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Paths of the Dead
The haunted caverns beneath Ered Nimrais
A subterranean realm beneath the White Mountains above the valley of the River Morthond. The dwelling place through the Third Age of the Dead, Men cursed by Isildur for breaking their oath of fealty to him, and made to remain in Middle-earth until his rightful heir was to call for their aid.
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The Paths of the Dead did not originate as a dwelling-place for the Dead Men. Rather, they were made by the Men of the Mountains, while they were still alive, as part of an underground temple, at least according to a note to the essay The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor (in The Nature of Middle-earth). The Paths seem to have been made late in the Second Age, because their Dark Door was said to have been 'made by those who are Dead' (The Return of the King V 3, The Muster of Rohan). In combination, these references would seem to imply that the Paths of the Dead must have made by the last living generation of the Men of the Mountains, who were later transformed into the Dead Men through the operation of Isildur's powerful curse.
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8 March III 3019 is the date that Aragorn led the Dead out of their Paths towards the final fulfilment of their oath, after which the Paths of the Dead would be deserted. The Dead themselves continued to exist for several days, until they were released by Aragorn at Pelargir on 13 March. |
See also...
Aldor the Old, Aragorn Elessar, Baldor, Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Black Master, Blackroot Vale, Dark Door, Dimholt, Door of the Dead, Dwimorberg, Elfstone, Elladan, Elrohir, Eofor, Forbidden Door, [See the full list...]Galadriel, Gate of the Dead, Gate of the Dead Men, Ghosts, Grey Company, Hallas, Haunted Mountain, Isildur, King of Rohan, King of the Dead, King of the Mountains, Legolas Greenleaf, Malbeth the Seer, Meduseld, Mornan, Morthond Vale, Oathbreakers, River Blackroot, Shadow Host, Shadow-men, Sleepless Dead, Sons of Elrond, Stair of the Hold, The Dead, The Dead, The Seer, White Mountains
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