<span class="SFPTagline">
From SCIFIPEDIA
</span>
An orc is a mythical humanoid creature used particularly in fantasy fiction and in role-playing games.
Unlike gnome or elf, the word as used today was essentially coined by J.R.R. Tolkien who was influenced by Old English.
This article or section is a SCIFIPEDIA stub for a general,
non-categorized, stub. You can improve SCIFIPEDIA
by expanding on this stub. Please be sure to consider the other categories assigned to
this stub by the original creator. When finished, remove this stub from the
article and the article from the Stubs category.
2008, SCI FI. All rights reserved.
