Character

Uglúk

Leader of Saruman's Uruk-hai band that captured Merry and Pippin.

Tolkien’s textsSupported by the narratives published in Tolkien’s lifetime.

Overview

Uglúk is the disciplined, loyal captain of the Isengard Uruk-hai, notable for keeping his company together against Grishnákh’s Mordor Orcs.

The Lord of the Rings · 1954–55
Three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.

A cunning Orc captain from Mordor who joined the pursuit of the hobbits.

An Uruk-hai captain of the band Saruman sent to accompany his scouts.

The chief of the Wizards, whose study of Sauron’s power corrupted him into a would-be rival lord.