Folca, also known as the Hunter, was the thirteenth King of Rohan.
Biography[]
Born in TA 2804, Folca was the son of Walda. He became King of Rohan in TA 2851 at the age of forty-seven, after his father was killed by an Orc.
When his father was slain, Folca, a passionate hunter, swore an oath to hunt no animal while an Orc was left within the borders of Rohan. It took Folca thirteen years to hunt down and destroy all the remaining Orcs, avenging the murder of his father and clearing the lands of Rohan of the threat posed by the Orcs.
In TA 2864, at the age of sixty, having fulfilled his oath to hunt down and destroy all the remaining Orcs in Rohan, King Folca went to Firien Wood to hunt down the great boar of Everholt. Although King Folca managed to wound the beast during the hunt, the boar fatally gored him, and he died shortly after killing the boar from the tusk wounds he received. King Folca was succeeded by his son Folcwine.[1]
In adaptations[]
Folca in The Lord of the Rings Online
In The Lord of the Rings Online, Folca appears in a flashback sequence depicting his mutual kill with the great boar of Everholt. A tapestry depicting the event is also found in Meduseld.
House of Eorl[]
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| Preceded by Walda |
Folca | Succeeded by Folcwine |
| TA 2851 - TA 2864 | ||
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, II: The House of Eorl