 Denethor ordered his son Faramir to take his men to defend the river crossing at Osgiliath and the great wall of the "Rammas Echor".Faramir was wounded, apparently mortally; his body was carried back to the city.Denethor, grief-struck by the apparent loss of his son, ordered his servants to burn him alive on a funeral pyre prepared for himself and Faramir in Rath Dínen.