| Denethor - Steward of Gondor |
 Steward of Gondor and father of both Boromir and Faramir, Denethor is a dark character.
Having seen both his wife and eldest son die, Denethor falls into a pit of
despair, nothing his youngest son Faramir could do would stop be\ring him out of
his madness. He spurns Gandalf telling him he is not welcome and declines to
allow the beacons to be lit to call for aid. He sends out Faramir to his certain
death telling him, “It depends on how you return,” to Faramir remark
to think better of him. Even when Faramir asks if he wishes that he had died
instead of Boromir, his father replies yes giving him the title of one of the
most hated characters for this remark. When Faramir returns Denethor goes quite
mad, “No tomb for us, we shall burn like the heathen Kings of old.”
When Pippin tries to stop him Denethor throws him out, “I release you from
my service.” And even Gandalf has to take control of the defence of the
city because Denethor has retreated into the halls. It takes Shadowfax to stop
him and he falls onto the fire and burst s into flames before running off the
top of the city, falling and burning to his death, “There passes Denethor,
son of Ecthelion, Steward of Gondor.”
Denethor
is played by Aussie actor John Nobel [insert Aussie pride here] perfectly, and
all agree that Denethor is one despicable character. He even remarks that
Denethor’s dislike for Faramir probably stems from the fact that Faramir looks
so much like the wife that he had lost and nothing that his youngest son could
do would be about to wipe that impression out of his mind.
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