[Tar-Palantir]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Surley he did not know of the palantir in Minas Tirith? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>He wouldn't learn from Theoden. There was a Palantir in Orthanc, with Saruman. So that is how Denethor would see it.<P>And though it cannot be proven filmwise, I think Gandalf was smart enough to send word to Gondor. Remember when Eomer brought the Uruk helm with the mark of the White Hand to Theoden? At this point Saruman's treachery is common knowledge to the people of Rohan (who's villages were being sacked), Eomer and the Riders of the Mark, Theoden, Gandalf, Aragorn, etc.... Plenty of candidates to somehow get the word to Gondor. Faramir did not know Saruman was attacking Helm's Deep, just that he was attacking Rohan, which began much earlier than the battle of the Hornburg.<P>Maybe Arwen appeared in Faramir's dreams and told him!! <p>[ February 11, 2003: Message edited by: Tar-Palantir ]