The Dead Men of Dunharrow: The Oath That Cursed Them 3,000 Years
Who were the Dead Men of Dunharrow, and why did their broken oath haunt the White Mountains for three thousand years? In this Tolkien lore deep dive, we trace the Oath of the Stone of Erech, sworn to Isildur at the end of the Second Age by a people who had once worshipped Sauron, then betrayed when the War of the Last Alliance called them to fight. Isildur's curse bound them as restless shades beneath the Dwimorberg, guarding the Paths of the Dead and claiming the rash prince Baldor at a sealed door. Only Isildur's heir, Aragorn, could call in the debt, summoning the Shadow Host, shattering…
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