| The
Uruks Of Mordor |
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| The
Orcs of Mordor came from all over Middle-earth. Sauron
needed many hundreds of thousands of slaves and soldiers to rebuild and fortify
Mordor and eventfully put forth a massive force to attack the West. The Orcs of
Mordor were not simply gathered from the remnants of Morgoth's
armies, but were also bred anew by Sauron. There were many types in the service
of the Red Eye, but the largest and
fiercest were the Great Black Uruks, a form first seen about five hundred years
before the end of the Third Age. It seems that Sauron could breed armies of Orcs
with enormous speed when they were needed. For instance, it had taken just a few
years for the Orcs to multiply in Mordor to the vast hordes seen in the War of
the Ring. |
| The
Orcs of the Red Eye. From
the great fighting Uruks of Mordor to the Snaga, to the small tracking Orcs, all
fell under the sway of Barad-dur. The indomitable
will of the Nameless One commands his hosts as they march across the vast plain
of Gorgoroth under red flames of Orodoruin. The
watchful eyes of his favorite minions the Nazgul circle above in the growing darkness.
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leading Orcs came loping along, panting, holding their heads down. They were a
gang of the smaller breeds being driven unwillingly to their Dark Lord's wars;
all they cared for was an end to the march and an escape from the whip.
Beside them
running down the line, went two of the large fierce uruks, cracking lashes
and shouting. "There
now!" he laughed,
flicking at their legs. "Where there's a
whip there's a will, my slugs. Hold up! I'd give you a nice freshener now, only
you'll get as much lash as your skins will carry when you get in late to your
camp. Do you good. Don't you know we're at war"
| From
The Land of Shadow in
The Return of the King |
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| The two
Orc-figures were still some way ahead. He could see them now, black and squat
against the red glare. The
passage ran straight at last, up an incline. Already the orcs with their burden
had passed through Gorbag and Shagrat were drawing near the gate. Sam
heard a burst of hoarse singing, blaring of horns and ganging of gongs,
a hideous clamor. Gorbag and Shagrat were already on the threshold.
| From
The Choices of Master Samwise in
The Two Towers
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| One was
clad ragged brown and was armed with a bow of horn; it was of a small breed, black
skinned, with wide snuffling nostrils: evidently a tracker of some kind.
The other was a big fighting-orc, like those
of Shagrat's company, bearing the token of the Eye. He also had a bow at his back
and carried a short broad-headed spear.
| From The
Land of Shadow in
The Return of the King
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Artist is Alan Lee
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