Category:Orcs of the Forest

The Orcs of Isengard, known also as the Orcs of the White Hand and Isen Orcs were a tribe of Orcs inhabiting the region between the Forest of Fangorn and the river Isen. By the War of the Ring, they had become subservient to the wizard Saruman.

They were a collection of the following:
 * Mountain Orcs, larger Orcs or Hobgoblins from the north in the Second and Third Ages
 * Snagas lesser slave Orcs, working as Smiths, Miners, Technicians, Lumberjacks and Scouts.
 * Drû-Uruks, a race of lesser Half-Orc Sorcerers bred by Sauron from Orcs and captured Woses
 * Wargriders a race of lesser Orcs and lesser Half-Orcs trained to use War-Wargs as Mounts.
 * Goblin-Men and Men of the white Hand, Half-Orcs serving as Saruman's Spies and Assassins
 * Dur-Edain or Greater Half-Orcs, bred from Uruk-Hai and High-Men by Sauron
 * Uruk-Hai a race of greater Orcs originally bred by Sauron but perfected by Saruman

History
During his captivity in the Tower of Orthanc, Gandalf the Grey noted the presence of Orcs and their wolves (ordinary or some Wargs) and that Isengard's gardens had been turned into enormous water caves filled with forges, furnaces and breeding pits, while the surface was covered with lumber mills and small dwellings similar to those of the Orcs in the Misty Mountains.

The Orcs of Isengard make up the bulk of Saruman's army in the Battle of Helm's Deep and Siege of Isengard, during which they are mostly wiped out. The survivors later aid their lord in enforcing his thug regime in the Shire, but they are all slain together with brigands and Half-orcs by the Hobbits.

Sharku
Sharku was a Goblin Wars veteran and the captain of a large group of Forest Orcs that tamed and rode on Wolves and Wargs. His hatred for the Free Peoples that had brought about Sauron's defeat in Second Age as well as his lust for rich plunder was exploited by Saruman, who used him to attack the Rohirrim. Learning of his enemies' retreat from Edoras, the wizard sends Sharku and his Wolf-riders to kill them before they reach Helm's Deep. During the ambush, the Orc captain is mortally wounded by Aragorn II Elessar and dies.

Gazmog
Gazmog was a Snaga chief and an elder among Orcs of Isengard, being the Sauronite priest of his tribe. Brought in the service of Saruman, he was put on charge of the laborers at the Lumberjack Camps and Lumber Mills, being one of the highest-placed Orcs in Isengard. At the orders of Sauron himself trasmitted through the wizard, Gazmog had his fellow kin begin the preparations for the war and was later one of the pitmasters overseeing the work. The Orc overseer perished in the Destruction of Isengard.

Snaga
Snaga was a Snaga scout sent as part of Uglúk's troop of Orcs from Isengard, who were later joined by Orcs from Mo