" '...we fight not. Hunt only. Kill
gorgûn in woods, hate
orc-folk. You hate
gorgûn too. We help as we can.' "
The name used by the Drúedain to refer to the race of Orcs, creatures that they had held as mortal enemies since the First Age. Indeed, the only detailed story we have of the Drúedain from those ancient times, The Faithful Stone, tells of a Drûg using his strange powers to destroy invading Orcs. This enmity was an aid to the people of the Rohirrim in the War of the Ring, because the normally unfriendly Drúedain helped guide them to Minas Tirith in the hope of seeing their hated gorgûn defeated - a hope that was amply fulfilled.
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With the exception of a handful of personal names, gorgûn is our only recorded word from the otherwise unknown language of the Drúedain. The details of its derivation is unclear, and indeed Tolkien himself seemed undecided on the matter, though he does suggest that it might be distantly related to the Elvish words for Orc (Quenya urko or Sindarin orch).
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