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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.
In the philologist and fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fiction, a warg is a particularly large and evil kind of wolf that could be ridden by orcs.He derived the name and characteristics of his wargs by combining meanings and myths from Old Norse and Old English.
The fictional races and peoples that appear in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth include the seven listed in Appendix F of The Lord of the Rings: Elves, Men, Dwarves, Hobbits, Ents, Orcs and Trolls, as well as spirits such as the Valar and Maiar.
In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit the evil creatures living in the Misty Mountains are referred to as goblins. In The Lord of the Rings, the same creatures are primarily referred to as orcs where the goblin name was used for the lesser orcs. Representation of a goblin as it appears in the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons
I still feel that clarification is needed on this in terms of the movie's representation: "crossing Orcs and Goblin-men" is an oxymoron. "Goblin" is just an alternative name for "Orc" (essentially "Goblin" is a slang-term for the race properly termed Orcs, from the Quenya "Yrch"). Goblins and Orcs are the exact same race: they are all "Orcs".
The orc appears in the first edition Monster Manual (1977), where it is described as a fiercely competitive bully, a tribal creature often living underground. [6]The mythology and attitudes of the orcs are described in detail in Dragon #62 (June 1982), in Roger E. Moore's article, "The Half-Orc Point of View".
The main human adversaries in The Lord of the Rings are the Haradrim and the Easterlings. [1] The Haradrim or Southrons were hostile to Gondor, and used elephants in war. Tolkien describes them as "swart", [4] meaning "dark-skinned". [9] The Easterlings lived in Rhûn, the vast eastern region of Middle-earth; they fought in the armies of ...
[26]: 6 The lands of the Forgotten Realms are not all ruled by the human race, with populations of many humanoid races and creatures ubiquitous in fantasy fiction works such as dwarves, elves, goblins, and orcs. Technologically, the world of the Forgotten Realms resembles the pre-industrial Earth in the 13th or 14th century. However, the ...