Talk:Guards of the Citadel

2018-01-05T20:37:07Z

TheVerySpecialK:

Perhaps add something about Peregrin Took's enrolment? --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 01:14, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

In the chapter "The Black Gate Opens" of ''The Return of the King'', there is a mention of "picked men of the Tower of Guard" being present on the right flank along with the men of Dol Amroth during the Battle of Morannon. If this refers to members of the Guards of the Citidel, it would constitute an unusual deployment of the Guard away from their normal duties at the Citidel, perhaps worthy of mention in the article as a point of interest.
[[User:TheVerySpecialK|TheVerySpecialK]] 20:37, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Talk:Guards of the Citadel

2018-01-05T20:35:27Z

TheVerySpecialK:

Gorbag

2014-08-30T16:36:34Z

TheVerySpecialK: Grammar fix/Rewording

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|image=[[Image:John Howe - Gorbag.jpg|250px]]
|name=Gorbag
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|death=[[14 March]] {{TA|3019}}
|race=[[Orcs|Orc]]
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'''Gorbag''' was the captain of the [[Uruk-hai|Uruks]] of [[Minas Morgul]]. He served the [[Nazgûl]] who dwelt in the Dead City. However, due to the [[Two Watchers|Silent Watchers]] exhibiting unease after [[Frodo Baggins]] had passed by them, Gorbag and a patrol were sent to [[Cirith Ungol]] where [[Shagrat]] was in command.<ref name="Choices">{{TT|IV10}}</ref>

On [[13 March]] {{TA|3019}} Gorbag and Shagrat came across Frodo,<ref name="Great">{{App|Great}}</ref> who had been paralyzed by [[Shelob]]. They ordered Frodo carried back into the [[Tower of Cirith Ungol]] as their prisoner. During their return to the tower [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]], who was wearing the [[The One Ring|One Ring]], overheard them talking.

During their conversation, it quickly became apparent that Gorbag was the more observant of the two: After Shagrat says that the Nazgûl were uneasy and that something nearly slipped Gorbag says that something ''had'' slipped. Shagrat says that Shelob got him, meaning Frodo, but Gorbag points out that there must have been more than one because someone else cut the cords from Frodo. Shagrat dismissed Gorbag's reasoning by claiming that he always took a gloomy view. Shagrat, who had been in the tower longer, was able to tell Gorbag that Frodo was not dead.<ref name="Choices"/>

On [[14 March]]<ref name="Great"/> the two Orc leaders stripped Frodo of his possessions. Upon discovering Frodo's [[Mithril#The Mithril Coat|''mithril'' coat]] Gorbag tried to keep it, which provoked a fight between Gorbag's and Shagrat's followers. Gorbag knifed Shagrat but Shagrat throttled him. However, Gorbag did not actually die at that moment. Later he attempted to stab Shagrat with a broken spear but Shagrat, hearing him, then stabbed him in the throat and trampled on his body.<ref>{{RK|VI1}}</ref>

==Adaptations==
[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Gorbag.jpg|thumb|right|Gorbag in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'']]
'''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]:'''''
:Portrayed by [[Stephen Ure]], Gorbag is portrayed as a smaller, regular [[Orcs|Orc]] while [[Shagrat]] is an [[Uruk-hai|Uruk]]. It also shows [[Samwise Gamgee]] killing Gorbag rather than Shagrat.

'''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game)]]:'''''
:Gorbag appears as a boss at the end of the "Cirith Ungol" level. In the game, Gorbag knocks down Shagrat and then Sam must defeat him by stunning him with pikes.

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