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Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man
That is a very good point. And it differentiates the Orcs from the Men amongst the "forces of evil".
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The most interesting in this respect, to my eye, was a question of Saruman's half-orks. If the orks he used were of beast origin, would it be that crossing those with men brought about fertile specimen? And would uruk-hai produced (usage of the verb intentional) out of such breeding posess fëar?
May it be that he used orks of human origin? Than the question is settled, and uruk-hai are more men than orks, so posses fëar, so are moral beings, so are sinners.
May it be that he used orks of elven (if such ever existed) origin? Assuming Saruman might have gone to some ends to find for his service not mere automaton orks, but those with fëar, and, assuming that some of them were of elven origin, would the co-breeding of those with men bring into being creatures similar to half-elven? Those who would have to choose which side their fate would fall? For properties of fëa can not be withdrawn save by Eru, so, fëa of Ugluk, per instance, may have found itself summoned to Mandos and
than, maybe, set to make a choice - repent, rebuild hroa and remain, or go beyond the circles of the world?
But these are all [speculative] questions no one has answers to.