Are Orcs mer or beastfolk?

Goblin-ken (or goblin-kin) is an unspecific term used to refer to several different beastfolk, including Goblins, Ogres, and Gremlins. Although they have elven blood, Orcs are widely considered to be goblin-ken due to the common belief that they are somehow related to goblins.
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Are Orcs beastfolk?

Orcs have elven blood, but are sometimes grouped into Goblin-ken or considered to be Beastfolk.
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Are Orcs considered beasts?

Or, they were "beasts of humanized shape", possibly, Tolkien wrote, Elves mated with beasts, and later Men. Or again, Tolkien noted, they could have been fallen Maiar, perhaps a kind called Boldog, like lesser Balrogs; or corrupted Men.
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What species are Orcs?

Orcs were a race of humanoid creatures best known for their service as footsoldiers and slaves to the Dark Lords of Middle-earth. Even when not in thralldom to an evil master, Orcs rarely if ever had non-violent interactions with Elves, Men, or Dwarves.
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Are Orcs mer elder scrolls?

Mer=Elf in Elder Scrolls lore. Bosmer, Altmer, Dunmer etc. No, Orcs are Mer. There are 3 categories of races.
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Why aren t the ayleids called mer?

They don't have an official "mer" name because they're an offshoot of Altmer. The word Ayleid is a cultural term like Direnni, another Altmer culture. Umbacano, an Altmer from both Morrowinsnand Oblivion, is an Ayleid revivalist.
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How did the Orcs become Orcs elder scrolls?

According to most accounts, the Orcish race was created when their patron god Trinimac was transformed by Boethiah. He became Malacath and his faithful became the cursed folk, or 'Orsimer', and were henceforth known as Orcs.
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How did Elves become Orcs?

It is also rumoured that some of the Elves were being captured by a "Rider" if they strayed too far, and it was believed by the Eldar that these unfortunate Elves were brought to Utumno, where they were cruelly tortured and twisted into Orcs.
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How did Morgoth create Orcs?

Returning to the idea that Morgoth could not create new creatures with independent wills, it is probable that Orcs had a "mixed origin", using corrupted Elves and Men. Morgoth would have among them corrupted minor spirits, which took terrible and similar bodily forms in order to dominate.
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Are there 2 types of Orcs?

No, actually, there are three different kinds of orcs in LOTR: Regular Orcs ("Goblins")--also known as "Snaga" by Uruk-hai. Uruk-hai--also known as "Uruks"... fighting orcs. ...
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What is the lifespan of an orc?

Lifespan. Orcs bred fast and lived short lives compared with most other races. They were considered adults anywhere between 11 and 14 years of age, middle-aged at 17, old at 23, and venerable at 35 years of age. The average orc seldom lived longer than 40 years, even if it managed to avoid violent death.
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Are all Orcs once elves?

In it is stated that Tolkien specifically noted about the reference in the Silmarillion "change this, orcs are not elvish". Therefore we can deduce that their origins are most probably bestial and/or mannish.
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Are all Orcs female?

Tolkien said in a letter tat orcs were enough like humans that they reproduced the same way, so there must be female orcs, but none ever appear on stage, or at least are never identified. Since Tolkien never said, perhaps female orcs look very much like male ones, and half the orcs in a horde are females.
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Are Orcs technically Elves?

Orsimer (Pariah Folk in Aldmeris), called Orcs by humans and Ornim in their own tongue, are a race of elves that was created from the Aldmer after the Aedra Trinimac was corrupted into the Daedric Prince Malacath. Trinimac's followers and kin were transformed into the first Orsimer.
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What races hate Orcs?

Orcs are hated and feared by virtually all races.
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What species is AZOG?

He is a white-skinned Orc, known as the Pale Orc or Azog the Defiler. According to Balin, he is from Gundabad. In the films, the Battle of Azanulbizar appears in a flashback.
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Who kills Morgoth?

He will fight in the Last Battle against the Valar and their allies, but will ultimately be slain by Túrin Turambar, the Man he cursed. By finally defeating Morgoth, Túrin will avenge not only himself, but all members of the race of Men.
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Did Sauron turn Elves into Orcs?

It was Melkor/Morgoth who corrupted early Elves into Orcs, and his work was not undone when the good Valar defeated him and expelled his spirit from the world.
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How did Sauron breed Orcs?

Mordor Orcs refer to the Orcs that Sauron bred for his own army. The first Dark Lord Melkor took hostage some Elves from Cuiviénen. He tortured them, beat them, and broke their bodies into the first deformed and twisted beings known as Orcs.
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How was Uruk-hai created?

The Uruk-hai might have been the result of crossbreeding Orcs and Men.
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How do Orcs breed?

Breeding Orcs

Unlike Dwarves and Hobbits, Orcs wouldn't be bred with any sort of awesome-looking spiky Orcish Marriage Ring. Instead, the breeding process would be closer to breeding animals. Man-flesh would have to be fed to both an Orc and an Orc woman nearby, and they'd both initiate the process.
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What's the difference between Orcs and Uruks?

First of all, there are the obvious physical differences. Uruk-hai are much larger and beefier than Orcs, who are often more goblin-like. The Orcs were the soldiers of Sauron and the dark forces for a long time, but were one of the weaker forces of evil.
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What is the lifespan of an Orc in Skyrim?

Orcs, due to them being cursed elves, they live probably to an max of 80 years, but most choose to die honorably during their 40s.
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Were first age Orcs stronger?

The First Orcs created by Morgoth were an amateur and fragile creation in the war against the Noldor. It was only after a long time and learning that Morgoth, Sauron and Saruman improved their Orcs. So no, the First Age Orcs were not stronger, those of later ages wer…
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Do you know how Orcs were created?

Saruman : Do you know how the Orcs first came into being? They were elves once, taken by the dark powers, tortured and mutilated. A ruined and terrible form of life.
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