DM of the Rings Remastered CXXXVI: Knock, Knock

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To be fair, I think Gimli is pointing out a problem with the original work: How did all those orcs get enough food to live? I’m having trouble picturing an orcish farm, much less orcs producing all the accoutrements needed to run one. Both the book and the movie depict orcs with their own bread. Can you imagine an orcish miller? An orcish milkmaid? An orcish baker, complete with apron and poofy chef’s hat? Imagine a couple of orcs side-by-side in front of a farm American Gothic style.

Kind of daft, innit?

-Shamus, Friday Aug 17, 2007

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Tuck says:

Sunday Oct 19, 2025 at 1:46 am

Wrong image, showing page 136 not 137!

For anyone who doesn’t know, Tolkien actually addressed the question of what feeds the orcs of Mordor in the Lord of the Rings, when Sam and Frodo make some remarks about it: slaves and tribute.

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