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Meneldil · 03-28-2001, 02:23 PM

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Re: Female Orcs?

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> For a warrior- and slave-race, whose sole existence should be blasphemous, the beauty of distinct sexes seems less appropriate than asexual reproduction, or hermaphroditic creatures. <hr></blockquote>

This assumes that [BOLD]Morgoth[/BOLD] created the orcs as a species. I'm not too sure if Morgoth could create an independent thinking species without the Secret Fire - Aule definitely couldn't. If the Orcs were only a perversion of a species created by Eru, the species would originally have been created for the beauty of Arda; hence distinct sexes would not be inappropriate.

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03-28-2001, 02:23 PM	#15
Meneldil Pile O'Bones Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 23	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newly Deceased Posts: 9</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Female Orcs? <blockquote>*Quote:*<hr> For a warrior- and slave-race, whose sole existence should be blasphemous, the beauty of distinct sexes seems less appropriate than asexual reproduction, or hermaphroditic creatures. <hr></blockquote> This assumes that [BOLD]Morgoth[/BOLD] created the orcs as a species. I'm not too sure if Morgoth could create an independent thinking species without the Secret Fire - Aule definitely couldn't. If the Orcs were only a perversion of a species created by Eru, the species would originally have been created for the beauty of Arda; hence distinct sexes would not be inappropriate. </p>