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In the city the defenders reinforced after the vanishing of the Nazgûl. But Denethor, the steward of Gondor, had used his Palantír to seek out the plans of the Dark Lord himself and for this, he became insane. So as he saw his last son, Faramir, nearly dead, he saw no way out for Gondor and wanted to kill both him and his son. So he made a pyre in the traditional hall of the dead and wanted to burn his son, though he was alive! The watch prevented him from this (against their orders!) and so only Denethor burned himself but Faramir could be rescued.
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