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'''2012: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
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: A tapestry depicting Helm Hammerhand killigng Freca is found in [[Meduseld]].
: A tapestry depicting Helm Hammerhand killing Freca is found in [[Meduseld]].


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Freca
Man
Turner Mohan - Men are freer outside.jpg
"Men are freer outside" by Turner Mohan
Biographical Information
PositionLord of lands about the Adorn
LocationRohan
DeathT.A. 2754
Edoras
Family
HouseDescended from the House of Eorl
ChildrenWulf
Physical Description
GenderMale
Hair colorDark
GalleryImages of Freca

Freca (d. T.A. 2754), who claimed descent from King Fréawine, was a lord of Rohan during the reign of King Helm Hammerhand. His lands lay on either side of the Adorn west of the Gap of Rohan and he was said to have much dunlendish blood in his veins (and, unusual for one of the Rohirrim, grew dark hair). Obtaining wealth and power from his rich domain, he constructed a stronghold at the source of the Adorn and paid little heed to the king although Helm called upon him to attend his councils.

In T.A. 2754 Freca came to a council with a retinue of many men and requested that Helm's daughter be wed to his son Wulf. Helm rebuffed him and called him fat, Freca raged and reviled the king, and after the council Helm struck Freca so powerfully that Freca died from the blow. Helm then declared Wulf and all of Freca's near kin to be his enemies and the retinue fled to the west.

Rohan was invaded from the east in T.A. 2758. Sensing their chance, a host of Dunlendings invaded from Isengard and from over the Isen. Their leader was Wulf, who drove Helm into the Hornburg, captured Edoras and sat in Meduseld, and called himself king. Although Helm and his sons died in the Long Winter, his sister-son Fréaláf surprised and slew Wulf and regained Edoras.[1]

The slaying of Freca was not forgotten by his people and in the War of the Ring, over two hundred and fifty years later, many of them sided with Saruman.[2]

Portrayal in adaptations

The Lord of the Rings Online tapestry: Helm Hammerhand slays Freca outside Edoras

2012: The Lord of the Rings Online:

A tapestry depicting Helm Hammerhand killing Freca is found in Meduseld.

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