I would prefer to have easterlings as well as orcs - partly because, if the Houseless elves are going to communicate with the 'bad guys', I suspect they wouldn't, even at the stage of real evil, be too keen on using the orcs. They are despicable to all elves. And yes, Durelin said keep it simple, but frankly, we have possessed elves and the fear of elves included here - a few easterlings - not many, mind, doesn't have to be many - and bear in mind these aren't the parties that attacked Lorien and therefore easterlings aren't automatically excluded by that reference of them being completely composed of orcs - a few easterlings into the bargain won't, on this scale of things, really complicate things very much. It just gives a wider viewpoint.
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