1,250
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 1:
Line 1: − + − +
no edit summary
'''Denethor II''' is a character in [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s [[Middle-earth]] world, appearing in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. He is the son of Ecthelion II, and the last Ruling Steward of [[Gondor]].
'''Denethor II''' is a character in [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s [[Middle-earth]] world, appearing in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. He is the last Ruling Steward of [[Gondor]].
Denethor was the 26th Ruling Steward of Gondor. He married Finduilas of [[Dol Amroth]], with whom he had two sons: [[Boromir]] and [[Faramir]].
Denethor, son of Ecthelion II, was the 26th Ruling Steward of Gondor. He married Finduilas of [[Dol Amroth]], with whom he had two sons: [[Boromir]] and [[Faramir]].
Denethor like others before him haboured resentment against the fact that they were in name only a Steward ruling "until the King returns", even as his family had been ruling Gondor for a thousand years.<ref>'"And this I remember of Boromir as a boy, when we together learned the tale of our sires and the history of our city, that always it displeased him that his father was not king. "How many hundreds of years needs it to make a steward a king, if the king returns not?" he asked. "Few years, maybe, in other places of less royalty," my father answered. "In Gondor ten thousand years would not suffice."' - J. R. R. Tolkien, ''The Lord of the Rings'', Book 4, Chapter 5 "The Window on the West".</ref>
Denethor like others before him haboured resentment against the fact that they were in name only a Steward ruling "until the King returns", even as his family had been ruling Gondor for a thousand years.<ref>'"And this I remember of Boromir as a boy, when we together learned the tale of our sires and the history of our city, that always it displeased him that his father was not king. "How many hundreds of years needs it to make a steward a king, if the king returns not?" he asked. "Few years, maybe, in other places of less royalty," my father answered. "In Gondor ten thousand years would not suffice."' - J. R. R. Tolkien, ''The Lord of the Rings'', Book 4, Chapter 5 "The Window on the West".</ref>