The Dark Door as depicted in Peter Jackson's The Return of the King
The Dark Door, also known as the Gate of the Dead Men,[1] was the northern entrance to the Paths of the Dead. It was located at the end of the Dimholt, a dark forest near Dunharrow, on one side of the mountain Dwimorberg.
History[]
Baldor and his father Brego, King of Rohan, once discovered this door when scouting the dales of the White Mountains in the early years of Rohan. They were denied passage by a mysterious man who sat outside and died at that very hour. Driven by curiosity, Baldor rashly vowed to pass the door at the completion feast of Meduseld and did so a year later in TA 2570. He met his demise within.[2]
The remains of Baldor were found in the year TA 3019, when Aragorn and the Grey Company entered the door in order to rouse the Dead Men of Dunharrow.[3]
Gallery[]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Donker Deur |
| Albanian | Dera e Erret |
| Amharic | ጨለማ በር |
| Arabic | باب مظلم |
| Armenian | Մութ դուռ |
| Azerbaijani | Qaranlıq qapı |
| Basque | Ate iluna |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Цёмныя дзверы |
| Bengali | অন্ধকার দরজা |
| Bosnian | Mračna vrata |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Тъмната врата |
| Catalan | Porta Fosca |
| Chinese | 暗门 |
| Croatian | Mračna vrata |
| Czech | Tmavé dveře |
| Danish | De Dødes Port |
| Dutch | Donkere Deur |
| Esperanto | Malluma Pordo |
| Estonian | Tume uks |
| Finnish | Pimeä ovi |
| French | Porte Sombre |
| Galician | Porta Escura |
| Georgian | ბნელი კარი |
| German | Dunkles Tür |
| Greek | Σκοτεινή Πόρτα |
| Gujarati | ઘાટો દરવાજો |
| Hebrew | דלת חשוכה |
| Hindi | अंधेरा द्वार |
| Hungarian | Sötét ajtó |
| Icelandic | Dökkar Hurð |
| Indonesian | Pintu gelap |
| Irish Gaelic | Doras Dorcha |
| Italian | Porta Nera |
| Japanese | 暗扉 |
| Kannada | ಡಾರ್ಕ್ ಬಾಗಿಲು |
| Kazakh | Қараңғы есік (Cyrillic) Qarañğı esik (Latin) |
| Korean | 어두운 문 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Караңгы эшик |
| Laotian | ປະຕູມືດ |
| Latin | Obscura porta |
| Latvian | Tumšas durvis |
| Lithuanian | Tamsios durys |
| Luxembourgish | Däischter Dier |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Темна врата |
| Malaysian | Pintu gelap |
| Maltese | Bieb skur |
| Marathi | गडद दार |
| Nepalese | गाढा ढोका |
| Norwegian | Mørkdør |
| Odia | ଅନ୍ଧାର କବାଟ |
| Persian | در تاریکی |
| Polish | Ciemne drzwi |
| Portuguese | Porta Escura |
| Punjabi | ਹਨੇਰਾ ਬੂਹਾ |
| Romanian | Ușă întunecată |
| Russian | Темная дверь |
| Sardinian | Porta Oscuridade |
| Shona | Kusviba gonhi |
| Sicilian | Porta Scura |
| Sindhi | ڪارو دروازو |
| Sinhalese | අඳුරු දොර |
| Slovak | Tmavé dvere |
| Slovenian | Temna vrata |
| Spanish | Puerta Oscura |
| Swahili | Mlango mweusi |
| Swedish | Mörkdörr |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Дари торик |
| Tamil | இருண்ட கதவு |
| Telugu | చీకటి తలుపు |
| Thai | ประตูมืด |
| Turkish | Karanlık kapı |
| Turkmen | Garaňky gapy |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Темні двері |
| Urdu | سیاہ دروازہ |
| Venetian | Porta Scuro |
| Vietnamese | Cửa Tối |
| Welsh | Drws Tywyll |
| Yiddish | טונקל טיר |
| Yoruba | Ilekun Okunkun |
References[]
- ↑ The Nature of Middle-earth, "Part Three. The World, its Lands, and its Inhabitants: XXII. The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers, II. "The House of Eorl"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch. II: "The Passing of the Grey Company"