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Wealhtheow, Hrothgar's wife is called ides Helminga ("lady of the Helmings") in Beowulf (610), which means that she belonged to Helm's clan and was a Wulfing. [160] Heodenings Old English: Heodeningas, Old Norse: Hjaðningar, Middle High German: Hegelinge *Heðaningas, from the personal name Heoden or maybe meaning "people of the skins".
The Free Peoples of Middle-earth are the four races that never fell under the sway of the evil spirits Morgoth or Sauron: Elves, Men, Dwarves and Ents. Strictly speaking, among Men it was only the Men of the West who are Free People, particularly the descendants of the Dúnedain of the Isle of Númenor , as most Men of the East and South of ...
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The Thousand Orcs debuted on The New York Times bestseller list at number 11. [2] Reviews were generally positive. Publishers Weekly described it as a "rousing tale of derring-do and harrowing escapes", although in doing so they acknowledged that it was a "light-hearted sword and sorcery novel", which gained some depth through Drizzt's philosophical ponderings about human frailties. [3]
The Orc King was No. 8 on the fiction hardcover bestseller list as reported by The Buffalo News in October 2007. [3]The Orc King, which marked the 20th anniversary of the character, made it to #7 on the list, as well as #9 on the Wall Street Journal list, #6 on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list, and #36 on the USA Today list of top sellers.
Orc emerges from creative fires to challenge the forces of imperialism in plate 12 of America a Prophecy. Orc is a proper name for one of the characters in the complex mythology of William Blake. A fallen figure, Orc is the embodiment of rebellion, and stands opposed to Urizen, the embodiment of tradition.
Apache ORC, a file format; Orc, an album by Oh Sees; Orc (programming language) Orcs: First Blood, a series of books by Stan Nicholls; Orc (slang), a pejorative term used in Ukraine for a Russian soldier in the Russo-Ukrainian War