You feel dread anytime you're around Frodo in Rivendell since he has the One Ring.
Trolls are found out in the open only at night (they hide in groves/shaded areas during daytime).
You can see flocks of crows/ravens(?) scouting through the skies in the distance at times (High Graphics I think).
The ruins south of Breeland actually does run from the Old Forest to Midgewater Marshes. It was mentioned in passing in one of the books and I happened to be playing around there that day and decided to trace how far the Ruins ran.