Here lay the souls of the dark Under the deadly nightshade Here the fair are sundered apart Doomed are those who tarry
Sleeping under the Sorcery The Necromancer is biding A living desolation The brave and the fair are falling Here lay the foes of life
'Mirkwood' is a forest in the famous Lord of the Rings series by JRR Tolkien. Mirkwood is a synonym for Dark Wood. In the series, it is Mirkwood where Sauron, the dark lord, finally regains his strength to reclaim power and become an evil force again. To be precise, it is situated in Dol Guldur, a tower in Mirkwood.