Gorbag

Gorbag was an intelligent and crafty Orc captain of Cirith Ungol in the Third Age, originally from Minas Morgul.

Biography

In March of TA 3019, after Shelob paralyzed Frodo Baggins in her caverns, two Orc patrols led by Gorbag and Shagrat found Frodo's cocooned body, and took him back to the Tower of Cirith Ungol where they planned to torture him. While sifting through Frodo's belongings, a dispute began between the two captains over Frodo's mithril vest, which escalated into a vicious fight all over the fortress between the Morgul and Cirith Ungol Orcs. Gorbag survived much of the fight but was killed by Shagrat.^[1][2]

J.R.R. Tolkien's first ideal name for Gorbag was Yagúl, as mentioned in Sauron Defeated.

In adaptations

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

In Peter Jackson's The Return of the King film, Gorbag and Shagrat have a major role reversal. In the book, Shagrat informs Gorbag of the nature of Shelob's venom and how it functions, whereas Gorbag assumes this role in the film and explains it to his fellows upon finding Frodo. Also, Shagrat is the one to claim the vest for himself, while Gorbag insists it be taken to Sauron. After the fight, Shagrat flees to the Black Gate with the mithril shirt while the wounded Gorbag is left for dead in the tower. He was in fact still alive and was about to kill Frodo when Samwise Gamgee impales him from behind. Another difference is that the book version of Gorbag is an Uruk-hai (the same as Shagrat) while in the film, Gorbag is a crook-legged and long-armed orc. It should be noted that the death of the Orc captain in the film is similar to the end of Snaga.

Gorbag was portrayed by Stephen Ure, the same actor who had played Grishnákh in the previous film.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game)

Gorbag appears as a boss at the end of the "Cirith Ungol". In the game, Gorbag knocks down Shagrat and then Sam must defeat him by stunning him with javelins.

The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War

In The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War, Gorbag is a commander. He is described as an Orc commander from Mordor, having lived for much longer than a usual Orc, gaining much experience fighting the forces of Gondor and rising through the ranks "thanks to his ruthless cunning".

LEGO: The Lord of the Rings

Gorbag is a character in LEGO The Lord of the Rings.

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Voice dubbing actors

Translations

Foreign language	Translated title
Amharic	ጎርባግ
Arabic	جورباج
Armenian	Գորբագ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Горбаг
Bengali	গরবাগ
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Горбаг
Chinese (Hong Kong)	哥巴葛
Georgian	ღორბაგი
Greek	Γκόρμπαγκ
Gujarati	ગોરબાગ
Hindi	गोर्बग
Japanese	ゴルバグ
Kannada	ಗೋರ್ಬಾಗ್
Kazakh	Горбаг (Cyrillic) Gorbag (Latin)
Korean	고르바그
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Горбаг
Macedonian Cyrillic	Горбаг
Marathi	गोरबाग
Mongolian Cyrillic	Горбаг
Nepalese	गोरबाग
Persian	عورباگ ?
Russian	Горбаг
Serbian	Горбаг (Cyrillic) Gorbag (Latin)
Tajik Cyrillic	Горбаг
Tamil	கோர்பக்
Telugu	గొర్బ్యాగ్
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Горбаг
Urdu	گورباگ
Uzbek	Горбаг (Cyrillic) Gorbag (Latin)
Yiddish	גאָרבאַג

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