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it was quoted earlier that even orcs were given mercy if they asked.
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And those that were deepest and longest in evil servitude, hating the West, and yet were men proud and bold, in their turn now gathered themselves for a last stand of desperate battle. But the most part fled eastward as they could; and some cast their weapons down and sued for mercy.
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That passage does not refer to orcs.
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And those that were deepest and longest in evil servitude, hating the West, and yet were men proud and bold
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The orcs were...
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orc or troll or beast spell-enslaved, ran hither and thither mindless; and some slew themselves, or cast themselves in pits, or fled wailing back to hide in holes and dark lightless places far from hope.
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It didn't occur to them to beg for mercy. They weren't rational anymore.
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