Denethor, grief-struck by the apparent loss of his son, orders his servants to burn him alive on a funeral pyre prepared for himself and Faramir in Rath Dínen. He breaks the white rod of his office over his knee, casting the pieces into the flames. He lies down on the pyre and so dies, clasping the palantír in his hands. Faramir is saved from the flames by Gandalf.
Denethor, grief-struck by the apparent loss of his son orders his servants to burn him alive on a funeral pyre prepared for himself and, Faramir in Rath Dínen. He breaks the white rod of his office over his knee, casting the pieces into the flames. He lies down on the pyre and so dies, clasping the palantír in his hands. Faramir is saved from the flames by Gandalf.