Paths of the Dead - Middle-earth Glossary | OpenFiction
Paths of the Dead
Place
A haunted passage beneath the White Mountains, home to the spirits of the Dead Men of Dunharrow - oath-breakers who refused to fight for Isildur against Sauron in the Second Age and were cursed to remain in unrest until they fulfilled their oath. Aragorn enters the Paths of the Dead and summons the Dead Men to fight for him, calling upon his authority as Isildur's heir. They sweep through southern Gondor and help defeat the Corsairs of Umbar.