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**The Saucepan Man** · 01-13-2003, 07:25 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> The Moria orcs' eyes are so large because they're so used to a deep darkness that their eyes have grown abnormally huge to try and get whatever light they can to pass through their retinas, down in the mines. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Thanks, Vardadurwen, that makes perfect sense. It had not occured to me before. It shows that a lot of thought went into how to portray the orcs - ie not just as one generic breed.

01-13-2003, 07:25 PM	#7
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> The Moria orcs' eyes are so large because they're so used to a deep darkness that their eyes have grown abnormally huge to try and get whatever light they can to pass through their retinas, down in the mines. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Thanks, Vardadurwen, that makes perfect sense. It had not occured to me before. It shows that a lot of thought went into how to portray the orcs - ie not just as one generic breed. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!