When aroused though, they could be deadly fighters. Both the Ûsakanil and the Mûmakanril had long prized them as mounts for war. Unlike lesser elephantic beasts, the mûmak relished battle and bloodshed. The Haradrim built great fighting towers to place on the backs of these largest of domesticated beasts and decorate the legs and tusks of the mûmakil as well. A mûmak fully arrayed for battle was an awesome, glorious, and terrifying sight. The thick hides of mûmakil made them almost invulnerable to arrows, except for their eyes, but when blinded in this fashion, they often ran mad with pain, trampling and destroying everyting in their paths.