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Re: Denethor, Faramir and Aragorn
In regard to the question of the rasing of the standard, I think Aragorn wanted to keep the element of surprise, fooling Sauron's armies into thinking that the black ships were coming to their aid so they could be trapped.
If Denethor had known who was really in the ships, I doubt it would have brought him out of his despair. Especially since Aragorn was coming to succeed him.
-Voronwë
<font size="2">"For Aldarion had become enamoured of the Great Sea, and of a ship riding there alone without sight of land, borne by the winds with foam at its throat to coasts and havens unguessed; and that love and desire never left him until his life's end."</p>
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