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An orc (sometimes spelt ork; / ɔːr k / [1] [2]), [3] in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy fiction, is a race of humanoid monsters, which he also calls "goblin".. 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.
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Borophagus orc is an extinct species of the genus Borophagus of the subfamily Borophaginae, a group of canids endemic to North America from the 10.3 Mya to 4.9 Mya. Borophagus orc existed for approximately 5.4 million years .
The Elf Ecthelion slays the Orc champion Orcobal in Gondolin. 2007 illustration by Tom Loback. J. R. R. Tolkien, a devout Roman Catholic, [T 1] created what he came to feel was a moral dilemma for himself with his supposedly evil Middle-earth peoples like Orcs, when he made them able to speak.
Apache ORC, a file format; Orc, an album by Oh Sees; Orc (programming language) Orcs: First Blood, a series of books by Stan Nicholls; Orc (slang), a pejorative term used in Ukraine for a Russian soldier in the Russo-Ukrainian War
This is a list of the mammal species of Vietnam. ... The elephants comprise three living species and are the largest living land animals.
The orc battle priest, the orc berserker, and the war howler orc are introduced in the Monster Manual IV (2006). [29] The frostblood orcs appear in Dragon Magic (2006). The sharakim are a race of orcs that were transformed from humans, and appeared as a player character race in Races of Destiny (2004).
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Vietnam.The avifauna of Vietnam include a total of 963 species, of which 18 are endemic, and 5 have been introduced.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.