Wulf

Wulf
Biographical information
Titles	Lord of Dunland, King of Rohan (usurper)
Rule	TA 2758
Death	TA 2759
Physical description
Race	Men
Culture	Dunlendings
Media portrayal
Voice	Luke Pasqualino (The War of the Rohirrim) Liam O'Brien (video game)

Wulf was a Dunlending lord who, for a short period of time during the War between Rohan and Dunland, ruled Rohan.

Biography

Wulf was the son of Freca, a Rohirrim lord of Dunlending heritage, who tried to force a wedding between Wulf and the daughter of King Helm Hammerhand. Following Freca's death at the hands of Helm, Wulf and the rest of Freca's kinsmen were declared enemies of Rohan and fled the kingdom. Welcomed with open arms by the Wild Men of Dunland, he became their leader and allied himself with the Easterlings, Haradrim and Corsairs of Umbar - who were in turn stirred up by Sauron.

In the winter of TA 2758, Wulf and his army of Dunlendings crossed the Isen and overran Rohan with the aid of "Eastern invaders". After Wulf took Edoras and "called himself king", his forces besieged the Rohirrim at the Hornburg in the refuge which would later be called Helm's Deep.

Wulf's army managed to kill Helm's first son, Haleth, while his younger son, Háma, and the king himself perished during the siege at the Hornburg. But Wulf was in turn slain in Meduseld by Helm's nephew, Fréaláf Hildeson, who, with the aid of Gondor, reclaimed Rohan for the Rohirrim.

In adaptations

Movies

Wulf will be featured in the upcoming 2024 animated film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim voiced by Luke Pasqualino.

Video games

The Lord of the Rings Online tapestry: Frealaf defeats Wulf Frecason in Meduseld

In The Lord of the Rings Online, a tapestry depicting Fréaláf defeating Wulf is found in Meduseld and can be acquired for use in player's houses.

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim wall mural depicting Wulf, son of Freca.

In Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Wulf is depicted as forcing the marriage himself and nearly killing Helm Hammerhand in the process in an ambush while kidnapping his daughter. Helm took a Ring of Power from Sauron to restore himself and to march on Wulf's hall, where, in his rage, he killed Wulf and, accidentally, his own daughter and all his soldiers.