The dead faces

[hobbit punk]

The people who lie for eternity in the dead marshes are the men, elves and orcs who fell in some great battle long ago as was previously mentioned. And it has been scientifically proven that certain gases and chemicals found in marshes are excellent mummifiers!
Archeologists have found some bodies that are thousands of years old preserved in marshes which historians believe were people who were sacrificed or murdered for some reason or sometimes just clumsy [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
In LOTR it is used more for effect I think. Just to set the mood and tone of the story. The dead marshes seem to provoke a feeling of desperation but also one of determination for they are a reminder of why it is so very important for the ring to be destroyed.

[ January 27, 2003: Message edited by: hobbit punk ]