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lb:orcs [2025-09-02 14:56:58] – [Origin] ninjasrlb:orcs [2026-04-02 01:38:17] (current) – [Bionicle] ninjasr
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 ====== Orcs ====== ====== Orcs ======
-**Orcs** are a fantasy race of (usually) violent and evil humanoid beings. They're among the most common punching bags of modern fantasy stories.\\+<dfn>Orcs</dfn> are a fantasy race of (usually) violent and evil humanoid beings. They're among the most common punching bags of modern fantasy stories.\\
 They were created in their //basically// modern form by [[lb:tolkien]]. They were created in their //basically// modern form by [[lb:tolkien]].
 ===== Description & Notes ===== ===== Description & Notes =====
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 Goblins also exist and are a part of Orc societal hierarchies. It's stated that goblins and orcs are the same species, just that goblins are stunted in growth, which has them classified as separate from the other orcs. They are thus lower in the society...though they get to ride wolves and use bows (bows being a cowardly weapon of course). Goblins also exist and are a part of Orc societal hierarchies. It's stated that goblins and orcs are the same species, just that goblins are stunted in growth, which has them classified as separate from the other orcs. They are thus lower in the society...though they get to ride wolves and use bows (bows being a cowardly weapon of course).
 ==== Bionicle ==== ==== Bionicle ====
-The Piraka could be seen as...//vaguely orc shaped//. Yo yo Piraka.\\+<div passage> 
 +The Piraka could be seen as...//vaguely orc shaped//. Yo yo Piraka. 
 I mean...they're a species of criminals who are violent and who don't get along with anybody else (including themselves). I mean...they're a species of criminals who are violent and who don't get along with anybody else (including themselves).
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 +...wait.
 ==== Tolkien's Legendarium ==== ==== Tolkien's Legendarium ====
 Tolkien created the first orcs and, as a result, they're quite different from the modern orc. Also, Tolkien used the word ‘goblin’ interchangeably with ‘orc’...with it apparently serving as the //translation// for ‘orc’. Tolkien created the first orcs and, as a result, they're quite different from the modern orc. Also, Tolkien used the word ‘goblin’ interchangeably with ‘orc’...with it apparently serving as the //translation// for ‘orc’.
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