Could an orc be good?

Originally Answered: Can an orc be good? No, Tolkien's orcs are not equivalent to WoW's Azeroth Orcs or D&D's orc/half-orc classes. The orcs of middle-earth are effectively humanoid monsters. As Gwydion Madawc Williams notes, orcs are a more mundane, but just as corrupt, version of trolls and other such fell creatures.
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Is there such thing as a good orc?

No-All Orcs are purely evil monsters. It is the irredeemable legacy of Morgoth that the evil he has wrote into the world cannot be erased. It is an essential part of the canon. Simple question in the case Tolkien's universe.
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Could Orcs be good Lord of the Rings?

“Deep in their dark hearts,” Tolkien writes, “the Orcs loathed the Master whom they served in fear, the maker only of their misery. No. Tolkien stated himself in a few letters that orcs are absolutely unredeemable and are absolutely evil.
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Do Orcs have to be evil?

Orcs aren't always evil at all. It isn't inevitable that any orc you meet is guilty of any actual evil. You may have met an orc that's chosen to go against its own nature and choose not to pursue its own survival and comfort when doing so would lead to evil.
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Can Orcs be peaceful?

Orcs were originally a (relatively) peaceful shamanic people. It was the Legion that pushed them into their little…
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Were there any good Orcs in Middle-earth?

Why do orcs fear light?

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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What is the opposite of an orc?

A fallen figure, Orc is the embodiment of rebellion, and stands opposed to Urizen, the embodiment of tradition.
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Are orcs just corrupted elves?

Orcs and goblins are the same thing. They both come from the same source; Morgoth twisting and debasing captured elves before his captivity. The words are largely used interchangeably. It's really only insinuated that Orcs are corrupted Elves.
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Are all orcs fallen elves?

The origin(s) of orcs were explained two different ways (i.e., inconsistently) by Tolkien: the orcs were either East Elves (Avari) enslaved, tortured, and bred by Morgoth (as Melkor became known), or, "perhaps ... Avari [(a race of elves)] ... [turned] evil and savage in the wild", both according to The Silmarillion.
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Are orcs immortal if they were elves?

Orcs do not share the immortality of Elves. In fact, they were short-lived even compared with the Men of the First age. We really do not know. We only have what Tolkien said in his writings.
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Who is the most evil orc in lotr?

Lurtz was an Uruk-Hai, a breed of Orc formed in Isengard. Orcs were to be feared, but Uruk-Hai were stronger and more capable with bows and arrows and swords. The goblin-like physique of Orcs wasn't anywhere near as powerful as the broader nature of the Uruk-Hai.
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Who is stronger elves or orcs?

One on one: basic Elf warrior beats Orc warrior. group on group: unless the scenario changes and all are equal, the elves win any even numbered battle. The orcs only win with vastly superior numbers, extremely advantageous scenario, or by being accompanied by a superior battle leader (Nazgul, dragon, balrog, etc).
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What are orcs weaknesses?

Their main weakness may be their arrogance and the difficulty some of them may have in understanding the weak, another weakness may be their large number, which makes it difficult to organize them centrally, which ends up creating several divisions.
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Who is the strongest orc?

Uruk-hai (for short, Uruks) were brutal warriors of Middle-earth, and the strongest breed of Orc. In The Lord of the Rings, the term Uruk-hai refers chiefly to those bred in Isengard as Isengarders, while the Uruks from Mordor are referred to as black Uruks of Mordor.
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How strong would an orc be?

The muscular strength is very closely related to the cross-section of the muscle in question, so with Orcs being about 3 times the human's weight and thus having about 3 times the human's muscle, it would on average be some 3 times stronger.
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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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How do orcs breed?

As far as anybody knows, they reproduce sexually like Elves, Men and Dwarves.
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Are all orcs female?

Are all the Orcs in Middle Earth females? Nope. The characters portrayed in the book are all males (Grishnak, Ugluk, etc); females do not appear in the story but they exist since Orcs reproduces in the same manner as the Children of Iluvatar.
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Are there female orcs?

But some of the orcs the other characters encounter could have been female. Tolkien confirms that female orcs existed. In a letter to Mrs. Munby, he writes that “there must have been orc-women.
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Why 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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Are orcs born or made?

The original Orcs were created by Melkor (Morgoth) and beyond that they reproduced naturally, through the normal means. Sauron built his armies by recruiting them, calling them to Mordor through magical means and rallying them under his cause.
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Why didn t the elves get corrupted?

The 3 elven rings were crafted with his recipe but not in his presence. This prevented the corruption, but the power is still from the one ring. It is the destruction of the ring that takes the power.
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Is Shrek A orc?

Shrek is a fictional ogre character created by American author William Steig.
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What do orcs eat?

These are the black horses that the Ring-wraiths ride as they pursue the hobbits from The Shire to Rivendell. However, the gruesome truth is that what the orcs are more likely to be eating is the slaves themselves. It is well known that they greatly desire the taste of man-flesh.
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Is A Goblin A orc?

The entire race is simply known to be Orcs, with Goblins being another name that is used to refer to the same creature. Going one step further, the massive Uruk-hai line of Orc seen throughout the series is just that, an orc.
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