• An orc (sometimes spelt ork; /ɔːrk/), in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy fiction, is a race of humanoid monsters, which he also calls "goblin"...
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  • Orc (Cyrillic: орк, romanised: ork), plural orcs (Russian and Ukrainian: орки), is a pejorative commonly used by many Ukrainians to refer to a Russian...
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  • Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy game (RTS) developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment, and published by Interplay Productions in...
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  • Look up orc in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An orc is a mythological and fictional creature. Orc or ORC may also refer to: Orc (Blake), a character...
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  • of War expanded on the scope of Shadow of Mordor by introducing new game mechanics and extending the nemesis system, which procedurally generates orc characters...
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    orcs are a primitive race of savage, bestial, barbaric humanoid. The orc was one of the earliest creatures introduced in the D&D game. The D&D orc is...
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    Orc is a proper name for one of the characters in the complex mythology of William Blake. A fallen figure, Orc is the embodiment of rebellion, and stands...
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  • Of Orcs and Men is a fantasy action role-playing game developed by Cyanide and Spiders for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The Empire of Men's oppressive...
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    Of Silence, alongside Muse Watson. In 2012, Lusha starred in the film Orc Wars, portraying the role of Princess Aleya, the last remaining elven warrior...
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  • Orcs Must Die! 3 is an action-tower defense video game developed and published by Robot Entertainment. It is the fourth installment in the Orcs Must Die...
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  • 1992 as part of The Orc Wars (see below) Homecoming, Tor Books 1984; Baen Books 1992 as part of The Orc Wars (see below) The Orc Wars, Baen Books, 1992;...
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    races such as humans, high elves, dark elves, wood elves, dwarfs, undead, orcs, lizardmen, and other creatures familiar to many fantasy/role-playing settings...
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  • Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds Volume 6: Nation Builder (2006), H.G. Wells' Little Orc Wars (2007), Nuisances: Director's Cut (2007), and City Builder: A Guide to...
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    Tolkien's moral dilemma (category Orcs)
    moral dilemma for himself with his supposedly evil Middle-earth peoples like Orcs, when he made them able to speak. This identified them as sentient and sapient;...
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  • NPCs of a given nation. The "Orc Wars" board game first appeared in Dragon Issue 132, although the game's counters in The Orcs of Thar are printed on heavier...
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  • Canadian actor and stuntman, known for playing Colossus in Deadpool and Orc War Captain in Warcraft. He has done stunt work on many TV and movies such...
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  • Orcs: First Blood (variant title: Orcs (2004)) is a series of books written by Stan Nicholls. It includes: Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder and...
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  • Orc Stain is a fantasy comic book series created by James Stokoe and published by Image Comics. The first seven issues were published from January 2010–February...
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  • The Orc King is a fantasy novel by American writer R. A. Salvatore, the first book in the Transitions series. The story begins a century after the events...
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  • escapes. Meanwhile, the Great Goblin reveals to the Dwarves that Azog, an Orc war-chief who killed Thrór and lost his forearm to Thorin in battle outside...
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  • The journalist Ed Power, in The Daily Telegraph, compares Orcs to the stormtroopers in Star Wars, as both are "a metaphorical embodiment" of evil. According...
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  • also introduces Orc culture in the series, with the Orcs being primarily created with practical prosthetics. The design of the Orcs' Warg in the episode...
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  • Bookshops & Bonedust (category Orcs in popular culture)
    It is a prequel to the author's 2022 novel Legends & Lattes. Viv is an orc mercenary who is contracted to fight the necromancer Varine the Pale. Her...
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  • 1996 by Blizzard's parent, Davidson & Associates. A sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, the game was met with positive reviews and won most of the major...
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  • growing war, as the warlock Gul'dan leads the Horde to invade Azeroth using a magic portal. Together, a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs must attempt...
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  • intended as a trilogy. The planned third module became instead the Greyhawk Wars boxed wargame. X—eXpert series was for use with Dungeons & Dragons Expert...
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  • depicting female and child Orcs, and expanding on Orc culture. The showrunners wanted to use practical prosthetics for the Orcs where possible. A Snow-troll...
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  • Dragon Rage (category Orcs in popular culture)
    powers. Orc forces include ground units (orc warriors), naval units (ships), air units (hot air balloons), castle defenses (towers), and war machines...
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  • Orcs & Elves is an adventure role-playing video game for the mobile phone and Nintendo DS. It was developed by id Software and Fountainhead Entertainment...
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  • Orcs Must Die! is an action-tower defense video game developed and published by Robot Entertainment and Mastertronic. It is a tower defense game that eschews...
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