Why are wow orcs green?

The reason for this is rooted in the lore of the Warcraft universe. According to Warcraft lore, the orc race was originally brown-skinned. However, after they were corrupted by the Burning Legion, a powerful demonic force, their skin turned green as a result of fel magic.
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Why would orcs have green skin?

Re: Why are orcs green? Green Orcs are Orcs who were influenced by demonic magic - the blood of Mannoroth and the passage through the dark portal. And their descendants are green too (that's why Thrall, born already in Azeroth, is green).
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Why did Grommash turn green?

Grom and Blackhand all took a swig of the Chalice of Unity and thus only went Green with Red Eyes while Kilrogg in WoD took two outright gulps of the Chalice of Unity and turned Black-Grey with Glowing Green Eyes.
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Why is Thrall green skinned?

Thrall's parents never drank the blood of Mannoroth, but turned super green, and thus made Thrall green, too. There is some logic to it. The Frostwolves didn't drink the blood but they were directly and heavily exposed to fel magic through the warlocks of the Horde and their shenanigans (eg. forcibly aging the young).
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Do orcs have to be green?

They're often referred to as "green skins". In the fluff, non-green orks would be considered un-orky, and be destroyed, just as the very rare instances of orks who somehow fall into worshiping gods that aren't Gork and Mork. So yeah, you can paint them whatever color you want.
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When did orks become green?

Despite the absence of the term 'greenskins' however, Games Workshop's orcs are, primarily, uniformly green from 1988 onwards.
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Why do you never see female orcs?

No female Orc character is ever depicted in the Lord of the Rings, and no information about orcs' society and upbringing (apart from it being violent and cruel)is given, but there are indeed female orcs and for what we know they might be hardly distinguishable from males (like it happens for dwarves) and even be apt to ...
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Who is the orc baby in Warcraft?

Thrall appears as an infant in the 2016 Warcraft movie, which is an adaptation of the first Warcraft game and explores the story of Thrall's parents, Durotan and Draka.
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Why is Thrall the only orc with eyebrows?

Thrall, in his "rebirth" as de facto Earth Warden, has chosen to allow his eyebrows to grow in order to show his separation from the savagery of his peoples' past.
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Why is Durotan not green?

While the other orcs gained green or red skins due to the Blood of Mannoroth, Durotan keeps his natural brown skin, and he's the few one who didn't drink the Blood who survived due to his persistence and power. Durotan succeeded his father and mother as the ruler of the Frostwolf Clan, along with his mate, Draka.
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Why did the orcs drink the blood of Mannoroth?

The blood of Mannoroth, the vile fluid that ran through the veins of the Destructor, was used to corrupt the orcish race and bind them to the will of Kil'jaeden.
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Is Blackhand dead?

After his suicide, Black Hand is reanimated by Scar when she releases the first Black power ring, making him the first Black Lantern.
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Why is the baby green in Warcraft?

Using the Fel, he leeched the deer of its life energy and infused it into the infant's body, bringing him back to life (and changing his skin green) before presenting the child to the war band as "A new warrior for the Horde!"
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Why are the orcs red in wow?

Upon their second consumption of Mannoroth's blood, the orcs were transformed into fel orcs, turning red skinned and larger. This allowed for Grom and his Warsong clan to make quick work of the Shadowleaves, Moonhunters, Nightblades and Cenarius himself.
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Are there white orcs?

Species. White Orc, also known as the Korzenka, is a subrace of Orc from the Korzenka tribe in the Badlands of Kalkatesh on Verum.
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What do orks think of green?

Green: Green is considered the best color by Orks because it is their own natural skin color. Orks believe that anything can be improved with green, even if other colors actually add powers.
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Who is the half-orc female in Warcraft?

Garona Halforcen is a half-orc half-draenei, though most (including herself) believed she was half-human until the truth was revealed to her.
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How many orc clans are there in warcraft?

There are well over twenty different clans, each with different histories, and there may be just as many smaller, minor clans that we don't know about, or more. Players familiar with Warcraft lore likely recognize the names of these clans, even if they aren't exactly certain who's who.
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Who is the strongest orc in Warcraft lore?

  • 1 Broxigar the Red with 25 Warrior Points.
  • 2 Varok Saurfang with 18 Warrior Points.
  • 3 Tie between Grommash Hellscream and Orgrim Doomhammer with 15 Warrior Points.
  • 4 Blackhand with 13 Warrior Points.
  • 5 Garrosh Hellscream with 11 Warrior Points.
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Who corrupted the orcs in Warcraft?

The orcs once lived as shamanic clans on the lush world of Draenor. Corrupted by Kil'jaeden, a demon lord of the Burning Legion, they invaded the world of Azeroth.
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Why is Durotan Brown?

In the lore both Durotan and Draka were green and this is why Thrall is also green. They made them brown in the movie in order to have an easy to way to communicate to the audiance which orcs are good(brown) and which are bad(green).
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Why do orcs hate light?

So, they were literally made in a time when there was no light. Thinking that he would rule Middle-earth forever, Morgoth created the Orcs to thrive in darkness and serve his evil purposes. Thus, thousands of years later, when the Sun rose for the first time, it was a literal shock to the Orcs' bodies.
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How do elves become orcs?

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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How do orcs reproduce?

(see above) Most are the result of Ork males breeding with female Humans, Dwarves, Elves and other intelligent species. But Orks have also been known to be able to mate with wild beasts such as apes and cattle. It is possible, but very rare, for female Orks to become impregnated by non-Orks in this way.
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