![]() Despite their size, they were exceptionally fast and were skilled enough to parry and engage in swordplay, as was the case with one that duelled Aragorn outside the Black Gate. Attack Olog-hai wear breastplates, vambraces, pauldrons, and helmets, and carry maces, hammers, or huge swords. Their eyes are also bright orange, showing their evil connection with Sauron. They have twenty-four teeth and have an average height of about ten to fifteen feet, compared to regular Trolls who were eight to ten feet. ![]() They are usually grey, dark green, reddish-brown, or black in color. They differ from the other trolls depicted in the movies in that they have more forward-facing eyes as well as hair on their bodies. In the Siege of Gondor they were primarily used as shock troops after the gates of Minas Tirith were broken, although later an Olog-hai duels Aragorn at the Black Gate and nearly kills him. Olog-hai were depicted as large trolls in the motion picture The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, clad in dark armor and wielding the war hammers alluded to in the appendices. Portrayal in adaptations The Lord of the Rings film trilogy " You are soldiers of Gondor! Whatever comes through that gate, you will stand your ground!" - Gandalf, The White Rider, shortly before several Olog-hai blast through the main gate of Minas Tirith For this reason they were seen by some to be Orcs like the Uruk-hai, but of troll-stock. Olog-hai lacked typical troll vulnerabilities: they were very intelligent and able to move under the Sun, unlike their counterparts. They seldom spoke and never in any language other than the Black Tongue of Mordor. Olog-hai was a Black Speech word that meant simply 'troll-folk'. It is mentioned that after the War of the Ring, all Olog-hai were killed. The Olog-hai are described as being taller than a Man, covered in spiky scales, carrying war hammers, large swords, or spiked maces, and bucklers, and having claws and, on occasion, tusks. However, they are described as being in the Battle of the Black Gate, where Pippin saves his friend Beregond from one. ![]() They lived primarily in Mordor and in southern Mirkwood. ![]() They were bred by Sauron in the late Third Age, possibly for the same reason Saruman bred the Uruk-hai, for improvement and less vulnerability to sunlight. The Olog-hai are not mentioned by name in The Lord of the Rings the term appears only in the appendices. ![]()
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