Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26172435-20160330122846/@comment-26347028-20160409151055

EliSuperHero wrote: The Great A&#039;Tuin wrote: Personally I've always thought orcs just display limited sexual dimorphism. When Morgoth created the first orcs he was attempting to create a warrior race, one that could serve as an expendable army that he could utilize against his foes. Traits that differentiated the sexes would have been largely unnecessary, with only the base necessities for reproduction being retained.

Also to remove females from the active fighting forces would represent a considerable lose of numbers on the field, even if the majority of orcs were male. Instead I propose that female orcs fought alongside their male counter parts all along, but given their limited sexual dimorphism their would be no way to realize this or identify which was which short of examining their genitalia. Well I wouldnt think that would happen because in a race this harsh like orcs, the woman's only purpose was to have children for their armies. If there were truly few women, then it would be very unwise to let them go out into battle. I'd imagine that they would be hidden and kept safe somewhere. Not to mention the problems of fighting whilst pregnant, etc. it would at the very least have been noticed and written down in the history books, had this the case.