Rings of power question (mind spoilers, I guess)

Sep 16, 2022
10:42:15pm

holipuluki All-American

Why can’t the orcs be in the sun? I don’t remember this ever being an issue in the LoTR trilogy. Is this just a new wrinkle they just added for plot armor?

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Rings of power question (mind spoilers, I guess)

holipuluki

9/16/22 10:42pm

I believe they had to be cross breed to handle the Sun. Seems like I read it i

AFewThoughts

9/16/22 10:45pm

Rings of power is really the only place I know of they have such a strong reaction to the sun.

Radioactive Coug

9/16/22 10:49pm

Just re-read the Hobbit, and it’s a thing for the goblins and trolls in the book

Pepe

9/16/22 10:59pm

Sauron darkens the skies before the attack on Minas Tirith. Gandalf mentions it.

letthewookieewin

9/16/22 10:51pm

Evolution. Created in the time before the sun. Over time they became less

JAGA97

9/16/22 10:51pm

In LOTR Sauron provided some darkness/cover for thier comfort.

Turn and Cough

9/16/22 10:52pm

And I'm a hack.

Turn and Cough

9/16/22 10:52pm

There are different types of Orcs. Regular Orcs could not take the sun

RalphWiggam

9/16/22 10:52pm

ROP is actually nailing it with the Orcs. Think Gollum's reaction to touching elven rope. Same concept with sunlight

BlueBlood94

9/16/22 11:02pm

^This.

Oceanographer

9/17/22 2:35am

Impressed (slightly concerned?) by the depth and quantity of responses late Fri.

holipuluki

9/16/22 11:20pm

This was one of the reasons for Saruman’s cross breading experiments

NC CougarBear

9/16/22 11:26pm

^This too, and another reason that The Hobbit movies are poor. Orcs weren't

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