Grishnákh

Grishnákh was an Orc captain of Mordor who led a host of Orcs to join the Uruk-hai who were taking Merry and Pippin across Rohan to Isengard.
==Biography==
Grishnákh's plans for the two captives, Merry and Pippin, were in conflict with Uglúk's orders to deliver them unharmed. Grishnákh wanted to take them to Mordor, but Uglúk refused his plan, so Grishnákh slipped away while the Orcs and Uruk-hai argued amongst themselves. Grishnákh soon returned with other Orcs like himself.
Grishnákh was somehow aware of the existence of the One Ring (having been implied to have participated in the torture of Gollum), and suspected the two Hobbits of possessing it. When the Orcs holding the two Hobbits were attacked by Éomer's éored, Grishnákh used the distraction to search the Hobbits for the Ring. Pippin tried to negotiate with Grishnákh, asking for himself and Merry to be freed in exchange for information about the Ring, but instead Grishnákh tried to carry them away. When it seemed a Rohirrim rider had discovered him, Grishnákh drew his sword to kill the Hobbits lest they be rescued or escape, but before he could act he was shot in the hand by a Rohirrim arrow and dropped the sword, at which point he tried to run but was ridden down and run through with a Rohirrim spear.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. III: "The Uruk-hai" 
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== In adaptations ==
=== The Lord of the Rings (1978 animated film) ===
In The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), Grishnákh is voiced by a unknown extra. He has the same general appearance as other orcs, and wields a machete.
He appears sometime after Merry and Pippin are captured by Uglúk's troop, en route to Isengard. During a break from running, he tries drinking from his pouch, but Uglúk knocks him down and steals his drink so as to give it to the heavily-fatigued hobbits.
Later, after being waylaid by the Rohirrim, he chastises Uglúk and the Isengard orcs for their leadership, threatening to report him to Sauron. After Lugdush and Snaga abandon their post, leaving the hobbits unguarded, he tries to take them for himself; however, after attempting to manipulate him, he moves to kill the hobbits instead, but is then suddenly shot by a Rohirrim archer, killing him. The hobbits use his machete to cut their knots.
=== The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ===
In The Two Towers, Grishnákh is played by Stephen Ure and is an Orc captain. In this adaptation, his role is somewhat reduced, especially in the Theatrical Edition, and he is less authoritative and disciplined than his novel counterpart. He has more screen time in the Extended Edition though, which shows Grishnákh and his Orc clan intercepting Uglúk and the Uruk-hai on the way to Isengard. 
Arriving with about eleven other orcs, Grishnákh chastising the Uruks for being late, indicating they had a prior arrangement to meet. He also demands they head to Mordor, but Uglúk shuts him down. However, following the reveal that Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli are being pursued, he forms an uneasy alliance with Uglúk and joins them in their race back. 
They manage to run for almost a full day before Grishnákh's band tires out by Fangorn forest, forcing them all to take a break there. When the Uruk-hai and the Orcs soon begin arguing amongst themselves over lack of food to eat, Grishnákh is vexed by Uglúk's insistence that the captive Hobbits not be killed or maimed. After Snaga is slain during the argument, he catches the hobbits trying to flee, and prepares to kill them before he is hit by a Rohirrim rider's spear. However, he survives to chase Merry and Pippin into Fangorn Forest; when he arrives there he nearly kills Merry, but is crushed to death by Treebeard stepping on him. none|thumb|231x231px|Grishnákh in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, The Treason of Saruman Expansion 
=== Voice dubbing actors ===
Foreign Language	Voice dubbing artist
German 	Ekkehardt Belle
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ግሪሽናክ
Arabic 	جريشناخ
Armenian 	Գրիշնախ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Гришнак
Bengali 	গ্রীষ্ণখ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Гришнах
Chinese (Hong Kong)	葛力斯那克
Czech 	Grišnákh
German 	Grischnákh
Georgian 	გრიშნახი
Greek 	Γκρίσνακ
Gujarati 	ગ્રીષ્ણખ
Hebrew 	גרישנאק
Hindi 	गृष्णख
Hungarian 	Grisnák
Japanese 	グリシュナッハ
Kannada 	ಗ್ರಿಷ್ಖಾಕ್
Kazakh 	Грісһнак (Cyrillic) Grishnak (Latin)
Korean 	그리쉬나크
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Грисhнакh
Macedonian Cyrillic	Гришнак
Marathi 	ग्रिशंख
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Гришнак
Nepalese 	ग्रिश्नख
Pashto 	عریسهناکه ?
Persian 	گریسهناکه ?
Polish 	Grisznák
Punjabi 	ਗਰੀਸ਼ਨਾਖ
Russian 	Гришнак
Sanskrit 	ङ्रिश्नख्
Serbian 	Гришнак (Cyrillic) Grišnak (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ග්‍රිෂ්නාක්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Грисҳнакҳ
Tamil 	க்ரிஷ்ணக்ஹ்
Telugu 	గ్రిశ్నాక్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Грішнак
Urdu 	گراشناکہ
Uzbek 	Гришнах (Cyrillic) Grishnax (Latin)
Yiddish 	גרישנאַך
==References==
Category:Black Speech names & words
Category:Orcs
Category:Minor characters (The Lord of the Rings)
Category:Servants of Sauron
Category:The Two Towers (film) characters
Category:Deaths in battle
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