The Spawning of Orcs

[Maglor68]

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Orcs/Goblins

I once gave my theory on this point. As far as anyone can tell, there is no difference between orcs and goblins, other than the difference that my be found, for example, between the Noldor and Teleri.

However, I have an additional theory. Elves and men were created by Eru, and dwarves and ents were created by Aule and Yavanna respectively.

From elves were bred orcs, from ents came trolls and from men came hobbits. What about dwarves? Is it possible that Melkor captured some dwarves early on and bred them into goblins? It would explain several things, including the lesser stature of goblins as well as the mutual hatred between dwarves and goblins.

Anyway, there is absolutely no evidence anywhere in Tolkien's writings that supports this concept. It is just my personal theory.

- maglor

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