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[LOTR] How good of a Leader was Denethor, before the crazy?
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He is described as thus:

"Denethor II was a proud man, tall, valiant, and more kingly than any man that had appeared in Gondor for man lives of men; and he was wise also, and far-signed, and learned in lore. .. \[H\]e proved a masterful lord, holding the rule of all things in his own hand."