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Who is the father of orc?

We see a brief glimpse of this breeding process in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. In the Silvan Elvish language "Adar" is Sindarin for "father." Adar is the father of the Orcs, in a sense.
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Who created the orcs?

In the following and more serious revision of his mythology, Tolkien kept the same origin: in the Quenta Noldorinwa (1930s) it is written that Morgoth created the Orcs in Utumna, before the Awakening of the Elves: "the hordes of Orcs he made of stone, but their hearts of hatred".
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Who was first ORC?

Morgoth (also known as Melkor) was the first Dark Lord, and he is the one who first bred the Orcs. Mordor Orcs refer to the Orcs that Sauron bred for his own army.
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Who is the orcs father in Rings of Power?

Adar, father of the orcs

The elven leader asks Adar if he is, indeed, one of the first elves that Morgoth corrupted during the Years of the Trees.
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How were the orcs created?

In The Book of Lost Tales, it is said that Orcs were "bred from the heats and slimes of the earth" through the sorcery of Morgoth. Again, Tolkien later changed this, as Morgoth could not create life on his own. This led to the most popular theory that Orcs were created from corrupted Elves.
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What God created orcs?

Gruumsh created the orcs and guided their destiny with the aid of his divine subordinates, ruling over orcish mortals and gods alike as their unquestioned patriarch.
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How did Elves turn to orcs?

Before Oromë first found the Elves at Cuiviénen, Melkor kidnapped some of them and cruelly deformed them, twisting them into the first Orcs.
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Are Orcs fallen Elves?

The orcs appear (especially in The Lord of the Rings) 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 Morgoth, or turned savage in that manner, according to the Silmarillion.
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Is the Orc father an elf?

Adar was one of the first Elves to be corrupted by Morgoth in the Years of the Trees in Utumno. Subsequent generations of the newly realized race of Orcs considered him to be their "father", and followed him willingly.
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Who is the leader of all Orcs?

Adar is the leader of the orcs, and is played by Game of Thrones actor Joseph Mawle.
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Who is the strongest orc ever?

Uruk-Hai. Lurtz was the first and one of the strongest orcs known as the Uruk-Hai that were created by Saruman the White. He led a party of Uruk-Hai to Amon Hen, where they intercepted the Fellowship of the Ring and tried to capture Frodo.
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Who is the orc mother god?

Luthic (pronounced: /ˈluːθɪk/ LOOTH-ick) was the orc goddess of caves and mate of Gruumsh, the patron of female orcs, healing, and home.
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Who is the mother of orcs?

Dretha, the Dark Mother, is the orc goddess of fertility, birth, and death. She presides over orc domestic life and watches over female orcs carrying, birthing, and rearing children, as she believes in strength in numbers and strong warriors.
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Who turned the elves into orcs?

As Galadriel explains, in the First Age, the Dark Lord Morgoth captured and tortured elves, turning them into twisted, ruined creatures that would later become the orcs as we know them.
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Why are there no female orcs?

Literally murdering Tolkien's work with this one. Orcs are meant to represent how British soldiers were supposed to see German and Austro-Hungarian. They're born as adults in scum and mud and bred only to kill, they don't have a sex because they don't sexually reproduce.
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What did the first orcs look like?

Tolkien described Orcs as "squat, broad, flat-nosed, sallow-skinned, with wide mouths and slant eyes: in fact degraded and repulsive versions of the (to Europeans) least lovely Mongol-types".
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Is Orc Lord a Demon Lord?

The Orc Disaster is the evolution of an Orc Lord and is a Demon Lord Seed. When Orc Lord Geld devoured Gelmud, on top of the sizable power he'd already amassed from consuming several powerful races in the Great Jura Forest, he awoke and evolved into this form.
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Are there female orcs?

ANSWER: Yes, there are female Orcs in Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings does not specifically mention female orcs but their presence is implied.
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Who are the 3 fathers of the Elves?

Elf-fathers were the three male Elves who awoke at Cuiviénen and then formed the Three Clans. Imin, Tata, and Enel were their names which translate to "One", "Two", and "Three" respectively.
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What do orcs eat?

Cattle and Game would make the most sense. There is a possibility the animals may even include horses, as it is known that horses are bred in the dark lands. These are the black horses that the Ring-wraiths ride as they pursue the hobbits from The Shire to Rivendell.
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Why can't orcs be in sunlight?

Regardless of the theory you ascribe to, Orcs were created in the depths of time by Morgoth, the original Dark Lord of Middle-earth. Because of that, it makes sense that Orcs would despise the Sun -- they were created by evil for evil purposes. Thus, they belonged in the darkness, which is a common literary motif.
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How long do orcs live?

For orcs, the age at which they're officially "adult" comes a little later than humans. Orcs reach maturity at about age 18-20. Middle age is around age 40 or so, old age at 65, venerable age at 80, and they rarely live beyond 100 years of age.
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How do elves reproduce?

Elves view the sexual act as special and intimate, for it leads to the birth of children. Elves who are married cannot be forced by other Elves to have sex; before that they will lose the will to endure and go to Mandos. Elves have few children, and there are long intervals between each child.
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Why is the leader of the orcs an elf?

Adar reveals that he was captured by Morgoth during the Year of Trees, and was tortured by the dark lord. He became one of the very first Orcs within Middle-earth, and possesses both the powers of an Orc and an Elf. It's also suggested that Adar may have been involved in the death of Halbrand's family.
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How long do elves live?

Average Elven Lifespan

Elves have the ability to live forever thanks to their immortality. Elves like Elrond, who was over 6000 years old in The Lord of the Rings, are not hard to come by.
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