J.R.R. Tolkien brought us the orc, and like most things Tolkien, it has become a staple of the fantasy genre. They were the perfect evil mercenaries for an epic fantasy battle: growling, ugly ...

So, did J.R.R. Tolkien invent the Orc as we know it today? Well, yes and no. Although the word "orc" is actually derived from the Old English "orcneas" as it first appeared in Beowulf, Tolkien ...

Much of the Orc origin conundrum also hinges on the question of whether Orcs are redeemable creatures. For instance, X user Rock solid vehemently pointed out, "Tolkien SPECIFICALLY wrote the orcs ...

Middle-earth lovers, rejoice! J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t just invent the magical world of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, turns out he illustrated it too.Now, the famed author’s never-before ...

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).

Here’s What J.R.R. Tolkien Has to Say About Orc Babies and Orc Families. Of course, it’s fair enough to ask what J.R.R. Tolkien, the creator of The Lord of the Rings world, would have to say ...

In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Sauron is pure evil.He is the acolyte of Morgoth, a Satan figure in Tolkien’s mythos. Morgoth creates sun-hating minions, the orcs, during his reign ...

Few fantasy races have had as interesting an evolution as the orc. Tolkien more or less invented this warrior race in his writings (though similarly-named monsters had before appeared in European ...

So I just found this Wired piece from last fall on J. R. R. Tolkien’s alleged bigotry towards . . . Orcs. By now this an old gripe, that began, to my knowledge, with the release of the Lord of ...

Season 2 of Amazon’s The Rings of Power sparked controversy by depicting an orc with a wife and child, which some interpreted as breaking the canon of Tolkien’s books.

No, orcs aren’t racist, and D&D isn’t promoting racism. There’s no good scientific evidence to back up the claims of this new woke wave of moral outrage and policing.