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Denethor
Denethor II, son of Ecthelion II, is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Return of the King", which is the third and final part of his novel "The Lord of the Rings". He is the 26th Ruling Steward of Gondor.
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Denethor was born in , the first son and third child of Ecthelion II. Ecthelion became the 25th Ruling Steward of Gondor in T.A. 2953, and at the same time Denethor became the heir apparent, inheriting the Horn
of Gondor. He succeeded his father as Denethor II in T.A. 2984.
As stated in the early chapters and the Appendices of "The Return of the King", Denethor was widely considered a man of great will, foresight, and strength. However, he failed to reach out to his people, who flocked instead to Thorongil, an outsider who served Denethor's father with great renown. Thorongil vanished from Gondor four years before Denethor would succeed his father as Ruling Steward. Thorongil (who was secretly Aragorn, Chieftain