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Uruk-Hai in the Movie Trilogy

The Uruk-Hai or Black Uruks are the most feared and formidable breed of the greater Orcs.The Breed was first introduced by Sauron in 2475 TA when the Black Uruks of Mordor assaulted Ithilien.Later however during the war of the ring an improved breed of Uruk was introduced by Saruman.Predecessors and Prototypes of the Uruk-Hai Breed however were employed on and off long before, Great Goblins and Huge Orcs as Azog and Bolg were descendants of these early Kû-Uruks.

Uruks

Uruk-Hai in LOTRO

Bloodlines

  • Dûr-edain - High-Man-Uruk-Hai Crossbreed of Isengard
  • Drû-Uruks - Man-Snaga-Uruk-Hai Crossbreed of Isengard
  • feral Uruk-Hai -savaged, wild Uruk-Hai, probably descendants of uncontrolled breeding or Uruks escaped from Sauron´s pits
  • Gusmûras - intermediate form or crossbreed of Uruk and lesser Orc
  • Mordor Uruk-Hai or black Uruks - the Uruk-Hai of Sauron, introduced in TA 2475
  • Scara-Hai - early Uruks with shapeshifting ability (Uruk-Werewolf Crossbreeds)
  • Fighting Uruk-Hai (Uruk-Hai perfected) - the late Uruk Breed of Isengard, Uruk-Hai with traces of Goblin-man-blood, fully immune to sunlight but unable to see in the dark
  • Uruk-Warg-Riders - smaller breed of perfected Uruk-Hai or Half-Orcs employed as elite-Wargriders see Sharkû the Orc

Uruks of renown

Mordor Uruks

Argdush Bolingul Gorbag Gordmúl Lagduf Murgash Muzgash Radbug Shagrat

Isengard Uruks

Flizpot Grimbosh Lugdush Lurtz Mauhúr Móg Sharku Thrugg Uglúk Vraskú

Speculations

The Uruk-Hai may have been bred out of captured and magically altered Númenoreans.

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