Dark Door

The Dark Door, also known as the Gate of the Dead Men,The Nature of Middle-earth, "Part Three. The World, its Lands, and its Inhabitants: XXII. The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" 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.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers, II. "The House of Eorl"
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.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch. II: "The Passing of the Grey Company"
== Gallery ==
The Paths of the Dead by John Howe.jpg|The Dark Door as drawn by John Howe
==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==
it:Porta Nera
Category:Doors
Category:Rohan
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