

In Peter Jackson's film The Return of the King, Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas travel the Paths of the Dead and are able to conjure the undead. In the next level, the "King of the Dead", Aragorn must defeat the King so that he will fight for Minas Tirith. It differs from the story in that Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli must fight skeletons which have been brought to life by the spirits of the Oathbreakers.


The Paths of the Dead is a playable level in EA Games' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The Paths had been constructed by the Dead Men of Dunharrow in the Second Age. The Paths then continued past forgotten cities, emerging at the southern end of the White Mountains in Morthond vale, near the Stone of Erech. The Paths of the Dead started at the Dark Door at the end of the long valley of Harrowdale, beyond the Firienfeld and the forest of Dimholt, wedged in between the mountains Irensaga, Starkhorn, and the Dwimorberg.Īfter the Dark Door, the Paths went under the Dwimorberg, past another door where Aragorn and company found the remains of Baldor, son of the second King of Rohan, Brego. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth, the Paths of the Dead were a haunted passage under the White Mountains. Paths of the Deadįrom Dunharrow in Rohan to the Morthond Vale in Gondor For the fantasy novel by Steven Brust, see The Paths of the Dead.
