Gorbag

Gorbag was an intelligent and crafty Orc captain of Cirith Ungol in the Third Age, originally from Minas Morgul.
== Biography ==
In March of TA 3019, after Shelob paralyzed Frodo Baggins in her caverns, two Orc patrols led by Gorbag and Shagrat found Frodo's cocooned body, and took him back to the Tower of Cirith Ungol where they planned to torture him. While sifting through Frodo's belongings, a dispute began between the two captains over Frodo's mithril vest, which escalated into a vicious fight all over the fortress between the Morgul and Cirith Ungol Orcs. Gorbag survived much of the fight but was killed by Shagrat.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Four, Chapter X: "The Choices of Master Samwise"The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter I: "The Tower of Cirith Ungol"
J.R.R. Tolkien's first ideal name for Gorbag was Yagúl, as mentioned in Sauron Defeated.
== In adaptations ==
=== The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ===
In Peter Jackson's The Return of the King film, Gorbag and Shagrat have a major role reversal. In the book, Shagrat informs Gorbag of the nature of Shelob's venom and how it functions, whereas Gorbag assumes this role in the film and explains it to his fellows upon finding Frodo. Also, Shagrat is the one to claim the vest for himself, while Gorbag insists it be taken to Sauron. After the fight, Shagrat flees to the Black Gate with the mithril shirt while the wounded Gorbag is left for dead in the tower. He was in fact still alive and was about to kill Frodo when Samwise Gamgee impales him from behind. Another difference is that the book version of Gorbag is a Black Uruk (the same as Shagrat) while in the film, Gorbag is a crook-legged and long-armed orc. It should be noted that the death of the Orc captain in the film is similar to the end of Snaga. 
Gorbag was portrayed by Stephen Ure, the same actor who had played Grishnákh in the previous film.
=== The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game) ===
Gorbag appears as a boss at the end of the "Cirith Ungol". In the game, Gorbag knocks down Shagrat and then Sam must defeat him by stunning him with javelins. 
=== The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War ===
In The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War, Gorbag is a commander. He is described as an Orc commander from Mordor, having lived for much longer than a usual Orc, gaining much experience fighting the forces of Gondor and rising through the ranks "thanks to his ruthless cunning".
=== LEGO: The Lord of the Rings ===
Gorbag is a character in LEGO The Lord of the Rings.
== Gallery ==
File:Gorbag(Uruk).jpg|Gorbag as an Uruk by John Howe
File:ABCDEF.jpg|LEGO Gorbag
File:Gorbag - LOTR The Card Game.JPG|Gorbag in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, The Mountain of Fire Expansion
== Voice dubbing actors ==
Foreign Language 	Voice dubbing artist
Portuguese (Brazil) (Television/DVD)	Guilherme Lopes
German 	Thomas Albus
Italian (Italy) 	Mauro Magliozzi
==Translations==
Foreign language 	Translated title
Amharic 	ጎርባግ
Arabic 	جورباج
Armenian 	Գորբագ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Горбаг
Bengali 	গরবাগ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Горбаг
Chinese (Hong Kong)	哥巴葛
Georgian 	ღორბაგი
Greek 	Γκόρμπαγκ
Gujarati 	ગોરબાગ
Hindi 	गोर्बग
Japanese 	ゴルバグ
Kannada 	ಗೋರ್ಬಾಗ್
Kazakh 	Горбаг (Cyrillic) Gorbag (Latin)
Korean 	고르바그
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Горбаг
Macedonian Cyrillic	Горбаг
Marathi 	गोरबाग
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Горбаг
Nepalese 	गोरबाग
Persian 	عورباگ ?
Russian 	Горбаг
Serbian 	Горбаг (Cyrillic) Gorbag (Latin)
Tajik Cyrillic 	Горбаг
Tamil 	கோர்பக்
Telugu 	గొర్బ్యాగ్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Горбаг
Urdu 	گورباگ
Uzbek 	Горбаг (Cyrillic) Gorbag (Latin)
Yiddish 	גאָרבאַג
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