orcs

Hey Friends, The topic of dragons really got me thinking about whether orcs and dragons have souls. Without using text (and I would appreciate some text as long as its without jabs) I will demonstrate why I believe they should and would have souls. Dragons were bred right? I've seen the words...

Hello all, I shoot a longbow and a recurve. But no matter what we "archers" shoot, I think it would be so cool if one of those companies that make the life sized 3-d animal targets would put out a realistic, life-sized, "life-like", "Orc" or "Uruk-Hai" target out!! I would definatey buy one...

Greetings, all. Having all kinds of fun? Oh, I hope so. Anyways, here is the Out Of Character thread for yet another R. P. G. I'm not sure what the title of the R. P. G. is yet. Orccentric doesn't seem correct for a horror story, which this is. Cuivienen, towards the beginning of time...

While Orc-like people may be able to exist as a sub-set of Humanity its seems difficult to imagine how Orcs could exist in any world. These quarrelsome, vicious and extraordinarily cruel creatures seem destined to fail without some Dark Lord or other to control and sustain them. All the...

Re-reading the Silmarillion version of the story of Turin, I noticed that strangely the orcs who captured Turin travel by day, and sleep by night. This is needed for the plot to work (otherwise Beleg can't get killed by Turin by accident). Is this a case of Tolkien developing ideas about the...

All right, I feel almost stupid for asking this, but I was actually pouring through my websters today to find out if Orc is a word in the dictionary, and it isn't. The reason for this is because it has frustrated me to no end when I see Orcs in other works of fiction than Tolkien and I wanted to...

We were having proper Sunday lunch today when no.3 son asked about the names that might work for places in Morder that might still be around. So can we ask your suggestions - one County name is obvious (given that we were having proper Sunday lunch) that is Orcshire - Orcshire Pudding to go...

has anyone else read this book, and do yu think it would make a good movie? I've read it twice in the last week and love it. I'd love to see it as a movie, but doubt it would happen, as it doesn't really involve any action or a love story. more of a "thinking man's movie" I think it'd be...

When I am reading the thread about fate of men, I thought about orcs. Where do they go, after they die? They was elves until morgoth change them. Is their fate similar to elves? Do they go to Halls of Mandos or does Illuvatar make "hell" for them?

i dont knowwhy but for some reason the orc general from rotk has always fascinated me. like his line "the age of the Men is over, the time of the Orc has come" is one of the most brutal lines in the movies imho, just captures the nature of the orcs and their war waging for the last thousand...

Hi! I am new to this forums, but not new to Tolkienology. I write to another (smaller) forum, but this time I want to share my work with you. I have written an extensive essay under title "The origin of the Orcs and matters touching thereon". Here are the links...

im new here and this question has been bothering me for some time. i dont remember tolkien addressing this much at all, orcs where just deterents there so aragorn would have something to hack on. thanks for the help! also could someone explain the mouth of sauron to me? who is he, where is he...

Okay there has been many threads on this but i'm new so can we get a table on the the different breeds of Orcs. Heres how i see it we have orcs made by Melkor this is the most broad term. Then we hhave Uruks first seen in 3rd age(don't have my copy on me)about year 2000? This lead to the...

A sad fate. Could there ever be an Orc with a conscience? A feeling of pity for Orcs is never suggested in Tolkien's world. To be an Orc is to be damned for ever. Pretty hard stuff, don't ye think? :cool:

If you could be somthing truely evil from LoTRs, who or what would it be? My favorite would have to be Gollum. What's yours? Always, Hobbit-queen

We learn the Teleri would not lend the ships to the Noldor or aid in the building of them against the will of the Valar. Do you think this was a mistake of the Valar? After all, the Noldor were not forbidden to leave, just counselled against it. They were not to be hindered by force either. So...

Please bear with me on this one... In The Hobbit Orcs aren't mentioned at all...only Goblins are. It is Goblins that capture Bilbo, Gandalf and the Dwarves in the Misty Mountains and Goblins that they fight in the Battle of the Five Armies. Elrond refers to the swords which Gandalf...

Aiya! I've read once Morgoth's Ring; so, I've read too the text about Orcs (I think GL 03). Do you think this text is trustful? Because the 'language' Tolkien uses is hypothetic, and it makes us uncertain about the veracity of the text. What do you think about? And don't you forget that...

I'm just curious if anyone knows how long orcs can live.

Which of the "young Tooks and Brandybucks" do you think began the impromptu orchestra in the party? Do you think Merry and Pippin were amongst the impetuous youngsters who started the racket? Or was Merry staying close to Frodo or by his grandfather and mother? Was he too old for such youthful...