Although of Númenórean descent, Dâurukh (Ad.: "Gloom-shout") was from the lands of Ûsakan in the Far South. He was known to the Orcs as "Durax." His leather armor boasted a profusion of vivid green, brilliant magenta, clear scarlet, and intense blue panels, and his triangular shield displayed a needle-fanged lantern fish with scales all colors of the spectrum. His temper resembled his vibrant garb; soldiers had good reason to stay clear of Dâurukh when he was angry. Stories of the Mornartur's excesses— beheading a messenger who intruded on the general's bath, casting a dog onto the hearth when it's bark disturbed a military planning session, and spitting a camp follower on a spear when she spilled hot mead on Dâurukh's knee—circulated in the barracks. Like Driuecared, he guarded the borde