Orcish Code of Honour?? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Tarthang · 05-18-2002, 04:34 AM

This is a good thread.
To Maril(too long to remember): I think the quotes from the Silm are good and in this case don't end the topic. Rather I think they establish Orcish origins. Thereby pointing out that orcs were a people with a culture (a rather mean and twisted sort thanks to Morgoth, and also capable of independant thought and action. So I believe reasonable to assume they did have code of honor, though not in a chivalric sense as we understand. So there's no reason they wouldn't avenge a leader sort, but the conventional reasons for such an action don't apply without a deep understanding of orcish culture.
Earlier in the thread Kuruharan calls the Tracker a lowly type of orc. The part of ROTF where the tracker is present in the story, actually gives some good insight to the orcish culture, where it seems warrior are held in higher esteem than those who provide other services/ benefits to their society.

05-18-2002, 04:34 AM	#16
Tarthang Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Paths of the Dead Posts: 108	This is a good thread. To Maril(too long to remember): I think the quotes from the Silm are good and in this case don't end the topic. Rather I think they establish Orcish origins. Thereby pointing out that orcs were a people with a culture (a rather mean and twisted sort thanks to Morgoth, and also capable of independant thought and action. So I believe reasonable to assume they did have code of honor, though not in a chivalric sense as we understand. So there's no reason they wouldn't avenge a leader sort, but the conventional reasons for such an action don't apply without a deep understanding of orcish culture. Earlier in the thread Kuruharan calls the Tracker a lowly type of orc. The part of ROTF where the tracker is present in the story, actually gives some good insight to the orcish culture, where it seems warrior are held in higher esteem than those who provide other services/ benefits to their society.