This weekend, Hall of Fire will take a look at Denethor II, son of Echtelion II, last ruling steward of Gondor. One of Tolkiens most interesting and enigmatic characters. His rivalry with Thorongil and the premature death of his wife shaped him for his stewardship which saw Gondor facing it’s most desperate moments.[More]
Day: May 9, 2003
This weekend, Hall of Fire will take a look at Denethor II, son of Echtelion II, last ruling steward of Gondor. One of Tolkiens most interesting and enigmatic characters. His rivalry with Thorongil and the premature death of his wife shaped him for his stewardship which saw Gondor facing it’s most desperate moments.
In Denethor the blood of Numenor ran almost true and in his great pride he used the palantir of Minas Tirith. No doubt this aided him in preparing Gondor for war, but the struggle with Sauron caused him to age before his time and sink deeper and deeper into despair and finally madness.
How was his relations to his sons? Did he have the right and the strength to use the palantir? Did he fall into evil? Furthermore, did he have contact with Saruman? Why was he so set against recognising Aragorn as king of Gondor? We will discuss all this and more about his character who inspires such a wide specter of emotions among readers with his pride, his nobility and his tragedy.
Suggested reading:
RotK – Minas Tirith
RotK – The Siege of Gondor
RotK – The Pyre of Denethor
Upcoming chats:
May 17-18
RoTK Book V, Chapter 7
Pyre of Denethor
Times:
Saturday Chat:
5:30pm ET (17:30)
[also 11:30pm (23:30) CET and 7:30am Sunday (07:30) AET]
Sunday Chat:
7:00 pm (19:00) CET
[also 1:00pm (13:00) ET and 3:00am (03:00) Monday morning AET]
ET = Eastern Time, USA’s East Coast
CET = Central European Time, Central Europe
AET = Australian East Coast
Do you have a possible topic for Hall of Fire? Drop us a line at halloffire@theonering.net.
Sideshow/Weta Collectibles released yet another great Lord of the Rings exclusive statue today: The Witch-King of Angmar Statue! This statue stands an impressive 16 inches high and is limited to 1000 pieces worldwide. We’ve managed to get our hands on a great image here. Jump on over to Sideshow/Weta to pre-order today. [Pre-Order]
Ringer Spy SamWyse sends along this NEW image of Frodo in Shelob’s lair from ‘Return of the King’! It is a scan from the latest MAXIM magazine available on newstands now. !!!Spoilers!!! [More]
Here is a report that comes from VERY reliable sources within the LOTR camp. In regards to this story we posted yesterday (which wasn’t even our story, it came from another site). Take a look at what our insider has to say:
This is nonsense. They are still cutting the movie and do not know how long it will be, but it definitely won’t be 4hrs & 20 minutes, nor should it be.
That knocks that rumor out the window, down the street and into someone’s pot of flowers!
Angelus is not a new spy to us, he/she has sent along information and we KNOW she/he has insider contacts from all over the biz. Take a look at what he/she has to say, some interesting bits of info that I know some of you will hate to hear. Plus that spikey wheel returns (I cannot WAIT until I prove all you non-spikey wheel people wrong…we posted that story YEARS ago!). Anyways, as always take all this with a grain of salt, but know that this didn’t come from a random fanboy….it has cred. !!!BIG SPOILERS!!! [More]