Dimannûnien's description of a berserker is spot on, although I'm not sure that bear cults are necessarily a part of it, and may have been a different matter. PJ and co's use of the term berserker for the Olympic Torch orc is a bastardisation of the term. He didn't show anything like a berserk rage, come to think of it noone in the movies does, with the possible exception of Aragorn at the end of FOTR. Commandoes would have been a better alternative, but I suppose they wanted something with medieval connotations.<P>Berserkers are never mentioned in Tolkien's books, but Beorn goes into some kind of berserk fury at the Battle of Five Armies and is probably the closest example.<P>There should be a games forum!! For everything from PS2 to the boardgames that I've heard about. Maybe someone else can suggest it to The Barrow Wight. My Barrow Downs clock idea lasted for less than a day!
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