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Location
Widespread, but especially associated with the Everholt of Rohan (a name that translates as 'boar wood')
Species
Sus scrofa
Meaning
From Old English bar, originally meaning a male pig

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Boars

Aggressive tusked beasts common to woodland regions. The most famous of all the boars of Middle-earth was the great Boar of Everholt, that lived beneath the trees of the Firien Wood. This boar was hunted by King Folca of Rohan, and though Folca eventually killed his quarry, the King was mortally wounded in the encounter.


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