The Men of the White Mountains at the end of the Second Age who swore an oath of allegiance to Isildur. Breaking it, they were cursed to walk the Paths of the Dead until they could redeem themselves, which they did more than three thousand years later when they followed Isildur's descendant Aragorn in the War of the Ring.
See also...
Accursed Years, Angbor, Aragorn Elessar, Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Calembel, Dimholt, Door of the Dead, Dwimorberg, Forbidden Door, Gate of the Dead, Gate of the Dead Men, Haunted Mountain, Haven of Umbar, Hill of Erech, Hill-men, [See the full list...]Lord of Lamedon, Mornan, Morthond Vale, Paths of the Dead, River Anduin, Sleepless Dead, Tarlang’s Neck, The Dead, The Seer, White Mountains
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