The Nine Walkers

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by radagastly

Yet the very next paragraph reveals that there was a great deal of lore that Denethor had never read, including the document about the Ring.

Very true. Due to his lack of research, Denethor never truly grasped the grave implications of having the Ring. He coveted it greatly (and his covetousness, nutured by the dissembling visions of Sauron in the Palantir, drew him to the straits of desperation and madness), but he did not understand its all-consuming nature, something that Faramir comprehended quite readily, and Boromir only understood as he lay dying.