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Maddog0089 wrote: High King Ithilion wrote: Still, there wouldn't be that many orcs, wargs, and balrogs down there. Otherwise, why wouldn't they come out and declare their own realm?

Also, the corrupted elves are rather off, seeing as Tolkien eventually decided Orcs were bred from various kinds of Men....

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë) 01:38, April 28, 2017 (UTC) Then why do orcs appear in the year of the trees before the Men woke up, please tell me I would like to know.

It is probably because at that time, Tolkien had decided Orcs were corrupted Elves, while later he revised his opinion.