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Dates
Isildur's curse came into effect in II 3441; the Dead Men were released on 13 March III 3019
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The White Mountains, and especially the Paths of the Dead
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The entrance to the Paths of the Dead lay beneath the Dwimorberg
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Dead Men

The dwellers in the Paths of the Dead

The shades of Men of the White Mountains, who were cursed to remain in Middle-earth by Isildur after they abandoned their oath of aid to him in the War of the Last Alliance. They haunted the caverns beneath the Dwimorberg, and the valley of Harrowdale that lay in its shadow, though they were said to appear in the valley only in times of trouble or death.

In the War of the Ring, Isildur's Heir Aragorn called on the Dead Men to fulfil their oath at last. They followed him through the Gondorian lands south of the Mountains, and at the port of Pelargir they drove away the allies of Sauron in fear. For their aid, Aragorn released them from their oath, and they vanished at last from the world.


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