All Questions
Tagged with the-hobbit orcs
6
questions
20
votes
2
answers
9k
views
Did Gollum eat an orc child?
While looking for answers to another question about orcs on Quora, I read an answer that referred to Gollum killing and eating an orc child in the Hobbit, but I don't recall coming across that when I ...
- 26.6k
12
votes
5
answers
4k
views
How did the Great Goblin recognize Glamdring and Orcrist?
In the chapter four of The Hobbit, the Goblins appear to instantaneously recognize Glamdring and Orcist from the battle of Gondolin.
The Great Goblin gave a truly awful howl of rage when he looked ...
- 94.8k
3
votes
0
answers
224
views
Is Bolg part of Azog? [duplicate]
In the Hobbit Part 3 Movie, Legolas calls Bolg "the spawn of Azog." My understanding is that Azog is his father (from the wikia), but how exactly does an Orc reproduce? The term spawn is what really ...
42
votes
4
answers
30k
views
How can the Orcs be so easily killed?
Orcs can be slayed with very little effort even by the un-warrior humans, despite their fully developed figures, average-to-tall heights, muscular bodies. (See The Hobbit series, where a dwarf would ...
- 521
10
votes
3
answers
8k
views
Are the men in the pub at Bree who eye off Thorin 'men-orcs'?
In the movie Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug we see Thorin enter the The Prancing Pony at Bree and sit down and order a meal. He is eyed off by two men at opposite ends of the pub who stand up as if ...
- 9,979
12
votes
2
answers
3k
views
How could Orcs survive in subterranean settings?
In J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring the Fellowship encounters many Orcs (or goblins) living in the Mines of Moria. In The Hobbit our heroes encounter a tribe of goblins inhabiting caves ...
- 8,690