: The Dead Marshes are a vast, treacherous wetland filled with "miserable" pools and "soft mires."
: The haunting imagery has inspired numerous artists, including oil paintings and sketches by Tolkien-inspired artists . the_passage_of_the_marshes
: The Hobbits see "dead faces" under the water—soldiers from the Battle of Dagorlad (the Last Alliance) who fell thousands of years prior. : The Dead Marshes are a vast, treacherous
: Peter Jackson’s film adaptation famously depicts the "corpse-lights" (candles of the dead) flickering in the water. the_passage_of_the_marshes
: The marshes grew over the graves of the Men, Elves, and Orcs who died in the Great Battle at the end of the Second Age.