Orcs use various titles for leaders, often reflecting power or origin, like "Warchief" (World of Warcraft), "Chieftain," or descriptive names like "Adar" (Father) in The Rings of Power, but sometimes they just call their leader by their name or a title like "Lord/Lady," with roles often earned through combat or strength, not necessarily inherited.
Sometime later within the Second Age, Adar became the leader of Orc legions operating within the Southlands of Middle-earth and sought the Orc Sigil Hilt, as it held the key to unleashing Orodruin.
Uruk-hai is a Black Speech term meaning "Orc-folk." The word "Uruk" can refer generically to any Orc, but there are certain larger, stronger breeds of Orc that are referred to specifically as "Uruks." The term "Uruk-hai" was most notably used by the Uruks of Saruman's army to describe themselves during the War of the ...
Adar was a mysterious individual of the Second Age who was referred to as Lord-father by Orcs presumably because of his status as one of the Moriondor, the first Elves to be captured and tortured by Morgoth.
An Orc Lord, or "Pig-Head Emperor," emerges in Orc history approximately every few centuries. This rare figure inherits the Starved Unique Skill, turning followers into ravenous creatures. An Orc Lord is born when a Royal Family member breaks taboo by consuming the flesh and blood of another royal.
Gothmog is clearly a brutal commander, but also an over-confident one. Peter Jackson comments that Gothmog feels powerful with Mordor's massive army behind him, but in reality is a crippled orc, as seen in his failed dismount from a Warg in the Extended edition.
High orcs have a social rank from C+ to S, showing varied strength. As evolved orcs, they surpass the D to A- rank of regular orcs. Only some, like Orc Elites, reach the higher strength levels.
Stated etymology
He stated that the Elvish words for orc were derived from a root ruku, "fear, horror"; in Quenya, orco, plural orkor; in Sindarin orch, plurals yrch and Orchoth (as a class).
Nampat was a word meaning "death" in Black Speech. It served as a war-chant that certain Orcs of the Second Age recited while marching.
It explains that Tolkien expressed that they procreate. I imagine orcs are bred through forced breeding programs under the direction of Morgoth/Sauron, likely in pits deep beneath Angband. There's no direct reference to this in the books although the orcs only ever multiply when there's an active Dark Lord around...
It's stated in the Silmarillion orcs breed the same way as Men. So , yeah ,there are orc women , you just most likely can't tell them apart from the male ones ,lol.
🌿 Sindarin: Meleth nîn. (Pronounced: MEH-leth neen) Meleth = love.
Azog was an Orc-chieftain of Moria, who started the War of the Dwarves and Orcs when he slew Thrór. He was himself slain by Dáin II Ironfoot in the Battle of Azanulbizar, and was succeeded by his son Bolg.
Adar as the Elf Who Became the First Orc, Created by Morgoth
She tells us that she heard stories about elves like Adar. He is one of the elves Morgoth “tortured” and “twisted” into “a new and ruined form of life.” She called those elves, the first orcs, “the Moriondor, the Sons of the Dark.”
There it is said that, after the destruction of the Two Lamps, Morgoth created many evil creatures of different shapes, "yet the Orcs were not made until he had looked upon the Elves, and he made them in mockery of the Children of Ilúvatar".
Shagrat was an Uruk commanding the garrison of the Tower of Cirith Ungol during the War of the Ring.
Orcs are a separate people from Elves. Orcs reproduce in the same way as human beings. Where the original Orcs came from is unclear. In some of Tolkien's work, he does suggest the original Orcs were corrupted from Elves Morgoth had captured, using some sort of dark magic.
The orcs are chanting, "Durbgu Nazg-shu, Durbgu Dash-shu." "Lord of the Ring, Lord of the Earth."
Mok'ra - "Greetings!." Or "Hello." Mor'shan - Warsong Gulch base camp in the Barrens. Om'riggor - Orcish rite of adulthood.
Ironically, Yandex, a Russian service that translates Russian dialects online, has decided that Elvish is a worthwhile linguistic pursuit, so there are Elvish translation services available online, just not from Google.
adan is a Sindarin for a "Man" (i.e., as opposed to Elf, Dwarf, Hobbit, etc.). The plural is Edain. Properly, this word refers only to those Men who are descended from the Three Houses of Elf-friends.
Uruk-hai (a pure Black Speech form, rendered as Uruks in English) were brutal warriors of Middle-earth, and the strongest breed of Orc.
All Orcs were brown to start with. But after Saergares started messing with them, i.e the demon blood, the elements stopped supporting the orcs and shamanism died out, so Gul'Dan started practicing Fel Magic, and that turned the ones who practiced it green, and the ones in close proximity.