Quote:
|
It also has always puzzled me that so many orcs could be found so far from Mordor as they would have had to cross Rohan and other friendly areas.
|
The orcs didn't have to come from Mordor. There's a mountain called Gundabad (sp? don't have my book handy) that is located near the northern end of the Misty Mountains and for quite a while it was sort of an orc capitol city. There've been orcs in that part of ME for quite a while and they can replenish their own population without sending out orders for more uglies from the Mordor orc factory.
Quote:
|
How do the orcs in the now deserted Moria survive?
|
Well, they probably fished in the deep pools (remember that the Goblin King in The Hobbit enjoyed fish from Gollum's pool). And also I would be surprised if there wasn't a little cannibalism going on amongst the orcs.