Barak is a fictional character in the David Eddings book series The Belgariad followed by The Malloreon; however, his part in The Malloreon is much more brief. An intimidating Cherek berserker, and the captain of the largest Cherek warship in existence, he is the Earl of Trellheim, a Clan Chief of the Chereks, and a cousin of Anheg, King of Cherek. He is known as the Dreadful Bear in the Mrin Codex and other similar texts.