Steward Ecthelion II removed?

[Pokeriser]

I have only been playing Third Age for a while, but I noticed in my campaign as Gondor that Steward Denethor was 70 years old. Now, the events in the books happen around 3010 TA, and the campaign starts in 2980. So Denethor would die before the siege of Minas Tirith if events advanced as they did in the book.

On top of this, Denethor's biography trait specifically says that he came to the Stewardship after Ecthelion's death in 2984, four years after the beginning of the campaign. Denethor himself was only about 30 or 40 at the time, and he appears so old in the movies and books because of the degenerative effects of the Palantir and the (understandable) stress of ruling Gondor and seeing it crumble before his eyes.
Im thinking this must have been a mistake of some kind....

[Heart of Madness]

Denethor actually looks pretty young in the movies for a start. Just considering he's 80 something years old.

I'm sure the devs have a reason. Likely it's just so they could fit Boromir and Faramir in.

[Pokeriser]

Hm, I did read somewhere in some patch notes that they changed "the age of Denethor as Boromir and Faramir were too old to be his sons" or something, but SEVENTY? =( Still, I guess they must have. Its not that big of a deal, but I would have liked it if they made it more accurate. It feels wrong having Denethor die so soon...

[Dodanodo]

remember that Denethor is part numenorien. he grows older than normal men and looks slightly younger then he is.

[Hero of the West]

the rr/rc submod fixes all this as far as i know, its currently being updated to 2.1.. i believe ecthelion 2 is in and boromir and faramir still have to come off age