So something I'm going to mention. D&D orcs are coded as PoC Savages because D&D was written by a very conservative racist guy deliberately trying to mimic the (very racist) clash-of-civilization-vs-barbarism dynamic of Conan. Tolkien orcs are *abberrations* in D&D terms.
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Replying to @loudpenitent
Enh The Goblins under the Misty Mountains continued to exist there as their own culture for generations while Sauron lay in torpor, to the point where their origin was forgotten and everyone thought of them as a natural phenomenon
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It was, after all, originally inspired by the idea of evil goblins living underground who might seize and abduct those who venture into the wilderness unwary
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