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| May 27, 2015 at 23:34 | comment | added | Wad Cheber | I think you included a detail which I omitted - that an Orc with lots of nice stuff doesn't live very long. :). At one point, Sam and Frodo are being hunted by a tracker Orc and a soldier Orc. The tracker ends up shooting an arrow into the soldier's eye because he wants to go home but the soldier won't let him. If "I'm bored, and I want to take a nap" is sufficient cause for him to kill his comrade, imagine what else they'll kill each other over. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 18:10 | comment | added | Wad Cheber | @jamesqf - yes, when Frodo and Sam are hiking through Mordor, they are relieved to see that Orcs are often too busy fighting amongst themselves to notice the hobbits in their midst, but wary of the fact that the Orcs hate everyone else more than they hate each other, and if they noticed the hobbits, they would instantly set aside their differences and murder the halflings. Their attitude towards Sauron is based on fear, not love or true respect. They follow his orders because they fear what he will do to them if they disobey, not because they are loyal to him. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 18:00 | comment | added | jamesqf | But in the only real glimpses of Orcish attitude we get , the orcs seem to look on Sauron as a boss - and a fallible one, at that. They seem to be serving out of fear and desire for loot. And, it must be admitted, a bit of self interest. One of the captains puts it thus: "But don't forget: the enemies don't love us any more than they love Him, and if they get topsides on Him, we're done too. " | |
| May 27, 2015 at 18:00 | comment | added | Wad Cheber | I know of at least one reference to Orcs being paid for their services. See my answer. | |
| May 27, 2015 at 17:59 | history | edited | Wad Cheber | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 27, 2015 at 17:39 | comment | added | DVK-on-Ahch-To | You may want to mention looting | |
| May 27, 2015 at 17:11 | history | edited | Shamshiel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 27, 2015 at 17:05 | history | answered | Shamshiel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |