Orc

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title: Orc
text: An orc, 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. They are a corrupted race of elves, either bred that way by the Dark Lord Morgoth, or turned savage in that manner, according to the Silmarillion. Tolkien's orcs serve as a conveniently wholly evil enemy that could be slaughte
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description: Humanoid monster in Tolkien's fiction
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc
date created: 2002-03-05T19:02:41Z
date modified: 2024-09-04T14:17:36Z
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