Fréalaf Hildeson

Fréalaf, the son of Hild and nephew of King Helm, was born in T.A. 2726.He spent much of his youth hunting in the White Mountains. He suddenly became the tenth King of Rohan in T.A. 2759, near the end of the Long Winter (T.A. 2758-59) and in the midst of the Dunlending invasion led by Wulf. The death of Helm and his son Haleth at the Hornburg, and Helm's other son Háma at Edoras, meant that Hild's eldest son was Helm's rightful heir. Frealaf acted quickly, gathering the Knights he commanded at Dunharrow, marching to Edoras, and surprising and slaying Wulf. The invaders broke after their leader fell, and Frealaf drove them them out of Rohan. Afterwards, the new King reordered the Riddermark and invited Saruman to stay at Isengard. The White Wizard helped Frealaf s subjects through the difficult years that followed. FrealaT was the first King of the Second Line. When he was buried in T.A. 2798, the Rohirrim began a second line of tomb- mounds outside the walls of Edoras.