Timeline Event
Folca destroys the last Orc stronghold in Rohan
Event Type: Military/Strategic
Age: 3rd Age - The Stewards
Year: 2864
Description:
This is the final event in the aftermath of the War of the Dwarves and Orcs; see that entry for the overall timeline:
... the War of the Dwarves and Orcs was fought in the Misty Mountains (2793-9), of which only rumour came south, until the Orcs fleeing from [the Battle of Azanulbizar] attempted to cross Rohan and establish themselves in the White Mountains. There was fighting for many years in the dales before that danger was ended.
The Return of the King, LoTR Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion
2804-64
13. Folca. 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.
The Return of the King, LoTR Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: The House of Eorl
Contributors:
Elena Tiriel 30Jul04