What happened to Orcs in the Fourth Age following Sauron's downfall in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings? Would or could they survive as a race? I answer some questions related to the most loathed of races in Middleearth, the Orcs, hopefully showing the difficulties in answering questions about the Orcs with any certainty.

► Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:50 The destruction of the One Ring
6:47 The defeat of Morgoth
8:59 Sauron's control
10:50 Orcs outside Sauron's influence
12:38 Of Orcs and Men in the Fourth Age
17:11 Orc genocide
19:29 The New Shadow
20:41 Hope and redeemability?
24:04 The Age of Mankind
25:17 Outro / Share your thoughts...

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