Dire Wolf (Breed)

The lighter, faster members of the Uruk-Hai typically are of the Dire Wolf breed. However, do not mistake their speed and feather-weight appearances as to mean they are less agreesive than their brothers of the Hydra breed, for they most certainly are not. These Uruk-Hai form the skirmisher ranks of the unit, carrying Numenorean standard round shields and their weapon of choice in their hit-and-run, backstabbing, and hard-flanking manuevers. The most common tactic for the Dire Wolf breed is to attack the flank and rear of the enemy while the Hydra breed occupies their attention. The Dire Wolf breed are the unit's "clean-up crew" - or, more technically, the last rank - in the "Uruk-Hai Black Formation," killing those who are knocked over, disoriented, or off balance.