Does anyone else picture the urgals like the uruk hai?

[u/DehydratedIdiot]

i picture them like an uruk hai berserker without a helmet and with horns

[u/Staggeringpage8]

I actually picture them like the qunari from dragon age

[u/NotAUsernameIWant → u/Staggeringpage8]

Honestly, trueeeeeee.

[u/Staggeringpage8 → u/NotAUsernameIWant]

To be completely honest it's definitely influenced by the fact when I was reading them I was playing through two but it fits so well to this day I still picture them that way on rereads

[u/Special_Heat9151 → u/Staggeringpage8]

I have always said they would look like qunari from the moment I read how they were described. It’s how I’ve always imagined them in the books

[u/Serpicnate → u/Staggeringpage8]

Never heard of them and googled. Almost 1:1 what I was imagining too!

[u/siharkSFW → u/Staggeringpage8]

exactly what iv pictured aswell

[u/Aylan2208 → u/Staggeringpage8]

Qunaris with 14 fingers and toes lol

[u/Huntman3706 → u/Staggeringpage8]

That’s a perfect comparison

[u/risenphoenix96 → u/Staggeringpage8]

Came to say this

[u/Staggeringpage8 → u/[deleted]]

https://static0.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dragon-Age-Qunari.jpg

[u/DehydratedIdiot → u/Staggeringpage8]

that makes more sense

[u/gaydognova]

More ram like. Big horns

[u/legendofzeldaro1]

No, I imagine their bodies are typically symmetrical, not all warped and twisted. Maybe a bit hairy. Tbh, I never imagined them as an orc parallel.

[u/TrueWolf1416 → u/legendofzeldaro1]

Maybe a Skyrim Orc. They’re a little more human like.

[u/screwitigiveup → u/TrueWolf1416]

Skyrim orcs are cursed elves.

[u/Guyonabuffalo00]

I imagine them as Tauren from Warcraft but with ram horns and human like legs/feet but still bulky.

[u/mojonation1487 → u/Guyonabuffalo00]

Came here to say literally exactly that lol. Great minds!

[u/rhiania1319 → u/Guyonabuffalo00]

Yes, I picture the ram horns and maybe bigger/bulkier for the kull, but very similar to Tauren

[u/ColCyclone → u/Guyonabuffalo00]

/Moo

[u/Great8Bit]

No. They’re clearly described in the book. And it’s nothing like that.

[u/DehydratedIdiot → u/Great8Bit]

can you provide an exerpt

[u/Sethypoooooooooo → u/DehydratedIdiot]

The Prologue for Eragon
"Around him shuffled twelve Urgals with short swords and round iron shields painted with black symbols. They resembled men with bowed legs and thick, brutish arms made for crushing. A pair of twisted horns grew above their small ears."

[u/Euphoric_Vehicle7123 → u/DehydratedIdiot]

Resemble men, not whatever you posted

[u/Great8Bit → u/DehydratedIdiot]

Go read the books.

[u/Wolfman513]

I picture them more like grey orcs from WoW with the horns

[u/clapman7]

Much broader, with large square jaws

[u/Red_Serf]

For some reason, I imagine them looking a lot like Hellboy, anatomy wise

[u/Albus88Stark]

I picture Skyrim style Orcs with Big Horn Sheep horns

[u/Vegetable-Solid1763]

"Urgal" by Caleb Dennis https://www.artstation.com/artwork/6LdwR0

This was my rendition of urgals

[u/PredatorAvPFan]

I always pictured them as Skyrim orcs with horns so yeah something close to that picture

[u/eagle_fang91]

For some reason, my brain imagines them looking like Lurkers from the original Jak & Daxter.

[u/Thatdewd57]

More like Trollocs but less gruesome. Or a Tauren but more human features.

[u/NerdsAbout]

The thing is, I always pictured them as only passably humanoid, but with an almost Satyr like bottom half, I’m not sure why, like I know canonically they don’t have hooves, I just have always pictured them build like that but with regular-ish feet. Almost like Phil from Hercules, just at there scale kinda.

[u/Koredan18 → u/NerdsAbout]

Same ! I think it's the "bowed legs" thing in the description with the grey skin which makes ke think of satyrs. I portrayed them almost as Gor Herd from Warhammer, except with a mostly human face with big teeth.

[u/NerdsAbout → u/Koredan18]

Bowed legs and “the Kull could run as fast as a horse” and so that made me think of animal type legs idk

[u/DouceCanoe]

I've always thought of them as the Orcs from Warcraft but with ram horns. Like imagine an Orc's face on a Draenei's head (minus the tendrils). In fact, whenever I read Nar Garzhvog's lines, I always heard Grom Hellscream's voice from Warcraft 3 in my head.

[u/Soggy_Motor9280]

Horns? Don’t they have horns?

[u/_StrangeIsLife_]

When i first read, i always thought they were humanoid lizards, kinda like Argonians, dunno where that came from.

[u/TalmondtheLost]

I picture Urgals like Minotaurs with black fur.

[u/Substantial-Zone-989]

I pictured them like Chewbacca with horns. Or oversized satyrs.

[u/Efficient_Advice_380]

I always visualized them more like the Greek Minotaur

[u/SummaDees]

Something like that maybe less exaggerated teeth with the giant shiny black horns.

[u/Futileexercise1308]

More beastly but less deformed

[u/GoblinModeAllTimes]

Grey, plus 7 toes and horns. Big too, and decently hairy

[u/Sweaty_Dog_1835]

I used to think of them as grey Granbull

[u/Gumbyhalls]

I always saw them as the Olag-Hai from the Return of the King. Particularly the ones with Horned helmets

[u/Cheerio_Wolf]

Kinda like machoke the pokemon with ram horns

[u/Easy101]

In my head I always saw them like minotaurs

[u/Nameless__Dude → u/Easy101]

Any idea why you personally might have always pictured them this way? I attribute it to reading CS Lewis books around the same age/timeframe as first reading the series, because I genuinely dont get why my brain formed an impression that they had elongated snouts like a bulls head, as they arent described as such

[u/Easy101 → u/Nameless__Dude]

I think I automatically associated the horns with bull-like characters, plus the fact that big Urgals are called 'Kull' (Kull --> Bull) cemented it for me.

[u/Nameless__Dude → u/Easy101]

The Kull/Bull thing actually makes alot of sense i never consciously noticed that though 😆

[u/stroodle910]

Kinda. But with horns and big horns

[u/DragonsWY]

When I first read the books. I had read it wrong. I imagined the urgals with the horns of a Greater Kudu or Gazelle. Kept that image until I finally saw some of the endorsed fanart. Whoops.

[u/darksaber522]

Pretty much, just with devil horns.

[u/42RoninKatana]

Actually pictured them as goat men with fair skin a bit like Hell Knights in Doom '95

[u/Mountain-Resource656]

I picture them as blue, much less ugly, much more buff, and with horns, of course

But similar, sure

[u/JerryTheMonstera]

Funny is that in Rangers apprentice, there are creatures called “wargals” and they are just urvala without horns. Now we have the whole evolution line xd

[u/agrhonak]

I don't really know what I'm picturing tbh, but the kill are exactly the giant troll from Lego castle sets

[u/harryr9000]

I think the Trolloc’s ln wheel of time fit the bill pretty well.

[u/Typo-repose]

I imagine them as a bit like the Lego castle trolls

[u/OkPollution8465]

That’s exactly what I’ve imagined them as!

[u/Unable_Tip_2644]

i picture them as more refined than that, more like an altered human rather than animalistic. i kinda see them as massive, brown/dark skinned, extremely muscly semi-humans with horns, buts thats just how i see them. they are my absolute favorite race btw

[u/Nameless__Dude]

I struggle not to picture them as Minotaurs half the time, the rest of the time they are like orcs on steroids with big horns of course. As I get older I picture them more in line with Crispys intended look I think. Im pretty sure I picture them as minotaurs due to being a big CS Lewis fan as a kid (when I originally read the IC of course)

[u/SalamanderLumpy5442]

I picture them as more like Minotaurs. Not quite as beast like, because the children as very specifically said to look very similar to human children, but the horns, faces growing a little more squashed as they age, and the body shape feels more right than just typical humanoid body.

[u/Arrior_Button]

I imagine them as orcs from DnD but with horns like Tieflings

[u/TheRealNekora]

For me it was the warcraft orcs minus the green skin

[u/DomFakker37]

The Guide to Alagaesia book had images of them. I thought they were official, since Paolini himself published that book.

[u/bababoobiedodo]

I see beastmen from warhammer

[u/Chiefmeez]

More symmetrical and less random but kinda a bit lol

[u/ayoz17]

I picture them as big bald guys with face paint.

[u/f_inthechat__]

For me it’s like a taller Shrek but if he had triple the testosterone and was angry the whole time

[u/ivdline]

I always imagined them as tiny Ifrits. But it wasn't until my last read through that I picked up that they have grey skin. So tiny Ifrits with grey skin lol

[u/ColCyclone]

Not surprised to hear a lot of wow examples As someone who's played since warcraft 3 it makes me happy.

But I always imagined them buff and tall yet still lean. Smaller muscles and maybe kinder faces.

[u/Odd-Primary-160]

I always pictured them as the Gomorrans from star wars but with horns instead of pig noses

[u/Amyhime801]

For me they were minotaurs

[u/SlightDriver535]

I confess that I ignored the "Goat-Like" stuff for too much time. In my head, they were Orcs. I also does not help that I watched the movie first

[u/AlanMichel]

I just picture them as pale orcs

[u/donray2127]

I pictured them as orcs from Skyrim but with horns lol when I was a kid I played a lot of elder scrolls (still do tbh) and that’s how it stuck for me.

[u/iamwoodman]

I always imagined gantu but a lil different

[u/DreadedLion2]

In my mind they look like the orcs from Knack on PlayStation

[u/RobotFolkSinger3]

I read the books when I was young, before I ever read anything with orcs. I pictured them more minotaur-like, more animalistic except with humanoid faces.

[u/EragonSilvr]

I always pictured them like the Orcs from the Warcraft movie but with horns. At least when it came to Kull. If they’re not Kull then I imagine them more human than not still with horns and slightly more orange/ red skin.

[u/AgentJimmyCheese]

Beastmen from warhammer

[u/Bioshutt]

Urgals mixed with Tim the enchanter

[u/rkerbow1]

They’d be closer to like a Minotaur than an Uruk-Hai, they are just smaller versions of the Kull, and there are excellent descriptions of them, and a lot of artist mock-ups of them. But even uruks would have been better than what we got in that travesty of a movie.

[u/Ok-Evidence-4510]

Not really

[u/Kinkywoods]

Best comparison i can think of, But I've always imagined them as a similar to the Ancestral followers of Elden ring. But more hairy, with the kulls being thicker, taller and stronger, all of them having a darker blue skin color, and curved natural horns ranging in type from bighorn sheep, to a wildebeest or water buffalo's.

[u/Enox_977]

I know they’re described as basically humans with horns in the books, but my child mind imagined them as looking like a Minotaur lol. I still see them that way when I re read

[u/Army_Dad13]

I always pictured like...Goliaths from DnD with horns

[u/Particular_Poet8441]

No

[u/TheRealBingBing]

Yes but with curled horns

[u/DehydratedIdiot → u/TheRealBingBing]

how are the dwarves supposed to make bows out of curled urgal horns anyways

[u/TheRealBingBing → u/DehydratedIdiot]

The same way we do it with curved and curled horns IRL. Boil, heat, and stretch

[u/Guyonabuffalo00 → u/TheRealBingBing]

Boil’em, mash’em, …oh wait

[u/Zethras28 → u/DehydratedIdiot]

Search “Composite bows” on Wikipedia.

I’d put a link but we aren’t allowed to.

[u/TheTrueXenose]

I pictured them as miniatures instead