Aragorn (Paths of the Dead)
He walks the paths of the dead.
He has felt himself walking these paths even before he arrived here at this lonely mountaintop. Even before he walked into a dark cavern whose paths were kept by the dead.
He knew he walked a narrow, winding path, one that would force him to tumble off at the slightest misstep. He knew that every time he went into battle the odds where horribly against him.
He knew all these things, and yet he still walked these paths. He still went into battle.
And as the gatekeeper of this living burial ground ordered him to stay back, he felt a sense of relief flood through him. Though he was being threatened by a ghost that was not quite a ghost he almost let a sigh of relief escape him.
If he was blocked from the paths of the dead, then he is not dead yet.
He smiles wryly and grits his teeth and forces his way this land of the dead, the place he feared he would find himself soon, and makes this army swear its allegiance.
He walks the paths of the dead.
But he is not dead yet.
