The Vale of Erech
The Stone of Erech
Erech (Dn."Place of Terror") was the Dunael name given to the hill where Isildur Elendilion caused the King of the White Mountains to swear allegiance to him in S.A. 3320. The hill, which lay at the center of the Blackroot vale, acquired its name some years after the Oathbreaking (which took place in S.A. 3434), when the Dead began to haunt the grounds surrounding the Covenant Stone upon which Morthec Gruan's oath had been sworn. Later the hill's name was passed over to the entire surrounding valley, known therafter as the Vale of Erech.
Both the hill and the fields surrounding it were avoided by all, and no animals would approach it willingly. Only the Prince of Morthond, when he bore one of the Gwaedhil, had not to fear the place. In T.A. 3019, Aragorn Elessar summoned the Dead to the Stone of Erech to fulfill their-oath, after which time the hill ceased to be haunted (though the common folk still shunned it).
Places of Note[]
- Banks of Morthond
- Blackroot Graves
- Cabed Anghen
- Gate of the Dead
- Haunted Valley
- Minas Anghen
- Mornen
- Morthondost
- Mountainman Camp
- Nin Firn
- Old Mines
- Paths of the Dead
- Stone of Erech
- Vale of Shadows