Variags

The Variags were men from the land of Khand, of whom little is known about apart from the fact that they fought for Sauron in the War of the Ring. They first appeared in the year 1944 of the Third Age in the north-west of Middle-earth, fighting alongside the Easterling tribe known as the Wainriders. On March 14 - 15 (Third Age: 3019) the Variags fought in Sauron's army at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

The Variags were a group of nomadic people. As Khand produced horses for Mordor, the Variags have been guessed to be horsemen. The Variags are modelled on the Huns. Other speculation based on the etymology of their name has suggested they may have been axe-wielding berserkers.

Appearances

 * Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Films
No Variags appear anytime in the film in the War of the Ring, not at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields or the Battle of the Morannon, probably because Peter Jackson had so little to go on due to a lack of description in the novels.

Behind the Scenes

 * In the real world, Variags is another name for the Scandanavian Varangians.

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