Folca became the thirteenth King of Rohan after the early demise of Walda. "He was a great hunter, but he vowed to chase no wild beast while there was an Orc left in Rohan. When the last orc-hold was found and destroyed, he went to hunt the great boar of Everholt in the Firien Wood. He slew the boar but died of the tusk-wounds that it gave him" (p. 350, The Return of the King). What?!?! Died of tusk-wounds? The men of Rohan even die in masculine ways; these are some hard-core people. I love it!
Middle-earth timeline: Third Age, 2804-2864
Today's reading comes from: The Return of the King, page 350
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