▁he ats ▁and ▁sl imes ▁of ▁the ▁earth ". ▁Or , ▁they ▁were ▁" The ▁Or cs ▁were ▁be asts ▁of ▁human ized ▁shape ", ▁possibly , ▁Tol k ien ▁wrote , ▁El ves ▁m ated ▁with ▁be asts , ▁and ▁later ▁Men . ▁Or ▁again , ▁Tol k ien ▁noted , ▁they ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁fallen ▁Mai ar , ▁perhaps ▁a ▁kind ▁called ▁B old og , ▁like ▁less er ▁Bal ro gs ; ▁or ▁cor rupted ▁Men . ▁▁ ▁Half - or cs ▁appear ▁in ▁The ▁Lord ▁of ▁the ▁R ings , ▁created ▁by ▁inter bre eding ▁of ▁Or cs ▁and ▁Men ; ▁they ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁go ▁in ▁sun light . ▁The ▁" s ly ▁Sou ther ner " ▁in ▁The ▁Fellow ship ▁of ▁the ▁Ring ▁looks ▁" more ▁than ▁half ▁like ▁a ▁g ob lin "; ▁similar ▁but ▁more ▁or c - like ▁hy br ids ▁appear ▁in ▁The ▁Two ▁Tow ers ▁" man - high , ▁but ▁with ▁g ob lin - faces , ▁s allow , ▁le ering , ▁squ int - ey ed ." ▁ ▁Al leg ed ▁rac ism ▁ ▁The ▁sch ol ars ▁of ▁English ▁literature ▁William ▁N . ▁Rog ers ▁II ▁and ▁Michael ▁R . ▁Under wood ▁note ▁that ▁a ▁w ides p read ▁element ▁of ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁Western ▁culture ▁was ▁fear ▁of ▁moral ▁decl ine ▁and ▁deg ener ation ; ▁this ▁led ▁to ▁e ugen ics . ▁In ▁The ▁Two ▁Tow ers , ▁the ▁Ent ▁Tre eb e