Herefara was a Rohirrim warrior who served King Théoden during the War of the Ring. He fought and died in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
His name was remembered in the song of the Mounds of Mundburg.[1]
Etymology[]
Herefara is Old English for "war-traveller".
In adaptations[]
In The Lord of the Rings Online, Herefara comes from the town of Woodhurst in the Stonedeans, a province in western Rohan where many men have a mix of Rohirrim and Dunlending ancestry. His grandparents are Briant and Reeve Heremond; and his parents are Cynethryth and Herubrand. Under the influence of Saruman, in early March TA 3019 a conspiracy of men attacks the Reeve's family in the Mead Hall of Woodhurst. Heremond and Cynethryth are slain but Herubrand, who is wounded, is saved by his loyalist who hide him and his mother outside the city. They enlist the player, an outsider who could not have been involved the attack, to help them in uncovering the conspiracy and eventually take back the control of his city. Herefara is not present during these events, as he is leading the defence of Brockbridge, a village ruled by Háma's father Léoferth to the south from the forces of Isengard. Herubrand and Herefara later meet in the Drúadan Forest during the ride of the Rohirrim towards Minas Tirith. Herefara joins the player in patrolling the lands around beacons Nardol and Eilenach. During the Battle of the Pelennor Fields the father and son fight side by side, but are slain by Gothmog's Orcs.
References[]
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch. VI: "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"