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| [[Image:Ted Nasmith - The King of the Oathbreakers.jpg|thumb|left|The Dead by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]The '''Dead Man''' were the shades of [[Men]] of the [[White Mountains]]. The Men of the Mountains, whose King swore allegiance to [[Isildur]] and the [[Dúnedain]] in the last years of the [[Second Age]]. They had worshipped [[Sauron]] in the [[Dark Years]] before the foundation of [[Gondor]], and when the time came for them to fulfil their oath, and fight beside Isildur against their ancient master, they broke their word, and hid in the mountains. Isildur cursed them to survive without rest until their oath was fulfilled. Waiting for Isildur's heir to appear and grant them the chance to fulfil their word at last they haunted the caverns beneath the [[Dwimorberg]], and the valley of [[Harrowdale]], also known as the [[Paths of the Dead]], that lay in its shadow, though they were said to appear in the valley only in times of trouble or death. | | #REDIRECT [[Oathbreakers]] |
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| 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 [[Gondorians|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 granted them their freedom, and they vanished at last from the world.
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