A scheming, ambitious Orc from the ashen wastes of Mordor, Grishn�kh was a part of a group of Orc hunters under Sauron's dominion that joined Ugluk's Uruk-hai troop on the plains of Rohan. Grishn�kh's plans for the troops' captives, Merry and Pippin, were in conflict with Ugluk's orders to deliver them to the wizard Saruman. Believing they might have the treasure his lord sought, he tried to steal the Hobbits away from the watchful Uruk-hai.