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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
Seriously, though - what would even one orc eat in Moria?
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Each other. I would say that being the runt of any orc litter was probably a ghastly fate. They may have also harvested edible fungi and, like Gollum, eaten the blind fish in the waters underground.
As for whether or not they could, collectively, beat a Balrog, there is a quote often attributed to Stalin during WWII which goes, "
Quantity has a quality all its own". So, perhaps, yes.