The Uruk-hai, bred in secret by the fallen wizard Saruman, emerged from the pits of Isengard under the command of the towering, lynx-eyed Lurtz. Lurtz drove his soldiers to flight under the blazing sun and relentlessly hunted the Fellowship of the Ring along the banks of the Anduin.

Among the first of his kind to be pulled from the ground, Lurtz was tall, even for an Uruk. No sooner had he emerged than Saruman bent him to his will and pitted the Uruk-hai against their smiling orcish overseers in a test of loyalty and strength. Without thought or remorse, the Uruks slew their smaller cousins and bound themselves to the Wizard by branding their bodies and shields with his sign, the emblem of the White Hand.
'Find the halflings!' On the slopes of Amon Hen the Uruk-hai fell upon the Fellowship, pursuing them and scattering them through the woods. Boromir of Gondor, defending Merry and Pippin, stood among the hobbits and the countless foes, and defeated Uruk after Uruk, though Lurtz struck him with arrows from afar. The warrior, pierced by many shafts, finally stumbled to his knees, consumed and resigned to death before the triumphant Uruk-hai. Savoring the sweet taste of his victory, he grinned through the toothy mouth of the Captain of Isengard, raised his bow and sent a final arrow...