Tocha
Family: Lochlann · Role: son of the King of Lochlann · First appears: The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · The King of Lochlann and His Sons · Part 1
Tocha was one of the three sons of Caisel Clumach of the Feathers, King of Lochlann. In the Battle of the White Strand, after Lugaidh's Son killed his brother Forne of the Broad Shoulders, Tocha went ashore to avenge him. He fought Lugaidh's Son until their swords were bent, their spears crumbled, and their golden shields were lost; at last, Lugaidh's Son cut through Tocha’s sword and struck his heart in two.
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Life events
- Lugaidh's Son killed Tocha in their fight.(The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · The King of Lochlann and His Sons · Part 2)
- With: Lugaidh's Son
- “And at the last Lugaidh's Son made a stroke of his sword that cut through the foreigner's sword, and then he made another stroke that cut his heart in two halves.”
The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · The King of Lochlann and His Sons · Part 1
- parent: Caisel Clumach of the Feathers (The King of Lochlann is identified in this passage as Caisel Clumach of the Feathers.) “Thirty battalions came with me to Ireland; and there are twenty of them fallen by the Fianna, and what is left of them is ten red battalions in good order. And there are eight good fighters of them,” he said, “that would put down the men of the whole world if they were against me; that is, myself, and Conmail my son, and Ogarmach, the daughter of the King of Greece, that is the best hand in battle of the whole world after myself, and Finnachta of the Teeth, the chief of my household, and the King of Lochlann, Caisel Clumach of the Feathers, and his three sons, Tocha, and Forne of the Broad Shoulders, and Mongach of the Sea.”
The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · The King of Lochlann and His Sons · Part 2
- siblings with Forne “Then the armies of the World gave out a great cry, keening Forne; and there was anger and not fear on his brothers, for they thought it no right thing he to have fallen by a man of the Fianna. And Tocha, the second son of the King of Lochlann, went on shore to avenge his brother.”
- siblings with Mongach of the Sea “Then the third son of the King of Lochlann, Mongach of the Sea, rose up, and all the armies rose up along with him. ‘Stop here, Men of the World,’ he said, ‘for it is not you but myself that has to go and ask satisfaction for the bodies of my brothers.’”
- enemies with Lugaidh's Son “And those two fought a great fight, till their swords were bent and their spears crumbled away, and they lost their golden shields.”
- parent: Caisel Clumach of the Feathers “And Tocha, the second son of the King of Lochlann, went on shore to avenge his brother.”
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Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.