Denethor vs. Aragorn - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Belegorn · 03-16-2014, 11:44 AM

I get the feeling Denethor would not have surrendered it. He felt only someone of the Line of Anarion should hold the scepter, not Isildur.

"I am a Steward of the House of Anárion. I will not step down to be the dotard chamberlain of an upstart. Even were his claim proved to me, still he comes but of the line of Isildur. I will not bow to such a one, last of a ragged house long bereft of lordship and dignity." [RotK, ch. 7, p. 142]

He really echoed a view that seems to have withered among other nobles of his time as his son and kinsmen of Dol Amroth were for Aragorn.

03-16-2014, 11:44 AM	#28
Belegorn Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Henneth Annûn, Ithilien Posts: 462	I get the feeling Denethor would not have surrendered it. He felt only someone of the Line of Anarion should hold the scepter, not Isildur. "I am a Steward of the House of Anárion. I will not step down to be the dotard chamberlain of an upstart. Even were his claim proved to me, still he comes but of the line of Isildur. I will not bow to such a one, last of a ragged house long bereft of lordship and dignity." [RotK, ch. 7, p. 142] He really echoed a view that seems to have withered among other nobles of his time as his son and kinsmen of Dol Amroth were for Aragorn. __________________ "For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously!" - G.S.; F. Nietzsche

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