Trolls of Mordor

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Trolls of Mordor are brutal, fearsome troll creatures bred and commanded by Sauron to serve as shock troops in his armies in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.

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Trolls of Mordor canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf creature of Middle-earth
fictional creature
troll
affiliation Armies of Mordor
Forces of the Dark Lord
alignment evil
allegiance Mordor
Sauron
appearsIn The Lord of the Rings
The Return of the King
characteristic brutal
fearsome
heavily armored
large
strong
used as living battering rams
commander Sauron
controlledBy Sauron
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
employer Sauron
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth
language Black Speech of Mordor
linked to: Black Speech
location Mordor
moralAlignment servants of Sauron
notableException Olog-hai endure sunlight without turning to stone
notableType Olog-hai
opponent Dwarves of Middle-earth
linked to: The Dwarves

Elves of Middle-earth
Free Peoples of Middle-earth
Gondor
Men of the West
Rohan
role heavy infantry
shock troops
siege troops
speciesRelation related to other trolls of Middle-earth
usedFor breaking enemy lines
guarding key positions in battle
pushing siege engines
terrorizing opponents
usedInBattle Battle of the Morannon
Battle of the Pelennor Fields
War of the Ring
weakness sunlight (for most troll-kind)
weapon clubs
hammers
massive armor and shields

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Sauron controls Trolls of Mordor