First created by the powerful King Rómendacil I, Steward was the traditional title of a chief counsellor to the Kings of Gondor. Stewards returned to being the second in command and Gondor was strong again. The Stewards of Gondor were firstly the chief high councilors to the Kings of Gondor and then the rulers of Gondor, until the return of the rightful ruler King Aragorn II Elessar. Denethor died in this battle, and after the War of the Ring, Aragorn was crowned King. Since Sauron believed Denethor had the Ring, he sent 600,000 of his best servants fully armed to attack Minas Tirith. He also had a desire to receive the Ring of Power. He hated Aragorn, who was the heir to the throne. He was very cruel to his second son Faramir and only loved his first son Boromir. In 2984, a truly deranged Steward became ruler: Denethor II. Steward Cirion did one good deed in letting the Eotheod have Rohan. They did not do a good job at defending the country, and many Gondorians died. The Ruling-Stewards were lesser men who had taken the rule of Gondor, and were responsible for its ruin. He had no relatives, and the Steward Mardil Voronwe took hold of the throne. The next significant thing the happened to the Stewards was, in 2053, King Earnur was killed by the Witch-King of Angmar. The steward to King Ondoher, who was killed at war, was Pelendur, who chose a new King and ruled over Gondor for a time. The first named Steward, Hurin of Emyn Arnen, served through Minardil, Telemnar, and Tarandor and the House of the Stewards was named after him. The Stewards continued to be trusted friends of the King. The first Steward was in the time of Romendacil I, who was at war with the Easterlings and needed a trusted friend to guard the King's palace. First introduced in The Return of the King, Denethor is the ruling Steward of Gondor, and while not as far gone as Saruman or the Wormtongue-whispered King of Rohan, Denethor's use of a palantir allows Sauron's dark influence to creep in. He was the King's Chief advisor and the leader of the Council of Gondor, which made suggestions about what to do to the King. Denethor's Lord of the Rings death played out much better in the original books. In times of Ancient Rome, tomatoes were often soaked in water in lead containers, so if this is the case in Minas Tirith, Denethor has been slowly consuming lead for a number of months and years, in the plates, cups, and even food he is being served.Second highest man in Gondor. Pewter has been known to contain lead, as has the goblet that Denethor drinks from, and possibly even the tomatoes that he bursts disgustingly and spills everywhere. In the famous scene in which Pippin sings ‘Edge of Night’, which is beautifully contrasted with Faramir and his men riding into deadly orc enemies to try to reclaim the hopeless stronghold of Osgiliath, Denethor is depicted eating lunch from a pewter plate.Īlthough this is of course simply a sign of his regality and decadence, the chilling and masterfully executed scene has raised more questions than simply why Denethor is sitting in his hall of kings when his people are outside suffering and dying. This theory of Denethor’s lead poisoning came about when certain audience members noticed Denethor’s eating utensils. Denethor arguably demonstrates every single one of these characteristics, from the physical attributes of him seeming aged and thin and sickly before his time, to the paranoia at thinking Theoden has betrayed him and abandoned the kingdom of Gondor to Sauron’s clutches, to the impulse to kill himself and Faramir on the pyre to escape a worse, fate, and finally the aggression he shows towards both Gandalf and Pippin when they try to stop him. It has been associated with extreme anxiety, impulsiveness without sense or reason, aggression, and even psychopathy. Many patients who have been exposed to extreme lead poisoning across several months or years (like the romans were) experience convulsions, comas, and ultimately death.Īside from the physical risks of the toxin, the toll it takes on the mental wellbeing of the individual is arguably even more horrifying. It has been associated with several serious and sometimes even fatal illnesses and conditions, that are degenerative and gradually weaken the body to the point of imminent demise. First of all, lead poisoning causes havoc in the homeostasis systems of the human body.
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