The Dunlending Axe-thrower is a type of Dunlending Warrior that fights using either bronze and iron throwing axes, rather than other melee weapons. Dunlendings, also known as Wildmen of Dunland, were the people of Dunland. They were known as a fierce culture of Men who sought vengeance on the people of Rohan who, as Saruman rightly said, drove them into the mountains. In The Two Towers, Saruman used their anger as a manipulation and convinces them to destroy the land of Rohan during the War of the Ring. He sends them across Rohan, and are a part of the army that attacks Helm's Deep.