the biggest troublemaker in The Lord of the Rings. Here's how the kingdom lost its ruler in the first place. He was too great to be subdued to the will of the Dark Power, he saw nonetheless only those things which that Power permitted him to see. In The Lord of the Rings, Gondor had been ruled by Stewards for nearly 1,000 years. But his wisdom failed and I fear that as the peril of his realm grew he looked in the Stone and was deceived: far too often, I guess, since Boromir departed. "In the days of his wisdom Denethor would not presume to use to challenge Sauron, knowing the limits of his own strength. On 13 March, as Southrons harrassed Faramir, Imrahil and his knights, with Gandalf, formed a sortie, and Imrahil himself saved his sister-son from his pursuers. Denethor I was the second Steward of Gondor, while the Elf Denethor lived in the First Age. Elendil, the son of Amandil, was the first King of Arnor and was succeeded by Isildur. The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: The Numenorean Kings The. Through Amandil, the kings claimed descent from the Lords of Andúnië, and from there to the Princess Silmariën and the Kings of Númenor. The Return of the King novelization explained Denethor's plight using Gandalf. King of Gondor was the hereditary title of a ruler of Gondor, the southern kingdom of the Dúnedain in Middle-earth. He was not fed lies by Wormtongue but shown truths and half-truths by Sauron himself. Denethor, however, was in a much different situation. Of all the Stewards, Boromir had the shortest lifespan, dying at the relatively young age of seventy-nine.After Théoden was shown the fault in his ways, he turned back to the light. Two years later Boromir succeeded his father as the Ruling Steward of Gondor in the year TA 2477.īoromir died in TA 2489 after a rule of twelve years. Last, the poisoned wounds received by Boromir shortened his lifespan, leaving him shrunken and in constant pain. Second, the invasion left the ancient capital of Gondor, Osgiliath, in ruins. Boromir successfully recaptured Ithilien from elements of Sauron's army headquartered at Minas Morgul after their invasion of Gondor in TA 2475. He was considered such a mighty captain and warrior that even the Witch-king feared him, but the retaking of Ithilien by the Men of Gondor under Boromir's command ultimately proved to be a pyrrhic victory for three reasons:įirst, the land of Ithilien remained largely depopulated due to its close proximity to Minas Morgul and the threat it posed. Boromir was the eleventh Ruling Steward of Gondor.īoromir was born in TA 2410, the third child of Denethor I.
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