Warg Rider

For countless millenia, the Orcs have had an alliance with the Wargs, a race of giant, evil, sentient wolves the size of horses. These horrid beasts can outrun ponies and make for a terrifying, grizzled mount. Together, the orcs and wargs have ravaged whole battlefields and regions.

When orcs mount wargs, they are a formidable force. Besides the horses of the mighty Rohirrim, horses would spook upon encountering a mighty warg, the way they would upon sensing or seeing a Grizzly bear, Camel or an elephant, which would make most horse mounted warriors fair game for the warg riders. While the Orcs on their backs strike out with scimitars, spears or fire their arrows, the Wargs trample and snap their ultra-powerful maws, which can bite the head off of a man or possibly horse. In one famous battle between warg Riders and Rohirrim Knights, the horse mounted warriors were able to repel them, albiet with massive losses.

When the wargs bark and howl and the Snaga orcs spit and shriek, watch your back!