Are Orcs Immortal? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Ailios · 01-30-2003, 04:52 PM

Where does he say that Orcs are mortal. In Morgoth's ring Tolkien philosphies about the origin of Orcs. It seems that Tolkien was not satisfied with the idea that Orcs were corrupted elves because it leads to all kinds of problems such as immortality. And what happend when an Orc was slain. Did he go to Mandos. On the other hand, if Orcs derived from Men then the awakening of Men must have been much earlier than the arrival of Noldor in Middle-Earth. Tolkien never resolved this problem

01-30-2003, 04:52 PM	#13
Ailios Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Forochel Posts: 28	Where does he say that Orcs are mortal. In Morgoth's ring Tolkien philosphies about the origin of Orcs. It seems that Tolkien was not satisfied with the idea that Orcs were corrupted elves because it leads to all kinds of problems such as immortality. And what happend when an Orc was slain. Did he go to Mandos. On the other hand, if Orcs derived from Men then the awakening of Men must have been much earlier than the arrival of Noldor in Middle-Earth. Tolkien never resolved this problem __________________ Ailios