How would one acquire an orc army? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Elmo · 05-25-2012, 07:23 AM

If one was an aspiring Dark Lord, how would one go about finding the orcs to fight in one's army? I mean, how did Saruman do it? And in such great secrecy? He couldn't have made them out of the slime like he did in the film cause you can't just make sentient beings like that. Tolkien says something like orcs multiply like Children of Illuvatar so that means Saruman must have somehow got boy and girl orcs together and let the err 'magic' happen. Did he send envoys to try and convince wild orcs to join his side? Did he use his powers of persuasion to acquire the orcs by himself? Might be an interesting short story on how he did this? I'm not sure how he managed to hide these thousands of orcs from the so-called 'Wise' as well.

05-25-2012, 07:23 AM	#1
Elmo Pittodrie Poltergeist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: trying to find that warm and winding lane again Posts: 633	How would one acquire an orc army? If one was an aspiring Dark Lord, how would one go about finding the orcs to fight in one's army? I mean, how did Saruman do it? And in such great secrecy? He couldn't have made them out of the slime like he did in the film cause you can't just make sentient beings like that. Tolkien says something like orcs multiply like Children of Illuvatar so that means Saruman must have somehow got boy and girl orcs together and let the err 'magic' happen. Did he send envoys to try and convince wild orcs to join his side? Did he use his powers of persuasion to acquire the orcs by himself? Might be an interesting short story on how he did this? I'm not sure how he managed to hide these thousands of orcs from the so-called 'Wise' as well. __________________ As Beren looked into her eyes within the shadows of her hair, The trembling starlight of the skies he saw there mirrored shimmering.