Bloodstains by Aerlinniel

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Summary:

It had been via certain unknown methods that Melkor had created the Orcs during the first age within the pits of Utumno.

Major Characters: Melkor

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Artwork Type: No artwork type listed

Genre: Horror

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Rating: General

Warnings: Violence (Mild)

This fanwork belongs to the series

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 477
Posted on 7 January 2014 Updated on 7 January 2014

This fanwork is complete.

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This fanfic is essentially just an idea I had upon reading page 47 of my copy of the book. Specifically: "But of those unhappy ones who were ensnared by Melkor little is known of a certainty. For who of the living has descended into the pits of Utumno, or has explored the darkness of the counsels of Melkor? Yet it is held true by the wise of Eressëa, that all those of the Quendi who came into the hands of Melkor, ere Utumno was broken, were put there in prison, and by slow arts of cruelty were corrupted and enslaved; and thus Melkor breed the hideous race of the Orcs in envy and mockery of the Elves, of whom they were afterwards the bitterest of foes.”


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Hello! Thanks for the wonderufl review! Glad that you liked it :) My sole purpose when writing it was practically to see how sinister I could make it whilst keeping in line with what is known from The Silmarillion. I originally planned on writing what had happened to the first one too, but in the end just decided to leave it up in the air. Thought that it could be more interesting (and sinister) that way.