Of all the divisions of Saruman's vast Uruk-hai army to lay siege to Helm's Deep, the Berserkers were perhaps the most terrifying. Painted with the emblem of their lord, shaved bald and blood-smeared, these crazed warriors, largest of the Uruk-hai, wore no armour of any sort. Not expected to live, their sole purpose was to break and strike terror into the enemy lines, buying time for their armoured comrades to gain the walls of the fortress.