Fans of The Lord of the Rings are very familiar with the species of Orcs; horrible, brutish creatures who serve the Dark Lord Sauron in his conquest of Middle-Earth. Interestingly, in both Peter ...

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This week’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power delves into the deepest of Tolkien lore and the far-flung dawn of sentient life on Middle-earth to touch on a question not even the professor ...

On The Rings of Power, the orcs follow Adar. And so, first understanding these creatures helps us to understand their leader. Orcs, called goblins in The Hobbit, have loomed large in J.R.R. Tolkien’s ...

The Rings of Power Season 3 teases practical Orc transformations, new cast members, and an epic war between Elves and Sauron.

However, the most prominent explanation comes from "The Silmarillion," which states that the Elves believe the Orcs are corrupted Elves (an account that helps explain Adar's origin in the show .) ...

Lord of the Rings Star Elijah Wood Praises Hunt for Gollum Movie Script and Says the Franchise's 'Creative Band' is Back ...

Warning: The following article contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 3, “The Eagle and the Sceptre.” No, your eyes didn’t deceive you: that really was a ...

[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for the very end of The Rings of Power season 2 episode 4.] You might side with Elrond, who practically spits when he says she stepped up purely to make sure her ...

Ugly, violent creatures, orcs hate almost everyone and everything. That includes themselves. This is why it’s so interesting that The Rings of Power‘s orcs do not hate Adar. They also abhor natural ...