BlogHide Resteemslotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Notable Orcs - BolgIn The Hobbit, Bolg had succeeded Azog after the latter's death in the Battle of Azanulbizar (the last battle of the War of the Dwarves and Orcs) in TA 2799 by Dáin II Ironfoot, and had resettled in…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Notable Orcs - Azog (p4)Except for Thráin, the Dwarves made no attempt to press their advantage by pursuing the Orcs into the mines, many of them having been slain. Dáin had glimpsed Durin's Bane deep within and warned…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Notable Orcs - Azog (p3)When news of this reached Thrór's heir, Thráin, he was greatly angered and mustered a force of Dwarves from Durin's Folk and the six other clans to seek revenge on Azog, though this preparation took…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Notable Orcs - Azog (p2)Azog then called out that he had killed Thrór, and that he now ruled Moria as king. His name in runes was carved onto the brow of Thrór, forever branding it into the hearts of the Dwarves. Nár was…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Notable Orcs - AzogAzog - Azog entered history in the year TA 2790 due to King Thrór's desire to revisit and perhaps restore the lost realm of Khazad-dûm. Azog beheaded Thrór, and carved his name in Thrór's head, then…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Other names"Glamhoth" was a Sindarin word for the Orcs that meant 'din-horde'. Example: "Gurth an Glamhoth", said Tuor, meaning "Death to the Glamhoth" or "Death to the Orcs". "Gorgûn" was the name that…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: EtymologyIn Tolkien's Sindarin language, Orc is orch, plural yrch. In his late, post-Lord of the Rings writings (published in The Peoples of Middle-earth), he preferred the spelling "Ork", evidently mainly…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Characteristics (p4)Wickedness and violence were their nature, and it was not uncommon for them to kill each other in petty quarrels. They had a destructive effect on nature, especially forests, and often destroyed…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Characteristics (p3)Orcs made no beautiful things, but many clever ones including machines, tools, weapons, and instruments of torture. They were delighted by wheels, engines, and explosions, and could tunnel and mine…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Characteristics (p2)In J.R.R. Tolkien's writings, Orcs were cruel, sadistic, black-hearted, vicious, and hateful of everybody and everything, particularly the orderly and prosperous. Physically, they were short in…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Characteristics"For all that race were bred by Melkor of the subterranean heats and slime. Their hearts were of granite and their bodies deformed; foul their faces which smiled not, but their laugh that of the…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Third Age (p3)In the meantime Sauron had returned to Mordor, rebuilding his fortress and creating a vast army of Orcs. His thrall Saruman also created the Uruk-hai, a breed of Orc stronger than any seen before.…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Third Age (p2)Following the abandonment of Khazad-dûm by the Dwarves, Orcs eventually colonised the abandoned halls, killing King Thrór when he sought to enter his lost realm. This triggered the War of the…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Third AgeAfter the War of the Last Alliance Mordor was desolate and the surviving Orcs were concentrated in the Misty Mountains. With the return of Sauron to Dol Guldur and the spread of his evil influence…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Second Age (p2)However Sauron had not been able to gather all the Eastern Orcs into his armies, as they at first scorned him, not realising the fair 'Annatar' was Sauron. It was only after his first defeat that…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: Second AgeSometime around SA 1000, Sauron reappeared in Middle-earth and made the land of Mordor his realm, and then started to build the foundations of Barad-dûr. During the War of the Elves and Sauron in SA…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: First Age (p2)After their crushing defeat in the Dagor Aglareb and in a minor raid on Hithlum, the Orcs nevertheless regained their numbers. In the Dagor Bragollach and Nirnaeth Arnoediad, they and their master…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: First AgeIn the First Age, thousands of Orcs were bred in Angband by Morgoth and to participate in the Battles of Beleriand, which lasted 587 years. They first appeared in the Battle of the Lammoth, where…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: History (p2)Melkor was the first to learn of the Awakening of the Elves. He soon began sending evil spirits among the Elves, who planted seeds of doubt against the Valar. It is also rumoured that some of the…lotr-wiki (61)in lotr • 3 years agoOrcs: HistoryMany Orcs (along with fallen Maiar and other evil servants of Melkor) survived in the deep caves, pits, chambers, and tunnels of Melkor's great underground fortresses of Utumno and Angband. They…
