Day 150: The Great Hunt

elena_tiriel gave me the quote

Folca... 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

Day 150

The Great Hunt

The tips of twigs trembled as snorts and snarls shook the thicket. From further off came shouts and stamping.

Suddenly the beast burst forth. Folca held his ground as it thundered down upon him. Almost too late, he stepped aside, thrusting his spear hard into the monster's flank.

Maddened, it turned, more speedily than imagination credited.

Folca seized another spear from his squire. Too late. Even as he drove the dart deep into the boar's body, a tusk pierced his thigh.

A long chase, a hard chase, through every orc-hold in the Mark. But a good hunting at the last.