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FingolfintheBold · 11-28-2003, 10:33 AM

I was wondering if anyone had any theories about what was behind the door in the paths of the Dead; the one that Baldor's skeleton was clawing at. I've heard it could have been a Numenorian treasure trove or something like that, but I've never seen any of Tolkien's writings that talk about it. Is the Door just meant to be a mystery in Tolkien's world?

11-28-2003, 10:33 AM	#1
FingolfintheBold Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Somewhere between knowing my path and walking it Posts: 69	paths of the dead... I was wondering if anyone had any theories about what was behind the door in the paths of the Dead; the one that Baldor's skeleton was clawing at. I've heard it could have been a Numenorian treasure trove or something like that, but I've never seen any of Tolkien's writings that talk about it. Is the Door just meant to be a mystery in Tolkien's world? __________________ There long the golden leaves have grown, upon the branching years, while here beyond the sundering seas, now fall the Elven-tears... but if of ships I now would sing, what ship would come to me, what ship would bear me ever back, across so wide a sea?