Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27912807-20170428183448/@comment-26149161-20170430123345

It's pretty clear that the published works, written at an earlier time, intend Orcs to be elves. but later Tolkien reconsidered the behavior of Orcs and decided it was more in line with that of Men, meaning they were the original basis.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë) 12:33, April 30, 2017 (UTC)