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In that appeared during the Third Age . BOOKS Christopher Tolkien describes 'Uruks' as an anglicization of 'Uruk-hai' and his father used the two terms interchangeably many times. Some readers assume the two terms are different because in '' The Lord Of The Rings '' 'Uruk-hai' is used primarily to describe Saruman 's forces while 'Uruks' is used primarily to describe Sauron 's. However, there are examples of each term being used in reference to either group. While 'Uruk-hai' means simply 'Orc folk' the term was reserved for the soldier orcs of Mordor and Isengard , with other breeds often being called 'snaga' ('slave'). The race of Uruks, described as large black orcs of great strength, first appeared about the year 2475 of the Third Age , when they conquered Ithilien and destroyed the City of Osgiliath . These original Uruks were of Sauron's breeding, but Saruman made further 'improvements' of his own, like resistance to sunlight, gave them 'better' armour and weapons, and transfered their loyalty to him. The Uruk-hai made up a large part of Saruman 's Army , together with the Dunlendings and other Human Enemies of Rohan . They were faster, stronger, and larger than normal Orcs and could travel during the Day without being weakened (although they didn't like it). Other forces in Saruman's armies, and under his command in the Shire, appear to have been hybrids, though these " Half-orc s" were as tall as Men and are never described simply as Orcs, as the Uruk-hai frequently are. Saruman's army of Uruk-hai fought against King Théoden of Rohan and his people at Helm's Deep . The Uruks and other Orcs in the service of Barad-dûr , the folk of Mordor, used the Symbol of the Red Eye Of Sauron . The Red Eye was also painted on their Shield s. At least one, a guard, on the march with Merry and Pippin had a black knife with a long saw-edged blade, used by Pippin to cut through the ropes on his hands. These Uruks of Mordor referred to Sauron as the Great Eye, and Grishnakh was their Captain . They were all long-armed and crook-legged, not as tall as the Isengarder Uruks but larger than the Moria Orcs, who could see better in the dark than the Isengarders. The Uruk-hai of Saruman the White used an S , and Legolas followed the party of Uruks who kidnapped Merry and Pippin, Saruman's will caused weariness of the heart for the pursuers and lent speed to the Orcs. Ugluk led the Uruk-hai of Isengard, and since they were the strongest he felt that he led the Hobbit march as well, insisting on going back by way of Isengard. This was the group that slew Boromir . The name Uruk-hai has the element ''Uruk'', which is a Black Speech word related to ''Orc'', related to the (Valinorean) Quenya word Urko ( Ñoldorin Quenya: Orko) of the same meaning. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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