In the last days of Denethor I the race of uruks, black orcs of great strength, first appeared out of Mordor, and in 2475 they swept across Ithilien and took Osgiliath.
If Saruman made some, apparently there were already some further south. Okay, have now found on page 436 that the Uruk-hai (different from your generic uruk™) are the ones that Saruman made/tinkered with:
"We are the fighting Uruk-hai! […] We are the servants of Saruman the Wise…
Yes, I'm anal- just glad that you checked me as others (like eldritchhobbit below may wonder. I'll stick with Appendix A, LOL!
Thanks so much for the beta- I can't believe you're doing that for me if you're away from home!! ::is grateful::
(and thank you for the nice comment about the ficlet. I'm afraid it's a one-shot.)
'bout those uruks...
In the last days of Denethor I the race of uruks, black orcs of great strength, first appeared out of Mordor, and in 2475 they swept across Ithilien and took Osgiliath.
If Saruman made some, apparently there were already some further south. Okay, have now found on page 436 that the Uruk-hai (different from your generic uruk™) are the ones that Saruman made/tinkered with:
"We are the fighting Uruk-hai! […] We are the servants of Saruman the Wise…
Yes, I'm anal- just glad that you checked me as others (like
Thanks so much for the beta- I can't believe you're doing that for me if you're away from home!! ::is grateful::
(and thank you for the nice comment about the ficlet. I'm afraid it's a one-shot.)