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How can the Orcs be so easily killed? 10 There is much evidence that the original orcs would be closer to what we usually call goblins Tolkien did not differentiate between the two words and treated them as synonymous; the official explanation being (in the preface to The Hobbit) that 'orc' was the hobbit word and 'goblin' was the human one
tolkiens legendarium - What is the true origin of the Orcs? - Science . . . Do they go to the Halls of Mandos, and can an Orc repent and be restored to his Elf-dom? If Orcs come from Men, what of the timeline problems? How did Morgoth manage to breed so many in such a short time? You can see Tolkien grasping in this direction with some of his later revisions, moving the origin of Men further back, for example
How did Fangorns trees destroy the fleeing Orcs? 18 In The Two Towers, while the Ents were attacking Isengard, the survivors of Saruman's routed Orc army attempted to flee into the strange forest that suddenly appeared near the Helm's Deep battlefield They were set upon and destroyed by Fangorn's angry trees How did the forest destroy Saruman's Orcs?
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
tolkiens legendarium - About orcs, elves, ents and trolls - Science . . . Similarly there are differences between orcs Although Tolkien used "Goblin" and "Orc" fairly interchangeably, there are differences between the goblins, as presented in "The Hobbit" and the orcs presented in "The Lord of the Rings " Goblins are presented as intelligent but small and cowardly, in fact they seem to be of a similar height to dwarves
What is the correct name for the style of sword the Uruk Hai use? What is the correct name for the style of sword the Uruk Hai use? I specifically mean the flat blade which either does not taper, or tapers slightly outwards as it gets further from the grip, with
tolkiens legendarium - Is there a passage in Lord of the Rings told . . . In-universe, the Lord of the Rings was written by Frodo (possibly ended by Sam, and following up from Bilbo's account of his adventure) so it doesn't really fit to have any passage written from an orc's point of view It's mostly an omniscient narrator, or from a hobbit's POV, as far as I can remember The only exceptions that I can think of are Aragon, Gimli and Legolas' hunt, and a character
Were the orcs of Minas Morgul created by the Witch King? In Saruman's case, he interbred orcs with humans, creating orc-men or goblin-men One descendant of such evil project appeared at the Inn of the Prancing Pony, that squint-eyed stranger that was spying on the Hobbits Sauron reportedly created a stronger and more resilient breed, some of which were stationed in Minas Morgul