orcs

It is mentioned in The Silmarillion that orcs multiplied in the same manner as Elves and Men. But they couldn't possibly form nurturing nuclear families like Elves or Men because they were formed in mockery and envy of Elves and the only things they are capable of are malice, hatred, fear, and...

A good friend of mine got talking about Tolkien with me and told me something interesting I responded to, and I will share it here because you folks are the finest Tolkien fans I know of, and I am so appreciating reading all your ideas and discussions with helping all appreciate Tolkien's depth...

Yeah, orcs were always the greatest free people war heroes as their route always led to the Free People's victory as we all knew that when a route took places in armed forces's tactical ranks during combat, then good luck, yet there're several cases that the Dark Lord did save the day from orcs...

Example. If in the real world, you have some angry people (Sometimes in comment section) praising a serial killer or a murderer for extreme religious or political goal (Not to get into specifics here, but they use memes or jokes to humanize or normalize that). Can one say, that person is an...

I only found this. From a poem by "William Blake" called (America a Prophecy) from 1793 Its about the uprising and rebellion. I wonder what he is trying to say here? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_a_Prophecy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc_(Blake)

Biological warfare, has been always a effective annihilating warfare to destroy enemy's personnel strength according to common sense. There're sevral cases of good usages of such warfare, such as the great plague in the 3rd age. And I found out that...orcs can get no infection, in other words...

I know the place is full of pointy eared woodland sprites, but could we get a nice badge for our Orc brethren? Wouldn't have to be anything over the top, maybe Lurtz peppering Boromir, or Merry being force-fed his 'medicine'; something kid-friendly like that?

Is it the halls of Mandos? To Iluvatar beyond the borders of the world?

I recently watched PJ's The Two Towers having just finished reading the book, and I was struck by an incident where Legolas cruelly accuses a dying brave orc (he'd been riding a warg which requires courage in itself) saying "You lie" after the brave orc had correctly stated that Aragorn had...

We now see the events of the previous chapter through the eyes of Pippin and Merry and their captors, the orcs including the Uruk-Hai. The previous chapter introduced the Riders of the Mark and explained how they operated and were organised, and this chapter does the same with the orc band who...

Very unsettling scene. But all i could translate from looking it up online is this English " Isengard descend All hurl him Our lord of Ruin King Sauron Leads in Mordor (Repeat) Isengard descend All hurl him Our lord of ruin King Sauron Leads and rule all in Mordor " Black speech "...

There are difficult questions which we should ask about Orcs. Where are the orc kids? Can orc kids be raised be adopted by humans or elves and raised with our values? Who is looking after orc babies? I propose that Orcs reproduce asexually, and are spawned (or hatched) in adult form. Perhaps by...

Hi, I’m Zahin. I live in Bangladesh. I have been a huge fan of Tolkien for almost 40 years. Here is an essay I wrote on the origin of Orcs. Based on Morgoth’s Ring. In the published Silmarillion it says that orcs are corrupted Elves. This was an editorial choice made by Christopher Tolkien...

From The Bridge of Khazad-Dum The implication is that Balrogs can speak but Durin's Bane may have been the strong silent type. Is there any spoken words recorded for a Balrog in Tolkien's works or in Christopher's Tolkien's writings? Do we know if Durin's Bane had detected the Ring or was he...

But some of the woodmen still hunted the Orcs on their borders; and thus it was that as Túrin came thither he heard the sound of an affray. He hastened towards it, and coming warily through the trees he saw a small band of men surrounded by Orcs. They defended themselves desperately, with their...

Who is your favorite orc? List why in the comments! Mine is Uglûk because he is a very determined orc who sticks to his duty. If it wasn't for him, Merry and Pippin would not have survived their capture! But don't let me sway you...

I just think it is kinda silly how so many people have this huge problem with Orcs as an all evil group when we got Troll, Stone Giants, Dragons, Ungoliant Spawns and the list goes on. Now yes if somebody were to ask me what the most vile type of creature in middle-earth is it would be the...

Are orcs immortal, since they were corrupted elves, or did they forfeit that gift?

I don't believe that orcs are outright killed by daylight like trolls are, but I'm getting the impression, from what I'm reading in Lord of the Rings, that they somehow damaged by it, but that Saruman's Uruk-hai didn't have that problem, in part because they were part Man. On the flip side, if...

Glamdring is extremely sharp, extremely durable, and glows around orcs. However, we can craft specialty alloy swords which are incredibly sharp, we can sharpen swords pretty easily, and they already last longer than the lifetime of a human being if maintained - the durability of Glamdring is...