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[[Image:Jeremy Bennett - Folca hunting the Boar of Everholt.jpg|thumb|300px|Folca hunting the [[Boar of Everholt]] by [[Jeremy Bennett]] for [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]].]] | [[Image:Jeremy Bennett - Folca hunting the Boar of Everholt.jpg|thumb|300px|Folca hunting the [[Boar of Everholt]] by [[Jeremy Bennett]] for [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]].]] | ||
'''Folca''' ([[Third Age]] 2804 – 2864, aged 60 years) was the thirteenth [[King of Rohan]], a great hunter who famously cleared his country of the scourge of the [[Orcs]], in vengeance for the death of his father [[Walda]] at their hands. Having cleared [[Rohan]] of Orcs, he rode to hunt the monstrous [[Boar of Everholt]], but suffered a mortal wound from the beast. He was succeeded by his son [[Folcwine]]. | '''Folca''' ([[Third Age]] 2804 – 2864, aged 60 years) was the thirteenth [[King of Rohan]], a great hunter who famously cleared his country of the scourge of the [[Orcs]], in vengeance for the death of his father [[Walda]] at their hands. Having cleared [[Rohan]] of Orcs, he rode to hunt the monstrous [[Boar of Everholt]], but suffered a mortal wound from the beast. He was succeeded by his son [[Folcwine]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Folca is a name that means "of the folk" in [[Old English]]. | Folca is a name that means "of the folk" in [[Old English]]. | ||
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Revision as of 06:09, 22 February 2010
Folca (Third Age 2804 – 2864, aged 60 years) was the thirteenth King of Rohan, a great hunter who famously cleared his country of the scourge of the Orcs, in vengeance for the death of his father Walda at their hands. Having cleared Rohan of Orcs, he rode to hunt the monstrous Boar of Everholt, but suffered a mortal wound from the beast. He was succeeded by his son Folcwine.
Etymology
Folca is a name that means "of the folk" in Old English.
| Preceded by: Walda |
13th King of RohanIII 2851 – 2864
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Followed by: Folcwine |
