Who invented orcs? - Science Fiction Fantasy Stack Exchange I have to disagree that Tolkien's Orcs are fundamentally drawn from any fantasy or folklore tradition As quoted in that "Unnatural History" article, "Orcs - who are fundamentally a race of 'rational incarnate' creatures, though horribly corrupted, if no more so than many Men to be met with today " Take a line from your average urban street gang through the SS or ISIS, add a few genetic mods
the lord of the rings - Are orcs and goblins really the same thing . . . Goblins and Orcs are practically the same thing in the text of the Lord of the Rings btw Even Saruman's Uruks are called goblins at places Your quotes dating back to 1917 or the sole quote from the Hobbit cannot deny that
tolkiens legendarium - Were there ever any good Orcs? - Science . . . A good Orc wouldn't be an Orc Enslavement and corruption by the Enemy is mandatory for the Orc condition Note that Tolkien didn't really decide whether Orcs were truly corrupted Elves or corrupted Men (I didn't include this debate in my already verbose reply) -- the only certainty is that they were corrupted versions of an existing race, which answers your question: Orcs cannot be good, ever
What are the differences between Orcs and Uruks? The Lord of the Rings trilogy mentions the existence of Orcs and Uruks I know that Orcs used to be Elves as Saruman says that they were once Elves, but what did Uruks used to be and why are they
history of - When and why did orcs go green? - Science Fiction . . . Orcs have been Green in Warhammer since at least 2nd edition when I first played it I presume the green-ness of orcs started with Warhammer, but I can find no evidence for it Does anyone know of any firmer proof of where the original green orcs came from, and why the change from Tolkien's conception was made?
tolkiens legendarium - How do Orcs breed reproduce? - Science Fiction . . . The Uruks were supposedly crossbreeds between Men and Orcs, but that again doesn't make sense because we know Men reproduce sexually How could an asexual and a sexual species "breed"? Science can't be the answer, either, because it's not like Saruman had a fully equipped genetics lab to play around with
tolkiens legendarium - What happened to the Orcs after the Ring was . . . The Orcs were actually creatures of Morgoth, not of Sauron, being corrupted by him during the years of the Trees Since Morgoth dissipated his power into Arda, and since he was removed from the world at the end of the First Age, the defeat of Sauron had no effect on them so long as general survivability is concerned Also, there have been extended periods of time between the defeat of Morgoth