In Support of the New York Orcs
J. R. R. Tolkien told us a lot about what happened after the War of the Ring, but have you ever wondered just what happened to the orcs?
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
So, the One Ring was destroyed, and Saruman’s army disbanded. But what happened to the thousands of Orcs and Uruk-hai that found themselves on the losing side?
Fear not, dear readers, for they moved on. Some ended up in New York, where they picked up new skills, such as apiculture.
One intrepid New Yorker, Harry Aspinwall, has made it his business to track down this Mordor diaspora, and put a face to them. He even set up a Facebook page to help raise awareness of these poor creatures’ plight: enter Orcs of New York, whence these lovely profiles.
To support these poor creatures, just visit (or even follow) Orcs of New York on Facebook.
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