Orcs... were elves? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

ninja91 Orcs... were elves? 05-19-2006, 11:05 AM

davem Short answer is that Tolkien... 05-19-2006, 11:42 AM

Boromir88 It really comes down to what... 05-19-2006, 12:43 PM

Fordim Hedgethistle I've always just figured that... 05-19-2006, 01:18 PM

davem Clearly the problem he had... 05-19-2006, 01:39 PM

Lalwendë Could there even be Hobbit... 05-19-2006, 01:56 PM

Formendacil Only Orks with pureblooded... 05-19-2006, 02:42 PM

Boromir88 But the question is were... 05-19-2006, 08:50 PM

Raynor It must be pointed out that... 05-20-2006, 04:49 AM

Boromir88 Manwe, interesting post,... 05-20-2006, 06:33 AM

Mänwe Raynor But the Elves... 05-22-2006, 03:33 PM

Letty Yes,orcs were once elves.... 05-31-2006, 11:51 AM

Raynor In my opinion, the shortening... 10-05-2006, 02:35 PM

Gil-Galad alright, i pulled the... 10-06-2006, 10:39 PM

Mänwe In reply... 10-07-2006, 09:47 AM

Animalmother Hobbit kin as Orc ancestors 08-13-2010, 10:47 AM

skip spence Animalmother! I remember... 08-13-2010, 11:55 AM

Inziladun It is indeed an interesting... 08-13-2010, 01:01 PM

Galin Plus externally we don't find... 08-13-2010, 01:42 PM

Pitchwife *succumbs to temptation of... 08-15-2010, 12:56 PM

Inziladun Sauron needn't have been... 08-15-2010, 01:25 PM

Pitchwife :D:D:D 08-15-2010, 01:37 PM

Galin I stumbled across an... 07-04-2011, 08:57 PM

Inziladun In a letter from 1954,... 07-04-2011, 09:35 PM

Galin Right, I think Tolkien had a... 07-05-2011, 06:45 AM

Galadriel55 Possibly its the relationship... 07-05-2011, 07:34 AM

Alfirin Tecnically that is only... 07-05-2011, 07:58 AM

Inziladun The first Orcs were thought... 08-13-2010, 01:45 PM

Galin I agree: if any Elves were... 08-13-2010, 02:01 PM

ninja91 Letty, Saruman explained that... 06-01-2006, 05:30 AM

Gil-Galad Melkor made orcs as a mockery... 10-04-2006, 03:22 PM

Mänwe Gil-Galad, quite! Well said... 10-05-2006, 08:07 AM

Galadriel I do not know if this has... 07-30-2011, 10:19 AM

Inziladun More food for thought on this... 09-19-2011, 08:50 AM

Galin I like the internal approach... 09-21-2011, 11:39 AM

alatar When you read the Sil, with... 11-29-2011, 09:07 PM

leapofberen I think this hits the nail on... 12-24-2011, 01:35 PM

08-13-2010, 11:55 AM	#17
skip spence shadow of a doubt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the streets Posts: 1,125	Animalmother! I remember that nick, although I had to look up the previous posts to correctly place it (which also gave me a nice reminder of Morth's class). Anyway, I like the theory, it's very imaginative, and you really should post here more often. Orcs really are a bit hobbit-like, though one wonders why the Dark Lord would pick the smallest and most insignificant of talking peoples as a breeding stock for his invading armies... __________________ "You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way" ~ Bob Dylan