and with them came the bodyguard of Bolg*, goblins of huge size with scimitars of steel. The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, III "Durin's Folk" With him came many like him, the fighters of his guard, and as they engaged Náin's company he turned to Náin, and said: "What? Yet another beggar at my doors? Must I brand you too?"
Thereupon Azog came forth, and he was a great Orc with a huge iron-clad head, and yet agile and strong. There is also surprising loyalty between Orc chieftains and their bodyguards (who appear to be similarly tough like the chieftains themselves), but the examples of such things come from more or less independent societies of Orcs in the Misty Mountains: There is rivalry but also uneasy "friendships", alliances (often with Wargs who are intelligent creatures, though of bestial shape and manners) or sense of camaraderie (but sentiments are not too deep). There are feuds among them, there is strife and treacheries, the Orcs themselves are also varied in their personalities, manner of speech and behaviours, strengths and skills. The Orcs as a race of course are abusive a bit and conflicted among themselves, they kill each other but mostly between different tribes or groups. Well first of all from Tolkien's sources we know that the Uruks of Mordor are simply a "race of black Orcs of great strength" that appeared several hundred years before LotR, at the time of the reign of Ruling Steward Denethor I in Gondor (Denethor II is the one that appears in LotR narrative). This last trait in particular means that a hierarchical regimented society is highly unlikely. Orcs are capable of co-operating where necessary (or mutually beneficial, or against a common enemy, or when in fear of a greater power) but quite easily fall into infighting.There are lesser breeds of Orcs which are called "Snaga", which (in one of the Appendices) Tolkien notes just means "Slave", so it's just a title rather than a name.Orcs do have captains, who appear to just be the strongest.Orc society (and remembering that "Uruk" is just Black Speech for "Orc") isn't discussed directly, but we can make some inferences from the texts, particularly the chapters "The Uruk-Hai," "The Choices of Master Samwise" and "The Tower of Cirith Ungol." Neither he nor Frodo knew anything of the great slave-worked fields away south in this wide realm, beyond the fumes of the Mountain by the dark sad waters of Lake Núrnen. The source for this is in the Return of the King chapter "The Land of Shadow": The only item on this list with canon support is the last one, relating to the Sea of Núrnen. The Uruk armies are most likely fed by food grown around the Sea of Núrnen (this is the only item in this list that I could find evidence for on the LotR wiki)ĭoes mainstream LotR canon discuss Orc/Uruk society at all? If so, does it support what was depicted in the game? Or did Monolith simply make up all of this?.
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Most manual labor is done by human slaves, and the Uruk are-unsurprisingly-extremely cruel masters.Captains will regularly increase their power/influence by holding feasts, staging hunts for Ghuls/Caragors/Graugs, putting themselves through trials of strength, and recruiting new soldiers.Captains will regularly fight other Captains, sometimes in one-on-one duels, sometimes in larger battles.When an Uruk kills another Uruk of significant standing, he may cut off the defeated Uruk's ear and use that as proof of the kill.When a Warchief dies, one of his bodyguards takes his place, even if that bodyguard was the one who killed him.There are five Warchiefs assigned to each region of Mordor.Warchiefs typically have one or more Captains as bodyguards.
The most powerful Captains are called Warchiefs. We already know from the excellent answers on this question that the main storyline of Shadow of Mordor does not make a lot of sense in LotR canon.īut for me the most interesting part of Shadow of Mordor's story is the depiction of Uruk society, which the previous question's answers did not touch on at all.
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