So, are Orcs capable of reproduction and having families at all?
This confused many people regarding Orc biology and how they organize themselves socially.
After all, in thePeter Jacksonmovies,we learn that Orcs were once Elves who were tortured and corrupted.
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So how come there is a baby in that scene with Glug?
Surely no one would torture and corrupt a baby Elf… right?
None of those possibilities were considered final, however, as Tolkien deliberately left some things open.
Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.
Later, Jackson madeThe Silmarillion’s interpretation more popular by going with it in his movies.
Morgoth (then known as Melkor) couldn’t create life himself, despite his power.
Instead, he could only corrupt existing life.
Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.
All those evolved separately through reproduction.
A sharer of gifts.
Are Orcs Even Supposed To Have Families?
It only means that this is how Orcs first came into existence, as beings of malice and hatred.
Seeing a tender Orc family goes against this image in every possible way.
If they are inherently evil, how can Orcs have families?
Like the other “Children of Iluvatar,” Orcs have it, too.
Again, no detail is given about Orcs having families, but their morals are somewhat explored.
In fact, in the context of the series, it even makes sense.
They still kill, steal, and wreak their usual havoc.
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