are there she orcs?? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

kboleen · 06-23-2004, 04:20 PM

I'm not saying Saruman didn't BREED Uruks, I'm just saying he didn't CREATE them the way the movie implies. Though there is nothing wrong with the way the Uruks were depicted in the movie. It was a short cut that I perfectly understand why it was done.

Quote from the Encyclopedia of Arda from the "Uruks" entry:

"In Appendix A (iv) of The Lord of the Rings, in the section recounting the history of the Stewards, we find an account of the first appearance of the uruks. 'In the last years of Denethor I the race of uruks, black orcs of great strength, first appeared out of Mordor, and in 2475 they swept across Ithilien and took Osgiliath.' This passage seems to imply that the uruks actually appeared shortly before Gondor's great defeat of III 2475."

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06-23-2004, 04:20 PM	#28
kboleen Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Northwest Florida Posts: 27	I'm not saying Saruman didn't BREED Uruks, I'm just saying he didn't CREATE them the way the movie implies. Though there is nothing wrong with the way the Uruks were depicted in the movie. It was a short cut that I perfectly understand why it was done. Quote from the Encyclopedia of Arda from the "Uruks" entry: "In Appendix A (iv) of The Lord of the Rings, in the section recounting the history of the Stewards, we find an account of the first appearance of the uruks. 'In the last years of Denethor I the race of uruks, black orcs of great strength, first appeared out of Mordor, and in 2475 they swept across Ithilien and took Osgiliath.' This passage seems to imply that the uruks actually appeared shortly before Gondor's great defeat of III 2475." http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.htm Last edited by kboleen; 06-23-2004 at 04:26 PM.