Ruffians

Ruffians mainly refers to Sharkey's Men, a band of about 150 thugs, including Dunlendings, Half-orcs,, , Book Six, Chapter VIII: "The Scouring of the Shire" and Hobbit "Outsiders" who invaded the Shire from the South under the hire of Sharkey, who was actually Saruman.
== History ==
At first, they enforced Lotho's new laws and plans regarding the Shire and persecuted and imprisoned those who would not go along with them, but after his murder they followed Sharkey's commands alone. Being rather unintelligent and not very numerous, after a couple of skirmishes with hobbit country-folk they were defeated at the Battle of Bywater at the end of the War of the Ring. Those killed in the battle were buried in a place known as the Battle Pit., The Lord of the Rings, "The Battle of Bywater" The rest were expelled from the Shire, and their fate is untold.
== Translations ==
Foreign Language	Translated name
Finnish 	Roistot
Hebrew 	בריונים
Italian 	Ruffiani
== References ==
Category:Agents of Saruman
Category:Hill-men
fr:Hommes de Sharcoux
it:Ruffiani