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PeterBobsonOver9000 wrote: I found a quote in the Silmarillion:

...that all those of the Quendi who came into the hands of Melkor, ere Utumno was broken, were put into prison, and by slow arts of cruelty were corrupted and enslaved; and thus did Melkor breed the hideous race of the Orcs in envy and mockery of the Elves... (Tolkien p.50, Quenta Silmarillion, Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor) An earlier notion, and not representative of Tolkien's final decision.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë) 21:52, April 28, 2017 (UTC)