Origins of the Great Goblin

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin

Tolkien did think Siamese cats were fauna of Mordor.

One of the few points on which I would heartily disagree with the dear Professor. Dogs, on the other hand...

Anyway, I've posited that the Orcs were indeed not necessarily all of the same original stock. Maybe the uruks came from Elves or Men, with the "trackers" coming from the Drúedain, or something like that. Orcs did obviously possess different physical characteristics.