Werewolves

Werewolves were servants of Sauron. They were bred from wolves, and were inhabited by dreadful spirits that their master had imprisoned within their bodies.
Werewolves inhabited Tol Sirion, which hence became known as Tol-in-Gaurhoth ("Isle of werewolves").
== History ==
The progenitor of all werewolves was Draugluin and the greatest werewolf after their sire was his scion Carcharoth, guardian of Angband. The form of the werewolves was fashioned by Sauron, their Lord, who took the shape of a great wolf himself at least once.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIX: "Of Beren and Lúthien" In the First Age, after the lieutenant of Morgoth drove the Ñoldor from Tol Sirion he made the isle's bastion into his abode and werewolves followed in his wake. When news of Beren's valiant deeds reached him, Morgoth put a price on his head, with Sauron at the helm of an army of Orcs, werewolves and other foul things on his trail. During the Quest for the Silmaril, Sauron captured Beren, Finrod and their companions as they attempted to bypass his watchtower and so threw them in his dungeons; to force them into revealing their names and purpose, the subversive Maia sent a werewolf to devour the prisoners one by one before the very eyes of their horrified peers. Finrod died by the wounds inflicted in wrestling with a werewolf to save Beren; the rest of Sauron's minions were defeated by Huan and Lúthien, while their master himself yielded and flew into the forests of Taur-nu-Fuin.
By the Third Age, werewolves still among Sauron's servants; Gandalf mentioned them in conversation with Frodo Baggins, after the events at the Ford of Bruinen, together with Orcs, wraiths and wargs as serving the whims of the Dark Lord. 
== Characteristics ==
Unlike werewolves of other literature, these did not transform from man to wolf at night, and their behavior had no lunar influences. Therefore the werewolves of Arda were not shape-shifters, and were always in the form of great beasts. They were similar to wolves and the later wargs, but were as intelligent as Man, rendering them capable of negotiating and communicating with others. Carcharoth apparently had a venomous bite; it is unknown if this was a common trait of the species or if was related to his status as the werewolf destined and designed to slay Huan.
== Etymology ==
The name werewolf is Anglo-Saxon for "man-wolf", although those of Middle-earth are not actually lycanthropic. The Elves of their time called them 'gaurhoth' (plural of gaur="werewolf").
== Portrayals ==
Werewolves appear in The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king in the form of the giant "Shade of the Wolf", a monster that can be summoned by the Angmar faction.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Weerwolwe
Albanian 	Njeri-ujk
Amharic 	ዌርዉልቮች
Arabic 	مستذئبون
Armenian 	Աբորոգեններ
Belarusian Cyrillic	пярэваратні
Bengali 	ওয়্যারউলভস
Bosnian 	Vukodlaci
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Върколаци
Catalan 	Homes llop
Chinese (Hong Kong)	人狼
Croatian 	Vukodlaci
Czech 	Vlkodlaci
Danish 	Varulve
Dutch 	Weerwolven
Esperanto 	Homlupoj
Estonian 	Libahundid
Filipino 	Asong lobo
Finnish 	Ihmissudet
French 	Loup-garous
Galician 	Lobisomens
Georgian 	მაქციები
German 	Werwölfe
Greek 	Λυκάνθρωποι
Gujarati 	વેરવુલ્વ્ઝ
Hebrew 	אנשי זאב
Hungarian 	Farkasember
Indonesian 	Manusia serigala
Hindi 	वेरेवोल्वेस
Italian 	Mannari
Japanese 	狼男
Kannada 	ಗಿಲ್ಡರಾಯ್
Kazakh Cyrillic 	Уереуолвес
Korean 	늑대 인간
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Wэрэwолвэс
Latvian 	Vilkačiem
Lithuanian 	Vilkolakiai
Luxembourgish 	Werwëllef
Macedonian Cyrillic	Wереwолвес
Marathi 	श्वापदमाणूस
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Хүн чононууд
Nepalese 	वेरेवोल्वेस
Norwegian 	Varulver
Pashto 	وېرېوولوېس
Persian 	گرگ نماها
Polish 	Wilkołaki
Portuguese 	Lobisomens
Romanian 	Vârcolacii
Russian 	Волколаки
Sanskrit 	वेरेवोल्वेस्
Serbian 	Вукодлаци (Cyrillic) Vukodlaci (Latin)
Sinhalese 	වෙල්වෙල්
Slovak 	Vlkolaci
Slovenian 	Volkodlaki
Spanish 	Hombres Lobo
Swedish 	Varulvar
Tajik Cyrillic 	Wереwолвес
Tamil 	மிருகங்கள்
Telugu 	వేర్వోల్వేస్
Thai 	มนุษย์หมาป่า
Turkish 	Kurtadamlar
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	перевертні
Urdu 	چھپے انسانی بھیڑیے
Uzbek 	Wереwолвес (Cyrillic) Kurtadam (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Người sói
Welsh 	Blaidd-ddynion
Xhosa 	Oodyakalashe ?
Yiddish 	ווערעוואָלוועס
== References ==
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Category:Servants of Sauron
Category:Servants of Morgoth