Freca
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Freca is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien
's fiction
al universe of Middle-earth
. He appears in the Appendices of Return of the King as a Dunlending lord who challenged the King of Rohan
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Freca was a Dunlending noble with Rohirric
blood, who held lands at either side of the river Adorn, the border of Rohan
, and claimed to be a descendant of King Fréawine
of Rohan, despite having very dark hair, the hereditary hair colour of the Dunlendings.
He planned to let his son, Wulf, marry the daughter of the King of Rohan, Helm Hammerhand
. Freca marched to Edoras with a great force of Men, planning to threaten the King to comply with his demands, but Helm Hammerhand smote him with his fist and killed him.
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...
's fiction
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
al universe of Middle-earth
Middle-earth
Middle-earth is the fictional setting of the majority of author J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place entirely in Middle-earth, as does much of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales....
. He appears in the Appendices of Return of the King as a Dunlending lord who challenged the King of Rohan
Rohan
Rohan is a realm in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy era of Middle-earth. It is a grassland which lies north of its ally Gondor and north-west of Mordor, the realm of Sauron, their enemy . It is inhabited by the Rohirrim, a people of herdsmen and farmers who are well-known for their horses and cavalry....
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Freca was a Dunlending noble with Rohirric
Rohirric
In the fictional world of Middle-earth by J. R. R. Tolkien, Rohirric is the language of the Rohirrim of Rohan.-Description:...
blood, who held lands at either side of the river Adorn, the border of Rohan
Rohan
Rohan is a realm in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy era of Middle-earth. It is a grassland which lies north of its ally Gondor and north-west of Mordor, the realm of Sauron, their enemy . It is inhabited by the Rohirrim, a people of herdsmen and farmers who are well-known for their horses and cavalry....
, and claimed to be a descendant of King Fréawine
Freawine
Freawine, Frowin or Frowinus figures as a governor of Schleswig in Gesta Danorum and in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as an ancestor of the kings of Wessex, but the latter source only tells that he was the son of Frithugar and the father of Wig....
of Rohan, despite having very dark hair, the hereditary hair colour of the Dunlendings.
He planned to let his son, Wulf, marry the daughter of the King of Rohan, Helm Hammerhand
Helm Hammerhand
Helm Hammerhand is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. His story appears in the appendices of The Return of the King, and he is referred to briefly in the main story of The Lord of the Rings.- Literature :...
. Freca marched to Edoras with a great force of Men, planning to threaten the King to comply with his demands, but Helm Hammerhand smote him with his fist and killed him.