![]() The element hai means "folk," so "Uruk-hai" is "Orc-folk." A similar term is Olog-hai ("troll-folk"), used for a breed of especially strong and vicious trolls capable of surviving sunlight.Ĭhristopher Tolkien describes "uruks" as an anglicization of "Uruk-hai," and his father used the two terms interchangeably a number of times. Uruk-hai was a Black Speech word that meant "Orc-folk." The name "Uruk-hai" has the element Uruk, a Black Speech word related to "orc" and to the (Valinórean) Quenya word urko (Ñoldorin Quenya: orko) of the same meaning. This was the group that had slain Boromir, and was later annihilated by Éomer and his éored. Saruman appeared to aid his Orcs with wizardry as well: when Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas followed the party of Uruks who had kidnapped Merry and Pippin, Saruman's will caused weariness of the heart for the pursuers and lent speed to the Orcs. Saruman's army of Uruk-hai fought against King Théoden of Rohan and his people at the Battle of the Hornburg. ![]() Their great bows were made of yew wood, of the same length and shape as those of Men. Instead of the curved scimitar, they used short, broad-bladed swords. Aragorn commented, when first encountering them, that their gear was not in the manner of other Orcs at all. It was clear this stood for Saruman, because their shields had a small White Hand centered on a black field. Some used an Elf-rune wrought in white metal on the front of their iron helms. " Half-orcs" were as tall as Men and are never described simply as Orcs, as the Uruk-hai frequently are. There were other creatures in Saruman's armies, and under his command in the Shire, that appear to have been hybrids. The Uruk-hai might have been the result of crossbreeding Orcs and Men. In the War of the Ring, the Uruk-hai made up a large part of Saruman's army, together with the Dunlendings, man-enemies of Rohan. ![]() They were "large, swart" and "slant-eyed". The Uruks in the service of Saruman used the symbol of the White Hand of Isengard, featured on their banners, helmets, and faces. Uruk-hai were later bred by the wizard Saruman the White late in the Third Age by his dark arts in the pits of Isengard. The Uruks in the service of Barad-dûr used the symbol of the red Eye of Sauron, which was also painted on their shields.Īn Uruk of Isengard, depicted by Nicolas Chacin The Uruks first appeared out of Mordor in TA 2475, when they overran Ithilien and destroyed the city of Osgiliath.
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