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Originally Posted by Inziladun
*If* the Orcs had their origins as ruined Avari, would they not be immune to any plague or sickness , as the Firstborn were?
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It depends on how fallen, exactly, the orcs ended up being. I can see the First Age orcs being incredibly better than the Third Agers, simply because the elven side of them was a lot stronger then. And over time, the elven blood most likely was weakened and diluted, so I can see the orcs being just as vulnerable to disease as humans. Not the same diseases, given the orcs' choice of habitations, but still illnesses.