A Healer and Lady of Rohan until her death in T.A. 2978, Elfhild died giving birth to her only child, Prince Théodred (her other child Hild had died in childbed). Her husband Théoden became King of Rohan two years later, but Théodred never lived to succeed him. Her son perished during the First Battle of the Fords of Isen in T.A. 3019.