

While the Haradrim do fight for Sauron, they are ultimately just men and probably not capable of creating things like orcs and trolls. So when you said "Men out of the South, all in red and gold," I said "were there any oliphaunts?" Oliphaunteses backs and all, and the oliphaunts throw rocks and treesĪt one another. Swertlings we call ‘em in our tales and they ride on oliphaunts, Sam has the following to say about oliphaunts:īut I've heard tales of the big folk down away in the Sunlands. The Oliphaunts appear to be associated with the Haradrim men rather than with Sauron or Morgoth. If we assume that "cave trolls" are truly a type of troll, then I think we can assume that they are creatures of the dark forces, a twisted mockery of Ents. But TrollsĪre only counterfeits, made by the Enemy in the Great Darkness, in 'Maybe you have heard of Trolls? They are mighty strong.

In The Two Towers book, Treebeard tells us that Trolls were made by "the Enemy" (likely Morgoth) in mockery of Ents as the Orcs were of Elves. Next, I think we have to address the creatures that you've referenced one by one. So in movieverse, there are plenty of different types of beasts of burden around. Thorin and his nephews ride goats up to Ravenhill. Some of Beasts of Burden are Probably Inherently Evil While Others Are Just Beastsįirstly, since your question references the movies, I would point out that the movie version of The Hobbit shows a number of different types of animals being used as beasts of burden.
