orcs

Where are the orcs made in lord of the rings? And is there a difference between the books and the film adaptions?

It is written on this site that the Mordor army at the siege of Gondor consisted of 600,000 soldiers. https://peter-jacksons-the-lord-of-the-rings-trilogy.fandom.com/wiki/Siege_of_Minas_Tirith#:~:text=A%20army%20of%20600%2C000%20Orcs,%2C%20Wargs%2C%20Haradrim%20and%20Easterlings. however, it is...

Why didn't Sauron give rings to the Orcs? Were they sufficiently enslaved? Would they not have made suitable "wraiths"? Did he not want them to increase in power? We know Sauron had reclaimed 3 of the Dwarf rings

Hey everyone. Why is it, that female orcs are never mentioned? Surely, there must have been some sort of fathering and birthing of baby orcs along the way. This has bothered me for a long time, and I can’t find anything written about them by Tolkien (JRR or Christopher). Can any of of you, my...

The souls/spirits of fallen Elves are gathered in the Halls of Mandos howeverr Orcs are not created, as Evil cannot create, but only corrupt, but Orcs are corrupted Elves. does that mean they still had een elvensoul, notwithstanding how black it may be? And if that is so, what happened to the...

This company is making print on demand figures in plastic: https://www.chrisparkergames.com/product-category/lotr-orcs/ I saw on another site that they'll be making Rohirrim -- or rather, substituting round for kite shields on their Normans...

A new thread has just been posted here (not by me) with a link to an article in which, on the one hand, the linguistic and mythological origins of Tolkien's orcs were discussed, but on the other hand, political propaganda regarding (or better: against) Russia was discernible. Well, I hate...

As title, we all knew that orcs were nothing but exp gift packs often, in military battles. Yet as Dark Numenoreans started joining Sauron, did they help him, such as providing Mithril Craftsman personnel(orcs were too stupid to learn it's craftsmanship) and so on. The Dark Side Men seemed to...

OK, we all know orcs were really no more than exp gift package usually, in particular on their personnel quality such as discipline, morale, and so forth. Do such puny armed forces got fleeing soldiers executors such as commissars, MP and so on? All JRRT or his authorized sources are welcomed...

It’s my belief that Tolkien never wrote that Saruman had crossed bred Men with Orcs. That is just a line from the movies. I defy anyone to prove me wrong. There certainly were Orc females, and Saruman definitely could have helped speed up the process and added some additional powers of his own...

My grading standard is their total combat performance(Annihilated targets, operation achieved rate, kill ratio and so forth.) and JRRT's direct comment(Like Heavenly Arch were commented to have the best archers units). In addition, all the options such as single combat ability, logistic working...

In WW2 films (made by the allies) we often come across the "good German" usually in the Wehrmacht/German Navy rather than SS/Gestapo. In Tolkien's oeuvre we come across men/elves/dwarves (even hobbits?) who are seduced by the dark side but I can't think of any orcs/goblins etc who can be called...

I was reading the chapter "The Ring Goes South" this evening, and a very strange thought occurred to me. (Don't ask me where it came from, maybe the quarantine is getting to me.). After literally laughing out loud, I thought "I have to post this in TTF!" So the Company sets out on the Quest of...

Apparently Tolkien wrote in a letter that there must be orc women (female orcs) but does anyone know if they are ever referred to in the canonical or non canonical works?

I came across a Twitter thread, and the general idea is the goblins and orcs in Tolkien's works are based off racism and antisemitism. I'm from Malaysia, English is my second language, and I can't relate to the points made in the thread because I have limited knowledge of dark-skinned orcs being...

We all know that Sam's rope burns Gollum (many seem to say this is because Gollum is evil, but some say that it's because he's been connected to the Ring for as long as he has.) Would the rope have the same effect on an orc (because, as we know, orcs are evil) as it did on Gollum?

They were bred for slavery to begin with and never got to know freedom. Do you think they're closer to animals that are controlled by their impulses or can they learn to be civil?

I found this article in my News Feed and was blown away at how stupid it is, anyone else see it? I'm actually ashamed that I gave the article the time of day to even look at it.

Sauron vs Morgoth who did More to Counter the Free Peoples? This is not a question of who was more powerful at creation, but who did more evil to the free peoples. I will argue that Sauron was the most powerful force for darkness in all of Middle-earth. And that his power was greater than...