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Evil spirits of some kind (perverted Maiar or possibly spirits of Orcs, fallen Avari, or evil Men), they were sent to the Barrow-downs by the Witch-king of Angmar in order to prevent a resurrection of the destroyed Dúnedain kingdom of Cardolan.

They animated the dead bones of the Dúnedain buried there, as well as older bones of EdainIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, the Edain were those Men (humans) who made their way into Beleriand in the First Age, and were friendly to the Elves. The Sindarin word Edain singular Adan (Quenya Atani Atan literally meant Second People and originally refer from the First AgeIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, the First Age began with the rise of the Sun and the arrival of the Noldor in the land Beleriand in Middle-earth, and ended with the overthrow of Morgoth. The First Age was also known as the Elder Days . It lasted just over 5 which still were buried there.

During the War of the RingFictional wars In the fiction of J. Tolkien, the War of the Ring ended the Third Age. It was initiated by Sauron, who had gained strength since the end of the Second Age and sought the One Ring. During the War of the Ring, many thousands of Men of Rohan a, Frodo BagginsFrodo Baggins is the main fictional character of J. Tolkien's monumental and mythological novel, The Lord of the Rings''. He is a Hobbit, born on September 22 of the year 2968 of the Third Age (T. to Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck. 2980, Frodo lost and company were trapped in the Barrow-downs, and nearly slain by wights. It has been speculated that Frodo was trapped in the cairn of the last prince of Cardolan.

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During the writing of The Lord of the RingsThe Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit''. For more information on the fictional universe the story takes place in, including lists of characters and locations, see Middle-earth. The story's n (see The History of The Lord of the RingsThe History of The Lord of the Rings is a 4-volume work by Christopher Tolkien that documents the process of J. Tolkien's writing of his masterwork The Lord of the Rings (LotR). The History is also numbered as volumes 6 to 9 of The History of Middle-earth) Tolkien at first foresaw a link between the wights and the RingwraithIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, the Nazgul ( Black Speech: Ringwraiths sometimes written Ring-wraiths , also known as the Nine Riders or Black Riders (or simply the Nine , are evil servants of Sauron in Middle-earth. The nine Nazgul arose as Sauron's most ps, initially describing the Black Riders as horsed Wights, but the suggestion that they were the same kind of creatures was dropped in the published work. In the final work there remained a link between them: the wights were now spirits sent by the Witch-king.