Gorbag was the captain of the orcs of the Red Eye
(the
symbol for Sauron on their livery), which Shagrat called the
morgul-orcs.
In the tower of Cirith Ungol, Gorbag tried to take
Frodo's
mithril shirt. Shagrat, captain of the tower, fought with him over it,
as
all items on the halfling needed to go to Lugburz or Shagrat could
expect
to go to the Black Pits. He may well have had some idea of keeping it
too.
Gorbag had warned Shagrat of the enemy warrior still loose that they
needed
to handle, but Shagrat did not consider a problem.
Gorbag knifed Shagrat who throttled him, but later
the
apparently dead Gorbag struck at Shagrat with a broken spear, perhaps
accidentally
saving Snaga whom Shagrat was chasing, as Shagrat had to stop to knife
him.
Reference: Return of the King: "The Tower of Cirith Ungol"
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by Eru-(Valar)
Dec. 3, 2002
Gorbag was a sergeant of the Orcs in Minas
Morgul, charged with patrolling
the Stairs leading to the Tower of Cirith Ungol. He was slain in
T.A. 3019
by Shagrat in a dispute over Frodo's magic items. The quarrel
between the
Orcs led to a full scale battle between their troops, and this allowed
Samwise
to rescue Frodo from the Tower.
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