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Who invented orcs? - Science Fiction Fantasy Stack Exchange Orc is also a proper name for one of the characters in the complex mythology of William Blake Unlike the medieval sea beast, or Tolkien's humanoid monster, Blake's Orc is a positive figure, the embodiment of creative passion and energy, and stands opposed to Urizen, the embodiment of tradition
What are the differences between Orcs and Uruks? Meanwhile Orc, Uruk, Hobgoblin, Goblin and Snaga (lit "slave" or "maggot") are all words that refer to members of the Orc race, which was created by the First Dark Lord, Morgoth, in the Pit of Angband One character might use one word in particular to refer to any Orc, because of that character's cultural background
the lord of the rings - Are orcs and goblins really the same thing . . . Orc and Goblin clearly refer to the same species In The Hobbit Gandalf warned Bilbo that traveling north of Mirkwood would take them close to the Grey Mountains full of "goblins, hob goblins, and orcs of the worst description"
the lord of the rings - Science Fiction Fantasy Stack Exchange The Orc named Shagrat, in The Two Towers: In the red glare Sam, cowering behind the stair-door, caught a glimpse of his evil face as it passed: it was scored as if by rending claws and smeared with blood; slaver dripped from its protruding fangs; the mouth snarled like an animal
the lord of the rings - Are Tolkiens orcs immortal? - Science Fiction . . . In his essay , which can be found in , Tolkien explicitly states that the Orcs have a lesser lifespan than the Numenoreans This would suggest that they are long-lived, but not immortal The main evidence for Orcs being long-lived is the well documented dates of death of the Azog and Bolg Azog was succeeded by Bolg after his death in the war with the Dwarves some 150 years before the Battle
What (if anything) do we know about the orcs who fought against Sauron? Orc battled Orc frequently for relatively trivial reasons, as when they fought one another over Frodo's gear in Minas Morgul If one tribe of Orc battled another, let's say in the Misty Mountains, and only one of these tribes were allied with Sauron, that could count as fighting against Sauron without aiding Men or Elves directly