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[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy - Sharku.jpg|thumb|[[Jed Brophy]] as Sharku in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]]]
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'''Sharku''' was an [[Orcs|Orc]] invented for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''. He is played by [[Jed Brophy]].
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'''Sharku''' was an [[Orcs|Orc]] invented for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''. He was played by [[Jed Brophy]].


==History==
==History==
Sharku was one of the [[Wargs|Warg]]-riders who ambushed the column of [[Rohan]] woman and children retreating from [[Edoras]] to the safety of [[Helm's Deep]]. [[Théoden]] and his guard, with the help of [[Aragorn]], [[Legolas]], and [[Gimli]], fended off the attack. However, during the battle Aragorn got tangled in the harness of Sharku's Warg and both the beast and the ranger fell off a cliff. Sharku, mortally wounded, survived just long enough to gloat about Aragorn's (supposed) death to Legolas and Gimli.
Sharku was the veteran chief of a group of marauding [[Wargs|Warg]]-riders who ranged deep into the realms of [[Gondor]] and [[Rohan]], sowing panic and fear among [[Sauron]]'s enemies and very nearly costing the two kingdoms their kings.{{citation needed}}


The name is taken from the books, where Saruman is called Sharkû by his orcs in the Shire.
By the time of the [[War of the Ring]], he had thrown his support behind the corrupted [[Wizard]] [[Saruman]]. He was tasked by him with  ambushing the column of [[Rohirrim]] women and children retreating from [[Edoras]] to the safety of [[Helm's Deep]]. [[Théoden]] and his guard, with the help of [[Aragorn]], [[Legolas]], and [[Gimli]], fended off the attack. However, during the battle Aragorn got tangled in the harness of Sharku's Warg and both the beast and the ranger fell off a cliff. Sharku, mortally wounded, survived just long enough to gloat about Aragorn's (supposed) death to Legolas and Gimli.


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==Etymology==
''[[Sharkû]]'' is a [[Black Speech]] word meaning "Old Man".<ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 763</ref>
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Revision as of 00:51, 12 September 2021

"Sharku" is a concept which has only appeared in an adaptation of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
This article is about the Orc from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. For the Orkish word, see sharkû.
Sharku
Orc
The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy - Sharku.jpg
"Sharku" from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Biographical Information
PositionLeader of Saruman's Wolf-riders
AffiliationSauron
Saruman
Death Rohan
Physical Description
GenderMale
SteedWarg
GalleryImages of Sharku

Sharku was an Orc invented for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. He was played by Jed Brophy.

History

Sharku was the veteran chief of a group of marauding Warg-riders who ranged deep into the realms of Gondor and Rohan, sowing panic and fear among Sauron's enemies and very nearly costing the two kingdoms their kings.[source?]

By the time of the War of the Ring, he had thrown his support behind the corrupted Wizard Saruman. He was tasked by him with ambushing the column of Rohirrim women and children retreating from Edoras to the safety of Helm's Deep. Théoden and his guard, with the help of Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, fended off the attack. However, during the battle Aragorn got tangled in the harness of Sharku's Warg and both the beast and the ranger fell off a cliff. Sharku, mortally wounded, survived just long enough to gloat about Aragorn's (supposed) death to Legolas and Gimli.

Etymology

Sharkû is a Black Speech word meaning "Old Man".[1]

References