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Adar in The Rings of Power: What His Elvish Name Means
Adar is Sindarin for father. Who the Rings of Power character is, why Orcs call him Father, and what Tolkien actually wrote about where Orcs came from.
13 min readNovember 10, 2026
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Orcs and Goblins of Middle-earth — Origins, Names and Black Speech
Are orcs and goblins the same in Tolkien? Where orcs came from, the Moria and Misty Mountain goblins, their Black Speech, and the Elvish words for orc.
19 min readOctober 1, 2026
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Uruk-hai Explained — Saruman's Fighting Uruks, Uglúk and Lurtz
Uruk-hai are great soldier-orcs, first out of Mordor, later bred by Saruman at Isengard. Uruk is Black Speech for these orcs; hai means folk.
19 min readOctober 1, 2026
