How did Elves turn to orcs?

The first Dark Lord Melkor took hostage some Elves from Cuiviénen. He tortured them, beat them, and broke their bodies into the first deformed and twisted beings known as Orcs. Tolkien confirmed that female Orcs did exist.

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Who was the first elf to become an orc?

Turns out, Adar was one of the first orcs ever created — explaining why the orcs call him "father" in Sindarin. As Galadriel explains, in the First Age, the Dark Lord Morgoth captured and tortured elves, turning them into twisted, ruined creatures that would later become the orcs as we know them.

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Why is Elf leading Orcs?

The one-time elf was doing it for his orc children whom he loves, many of whom Sauron had sacrificed in his quest to rule Middle-earth. Adar wanted to give The Rings of Power's orcs a new home, one where they would not only be safe from light but safe from Dark Lords who treat them as disposable.

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Are Orcs tainted elves?

In Tolkien's mythology, orcs are traditionally “monstrous”; they represent corrupted, twisted versions of elves and men, made by Morgoth (the original Dark Lord of Tolkien's world).

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Can an orc become an elf again?

Orcs may be capable of spiritual salvation. That is, their souls (Fea) may be saved. Tolkien pondered this concern in his letters. But no one ever thought or suggested that, in Middle-earth, orcs could be reincarnated as elves.

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Are orcs mutated Elves?

Especially in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, orcs appear as a brutish, aggressive, ugly, and malevolent race of monsters, contrasting with the benevolent Elves. They are a corrupted race of elves, either bred that way by Morgoth, or turned savage in that manner, according to the Silmarillion.

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What is a half orc half-elf called?

Uniya is the term used in Jrusar for people in Exandria who have both elvish and orcish lineage and so are both half-elf and half-orc.

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Who created the first Orcs?

In the following and more serious revision of his mythology, Tolkien kept the same origin: in the Quenta Noldorinwa (1930s) it is written that Morgoth created the Orcs in Utumna, before the Awakening of the Elves: "the hordes of Orcs he made of stone, but their hearts of hatred".

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Is Aragorn half elf?

Aragorn is not half Elf, although he is a descendant of Elros, who is half Elf (and the brother of Elrond, the half-Elf who raised him), which explains why Aragorn's life span is unusually long.

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How human can half-orcs look?

Curiously, while their hair and eye color takes after the human parent—in addition to their more humanlike appearance in general—a half-orc's skin is always the same color as their orc parent (most often grey or green) but a few shades lighter. They also only have four toes like an orc.

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Are there female Orcs?

Yes, female orcs do exist in Middle-earth.

“There must have been orc-women,” Tolkien wrote. “But in stories that seldom, if ever, see the Orcs except as soldiers of armies in the service of the evil lords, we naturally would not learn much about their lives.

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Is an elf stronger than an orc?

They should be able to outperform most of their rivals, if not all of them. That is part of the fun of film-making. In Tolkien's Middle-earth the Elves were generally stronger and faster than the Orcs; the Orcs usually only won through deceit and weight of numbers.

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Is the orc father an elf?

As explained in the previous episode's recap, “Adar” is Tolkien's elvish word for “father,” and it's the name the orcs overtaking the Southland use for their mysterious leader. Now we've seen who they're talking about, and he turns out to be an elf himself.

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Can an orc breed with an elf?

According to AD&D-era lore, elves cannot breed with orcs at all. In Dragon magazine #60 (April 1982), the article "The Half-Elven Point of View" states: Elves and orcs cannot interbreed, which is interesting since both races can breed with humanity. The Complete Book of Elves (1992), p.

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Can an orc and elf have children?

Answer #2: No. The canonical world of D&D has many different races, but elf/orc breeds are not among them.

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What is the lifespan of an elf orc?

Elf orcs mature quickly due to their orc heritage, usually at the age of 14. Their elven heritage, however, increases their lifespans, and they have been known to live up to the age of 200.

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How is Legolas immortal?

While the date of Legolas's birth is unknown, he was likely born sometime after his grandfather was killed and his father took over the rule of the Woodland Realm. Like all Elves, Legolas is immortal. Elves do not die by natural causes; however, they can be killed in battle.

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Was Legolas a half-elf?

Character. Although he lived among them, Legolas was not fully of the Silvan Elves. As a son of the Elven-king Thranduil, who had originally come from Doriath, Legolas was at least half Sindar; his mother's identity is completely unknown.

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Is Legolas a wood Elf or high Elf?

Long story short, this means that Legolas, as the son of Thranduil, would be a Sindar Elf by blood. However, he (along with the rest of the Fellowship) seems to consider himself a Wood-elf (one of the Silvan Elves), as they are his people.

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How did orcs reproduce?

While there was no mention of female Orcs in any of the books, Tolkien did later say that they did exist. We see proof of offsping as Gollum devours a young Orc child in The Hobbit. As disturbing as the thought might be, in the Silmarillion it is said that Orcs "breed after the manner of Elves and Men".

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Who lived in Mordor before the orcs?

The first being known to occupy the mountains of Mordor was Shelob, fleeing from the War of Wrath in Beleriand at the end of the First Age. She fed herself on Elves and Men living or passing nearby until these became scarce. Sauron settled in Mordor around S.A. 1000.

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Can a half-elf and half-orc have a child?

Apprently half-elves and half-orcs can't crossbreed at ALL.

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What are the hybrid orcs called?

It is not clear in The Lord of the Rings itself, but Tolkien later intended all Uruk-hai to be orc-human hybrids. The Men-orcs are the Uruks while the Orc-men are the "goblin-men" in the Shire, or so it seems.

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Are half-elves human?

Half-elves have a blend of human and elf features, influenced slightly by the ethnicities of their parents (mostly the human parent).

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