Fanworks Tagged with Orcs

Maeglin has just been captured and Melkor is close to capturing Gondolin. But things are not all going well for the Dark Lord. His throne is uncomfortable, sitting around plotting everone's demise has proven to be deeply unfulfilling, and something has to be done about it. Melkor decides to talk to the manager.  

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The first of six books covering the fall of the kingdom of Arnor

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Thirteen years before the War of the Ring, an orcling — more intelligent and more curious than most — is born in Mordor. His curiosity will lead him to both incredible discoveries and perilous situations, all of which will shape him into a leader unlike any Mordor has ever known. But to become that leader, he must defeat all his rivals, especially the most abhorrent of them all — his enemy since earliest childhood.

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When uneasy dreams bring him back into Beleriand, Daeron finds a pair of twins who have lost their home, and an enemy who has lost himself. The Shadow's reach is growing ever longer, and if they are to survive, they must do it together.

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Sheer terror helps an orc escape Morgoth, but their troubles are not over. AU.

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Daeron is caught by orcs in the shadow of the Ephel Dúath, but is rescued by someone entirely unexpected.

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Fingon leaves a note for his family before attempting to rescue Maedhros

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An Orc is writing to their loved one in the War of Wrath.

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A selection of brief writings (mostly conforming to drabbles but some veer into dribble territory) from the SWG events on January 18-19, 2025.

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There is no escaping guilt.

Or,

Maedhros finds another orphan in the woods.

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“Elrond!” Elros screamed, and Elrond had time to see him being held back by Bregolon before everything went topsy-turvy, and the underbrush closed around him, branches and leaves slapping at his face. His head bounced against hard metal, and through the confusion he realized—too slowly—that it had not been one of their party who had grabbed him, but one of the orcs. 

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An ancient orc gets one over on a freshly returned Melkor.

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Maglor's wanderings take him up the Anduin, where orcs find him and take him to Dol Guldur--where the Necromancer dwells. 

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This is a collection of true drabbles completed for the 'Four Words' drabble bingo card.

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Created for the 'Geography/Maps/Places' prompt on the "Tolkien meta" bingo board, this is a collection of maps marked with the various people groups showing how they arrived and moved about Beleriand.  This collection focuses specifically on the time from the arrival of the Teleri, Vanyar, and Noldor before they went to Aman up to the distribution of the various kingdoms after the Flight of the Noldor, when they arrived in Middle-earth and settled there.

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The leader of the Lossoth contemplates her decision to help Arvedui.

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Written for Orctober, this work contains the fanworks created in response to the prompts, centering around Dugbúrz, an orc who attempts to escape from Thangorodrim.

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Two Orcs discuss the increased price on Beren's head.

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He is dead. His heart is still beating, but he is dead.

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Part of our Themed Collection series for our newsletter, this collection features fiction, artwork, and essays that transcend the idea of Orcs as the enemy, instead considering their humanity.

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Orcs: a treatise on dissection.

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My illustrations with a bit of life and music by DTH. English subtitles added for the lyrics in Polish. (More details in description.)

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A triple drabble - and a brief history - of an old orc.

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An Orc of Morgoth - just one of the many masses that were bred for war and slaughter.  But what happens when an idea of self beyond that of slave begins to form?

7-prompt path for the Matryoshka challenge.

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Adar thinks about his conversation with Galadriel and what is coming.

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