Uruk-hai were a breed of orc created by Saruman to become the bulk of his army. Boromir, a member of the Fellowship, was killed by Uruk-hai and Helms Deep was under siege by an army of them.
Uruk-hai were a breed of orc created by Saruman to become the bulk of his army. Boromir, a member of the Fellowship, was killed by Uruk-hai and Helms Deep was under siege by an army of them.
The Uruk-hai are fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth. They are introduced in The Lord of the Rings as an advanced breed of orcs that serve Sauron and Saruman. The first uruks appeared out of Mordor in attacks on Gondor in T.A. 2475.[1]
"Uruk-hai" appears to be the full Black Speech term for Uruks, the great soldier-orcs of Mordor and Isengard. (Christopher Tolkien identified "uruks" as an "anglicisation" of "Uruk-hai".) In The Lord of the Rings, Saruman's orcs identify themselves as the "fighting Uruk-hai", that name is the common term used to refer to them. Later in one instance, a tracker-orc in Mordor makes reference to a "pack of rebel Uruk-hai", apparently in reference towards Gorbag's troop of orcs who were Uruks of Mordor.
The Uruk-hai are fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth. They are introduced in The Lord of the Rings as an advanced breed of orcs that serve Sauron and Saruman. The first uruks appeared out of Mordor in attacks on Gondor in T.A. 2475.[1]
"Uruk-hai" appears to be the full Black Speech term for Uruks, the great soldier-orcs of Mordor and Isengard. (Christopher Tolkien identified "uruks" as an "anglicisation" of "Uruk-hai".) In The Lord of the Rings, Saruman's orcs identify themselves as the "fighting Uruk-hai", that name is the common term used to refer to them. Later in one instance, a tracker-orc in Mordor makes reference to a "pack of rebel Uruk-hai", apparently in reference towards Gorbag's troop of orcs who were Uruks of Mordor.
