#Moria Orcs

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"...AND BY SLOW ARTS OF CRUELTY WERE CORRUPTED AND ENSLAVED; AND THUS DID MELKOR BREED THE HIDEOUS RACE OF THE ORCS..."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the many different types of orcs and orc makeup effects by Weta Workshop, all orc makeup iterations featured here can be found in Peter Jackson's first installment of the "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, "The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001). New Line Cinema.

"But of those unhappy ones who were ensnared by Melkor little is known of a certainty... Yet this is held true by the wise of Eressëa, that all those of the Quendi who came into the hands of Melkor, ere Utumno was broken, were put there in prison, and by slow arts of cruelty were corrupted and enslaved; and thus did Melkor breed the hideous race of the Orcs in eny and mockery of the Elves, of whom they were afterwards the bitterest foes. For the Orcs had life and multiplied after the manner of the Children of Ilúvatar... And deep in their dark hearts the Orcs loathed the Master whom they served in fear, the maker only of their misery..."

-- "The Silmarillion," "Quenta Silmarillion, III -- Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor," written by J.R.R. Tolkien

Sources: www.henneth-annun.net/bios_view.cfm?scid=126, Pinterest, Twitter, IMDb, Reddit, various, etc...

[corpse-of-bandersnatch]

I love exotic shorthairs and I love Moria Orcs.

Which is no surprise, since my love is not the only thing they have in common. Both species got their facial anatomy fucked up by more powerful entities, who just decided, that they liked them better that way (I go with the theory, that Morgoth made orcs look the way they do to mock elves/Iluvatar's creation. Or maybe Morgoth also just thought orcs look cuter that way, just like humans with exotics)

And their lil faces are fucked up in the same way, too!

super tiny button noses, which sit right between their eyes

huge, ROUND eyes

slit-shaped pupils most of the time

pointy ears

rather small, round mouthes with pointy teeth

rather round faces with high foreheads

Plus both species live in darkness and get a zoomie as soon as somebody makes a noise

[chechula]

I did not have time to draw creatures for last goblin week, but I have time now. So, here are orcs of Moria and drums in the darkness ♥

[gandalf-the-fool]

[eldamaranquendi]

Alan Lee for  “The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth” by  J. R. R. Tolkien:

1. The fall of Numenor

2. Looking West from Andúnië

3. Galadriel leads the Elves through Moria

4.  Aldarion departs Numenor

5.  The forging of the Rings

6.  The host of the Valar descend into Angband

7.  The building of Barad-dûr

8.  Ar-Pharazôn assails Valinor

9. The temple of Sauron

10.  The Last Alliance of Elves and Men

[thewizardblues]

Wizard Wednesday! Looks like meat IS back on the menu! A little Mines of Moria humor for you. (Used an online Orcish translator, so I can’t vouch for Däg’s dialog or the signs 100%, but I tried!) SUBSCRIBE over on WEBTOON!

[kingoftheu]

Orc: sir, Gandalf the Grey has perished in the Mines of Moria

Sauron: [munching block of Kerrygold butter]: hot damn. We do that?

[oldschoolfrp]

“There was a blow on the door that made it quiver; and then it began to grind slowly open, driving back the wedges.”  (Angus McBride cover for Moria, Middle Earth Citadel supplement for MERP, Rolemaster, and the Lord of the Rings Adventure Game, 2nd ed, 1994)

[boozy-dwarf]

@sinick brought up an interesting point about scars. I've been reading different articles about medicine lately, watching videos, scars are a really important topic for me as an artist. So far I don't understand much, unfortunately I don't have a medical degree and it's hard for me to understand such complicated topics. However, if I understand anything it's that from the attack of land predators the wounds don't look like symmetrical stripes (symmetrical wounds are possible if you get bitten by a shark. Why? Because sharks have sharp teeth.). You might ask "why have I seen pictures of symmetrical scars after an animal attack?" and I'd say, "it's because the wound was sutured."

It's the sharpness of the claws and teeth, predators (Terrestrial predators) have only teeth in their mouths, not a set of scalpels, predators tear and pierce flesh, break bones, crush organs, not to mention that most predators kill their prey by simply closing their throats. Predator attacks leave ugly scars of all types and shapes. These scars are most often not as ugly as the scars of people after the first world war, but they look very ugly too.

There are different types of scars, as far as I understand there are 4 kinds, but I will not tell about it, because I am not an expert and can mislead. I'm sure you will find information about it if you want to look into it further.

From what I understand, Azog's scars are "atrophic type" - they're depressed, So they're like a pit going down deep. Atrophic scars are caused by a number of things, but I think in Azog's case it's because he got an infection in his wounds, which prevented the skin from healing properly.

Given that his scars have a certain symmetry, it's safe to say that it's intentional scarification.

Although there is a scar that is a different type of scar than the others, Azog has a scar on his upper lip, apparently he got hit hard once (And don't let it bother you that the scar on his lip is a long shape, like someone drew a stripe. A hard blow to the skin can cause tearing. If you've ever hit a ripe watermelon, you've obviously seen the same tear appear on it.)

I don't know if there's any weight to my opinion, I'm not the author of this character design after all. When I watched the voice-overs for the Hobbit movies, the guys from Jackson's team said that Azog had these scars that he supposedly got in battle, they said that it would be weird if he did them of his own free will. (that's not a quote, I'm just saying how I got the gist of the thought). But I think if designers need to show the scars from many battles, then they shouldn't have the scars symmetrical and neat.

I think Azog's Scars are deliberate scarification. We do not know where Azog came from, perhaps his tribe has such traditions.

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What do you think?

[overlord-of-fantasy]

The Balrog at the end of the tunnel

The fellowship is in the mines of Moria.

Somehow Nimdel the orc (from my "how the elves were really turned into orcs" post) is there. Don`t judge me, I got attached... and he used to be an elf, so maybe he is immortal?

Legolas: A pessimist sees a dark tunnel.

Gimli: An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel.

Gandalf, worried: A realist sees a balrog!

Nimdel the orc, from the other side of the bridge: The balrog sees nine idiots standing on a bridge.

[wilwarin-wilwa]

balrogs get progressively stronger while orcs get progressively weaker over the ages sauron himself told me so

[lotro-tooltips-daily]

[erotetica]

Todays fellowship movie opinion is, I think the orc closeups in the Last Alliance flashback @ the intro do a disservice to suspense. The grand reveal of their creature design in Moria would’ve hit harder if it was just. Wide shots of that stanky lil run they do

[3dcraftique]

[nerds-yearbook]

On November 10, 2994 (Third Age of Middle-Earth), the dwarf king Balin was murdered by an Orc's arrow in his mine kingdom of Moria. He was laid to rest in the Chamber of Mazarbul. (Fellowship of the Ring, Bk)

[mothdalf]

Inktober day 2 is scurry which naturally made me think of the Orcs of Moria in fotr crawling like insects