This is an excerpt from ゲド戦記

> 竜が人間の地である  
>  この東世界に現れよったか

Dragons here, in the east? Can this really be true?

I don't understand what よったか is doing here - can anyone kindly explain?

Thankyou!
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Please explain sending ending よったか
This よった is the ta-form of よる, which is an auxiliary verb that adds an feeling
of disdain, accusation or surprise. It's like
[やがる](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/4236/5010) but sounds old or
dialectal, and you would see this typically in western speech and the role
language of old speakers. Etymologically, it derived from おる (居る), and おる
itself has this function, too.

> 逃げよった！ (old/western)  
>  ≒ 逃げおった！ (old/western)  
>  ≒ 逃げやがった！
>
> Damn, [he] ran away!

よる has several other functions. See: [Function of 「masu-stem」＋よる in Kansai-
ben](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/28277/5010)

> ### よる
>
> 〘助動〙 (補助動詞「おる（居）」の変化したもの。活用は「よら、よろ・より、よっ・よる・よる・よれ・よれ」)
> 動詞の連用形に付いて、動作主を軽く卑しめる意を表わし、また、その動作が進行中であることを表わす。
>
> (Source: [精選版 日本国語大辞典](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%82%88%E3%82%8B-406886))
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