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The Orcs that bore the livery of the disfigured Moon were from Minas Morgul, the Tower of Sorcery. The disfigured Moon or the face of death is a common theme in literature and it symbolizes sorcery, death, or anything generally squicky in an unholy way.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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