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Old 12-19-2015, 06:09 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by Galadriel55 View Post
Seriously, though - what would even one orc eat in Moria?
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.
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