There is no mention of orcs in the short section of J.R.R. Tolkien's Appendices on which The War of the Rohirrim is based. But for Gittins and Papageorgiou, the fact that their source material was ...

Questions surrounding Orc origins and redemption remain open-ended in Tolkien's lore. Gandalf's restrained power use and Elrond's knowledge of the Ring's destruction method puzzle fans.