Elves of the Woodland realm of Lothlorien, the Galadhrim were are mighty people, deadly skilled in the arts of the archery and swordplay. As the war began to spread across Middle-eart, a host of Galadhrim soldiers were dispatched by the Lady Galadriel and Lord Celeborn to aid the besieged people of Rohan. Sent under their captain Haldir, they arrived at the Rohirrim fortress of Helm's Deep in time to aid the defense against the might of Saruman's Uruk-hai army.

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.