<P> The way is shut . It was made by those who are Dead . And the Dead keep it . The way is shut . </P> <P> In the book these verses were recited many years before by a mysterious old man found by the Rohirrim shortly before he dies, shortly after Meduseld is built . The film omits the second - to - the - last line of the verses: </P> <P> Until the time comes . </P> <P> Rather than terrifying their foes (and mostly everyone else), the Dead appear to suck the life out of them . </P>

Who plays the dead king in return of the king