lotr-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…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…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…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…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…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…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…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…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.…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…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…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…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…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…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…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…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…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…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…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…
