Urak's and Berserker's

[The Saucepan Man]

Dimannunion's description of Viking beserkers is spot on:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I think the term 'berserker' is a Viking one, and the berserkers were warriors who got really hyped up , adrenalin rush and so on, so that they seemed to be impervious to pain and the like. They may have worn bearskins to seem even more scary. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I cannot recall any specific reference to beserker Orcs in TTT (they are certainly not in the books). But there are a number of unarmoured and fierce-looking Orcs at Helms Deep who would fit the beserker tradition, since beserkers shunned the use of armour.<P>As for LotR boardgames, a thread was started <A HREF="http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=001983" TARGET=_blank>here</A> on LotR Risk, but noone seemed too interested ...