How was BOLG born?

[edit] History. Bolg was the son of Azog, succeeding his father as a prominent leader of the northern Orcs after Azog was killed by Dáin Ironfoot at the Battle of Azanulbizar in Third Age 2799.
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How was Azog created?

Azog's origins are unknown. He entered history in the year TA 2790 due to King Thrór's desire to revisit and perhaps restore the lost realm of Khazad-dûm. Thrór encountered Azog there, and Azog beheaded him, carving his name in Thrór's head and throwing the body back to Nár the sole Dwarf who had accompanied the King.
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Who is Azog's father?

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Is Bolg the goblin or an Orc?

Bolg is an Orc warrior and the son of Azog the Defiler. He is the secondary antagonist of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien and in Peter Jackson's live-action film adaptations of the same name, serving as the secondary antagonist of both The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies.
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Is Azog an elf?

Azog (also known as the Pale Orc and the Defiler) (Late Third Age—TA 2941) was a criminal Orc warlord and Thorin Oakenshield's archenemy.
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How do Orcs reproduce?

In The Book of Lost Tales, it is said that Orcs were "bred from the heats and slimes of the earth" through the sorcery of Morgoth. Again, Tolkien later changed this, as Morgoth could not create life on his own. This led to the most popular theory that Orcs were created from corrupted Elves.
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Is Tauriel in Lord of the Rings?

The character Tauriel is a Silvan Elf, which means she is of a much lower order than the elves that had previously been seen in The Lord of the Rings film series, and holds a lower social status than characters like Arwen, Galadriel, Elrond, and Legolas.
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Who was Bolgs mother?

Bolg (Or./B.S. "Cruel") was the strongest son of Azog and the greatest Orc-chieftain of the North.
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How tall is Azog?

All Tolkien says is that he was “a great Orc with a huge iron-clad head, and yet agile and strong.” But in the movies, Azog is listed as being over 7 feet (213 cm) tall.
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What kind of Orc is Azog?

Azog is played by Manu Bennett via motion-capture and CG (though he was originally intended to be played by Conan Stevens in a practical costume and makeup). He is a white-skinned Orc, known as the Pale Orc or Azog the Defiler. According to Balin, he is from Gundabad.
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What language do Orcs speak?

The orcs from Mordor speak the Black Speech, a language invented for them by Sauron, while those from Isengard speak other tongues; to understand each other, they use the Common Speech (Westron), such as Pippin overheard and understood.
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Who is Azog's son?

Bolg was the son of Azog, succeeding his father as a prominent leader of the northern Orcs after Azog was killed by Dáin Ironfoot at the Battle of Azanulbizar in Third Age 2799.
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Who is the deformed Orc in Return of the King?

Gothmog is a half-troll, a crossbreed of trolls and Variags. 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Gothmog is portrayed as an Orc-general with a misshapen face. He is played by Lawrence Makoare and voiced by Craig Parker.
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Is the Great Goblin and Orc?

The Great Goblin was the chief of the Goblins who dwelt in Goblin-town beneath the High Pass in the Misty Mountains, and presumably was the leader of all the Orcs of the Misty Mountains. He was described as "tremendous" and had a huge head.
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Is Azog in The Hobbit book?

Book: Azog does not appear in the Hobbit, having been killed by Dáin II Ironfoot many years earlier in the story. The Company is instead trapped by a group of Wargs who live in the area.
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Who crushed Bolg the Goblin leader?

Bolg is the leader of the goblin troops in the Battle of Five Armies. He gets crushed to death by Beorn in the heat of battle.
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How old is Smaug?

Certainly dragons live very, very long-- Glaurung had been 'brooding' for a century, and was still considered to be juvenile. Smaug was at very least ~180 years old by the time he was slain.
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What are Gundabad Orcs?

Gundabad Orcs were a sub-species of Misty Mountain Orc that originated from the ruins of the fortress of Gundabad. They served Azog the Defiler and his son Bolg there and also occasionally the Witch King when Angmar was in power.
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What happens to Tauriel after Kíli's death?

Tauriel was banished from Mirkwood by Thranduil, so what happens to Tauriel after the Battle of Five Armies remains unknown, although actress Evangeline Lilly stated in an interview that Tauriel returns to Mirkwood.
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Is Kíli part elf?

TL;DR: Thorin is half-elf, and Fili and Kili are themselves both part elf and half-human. The two young dwarves represent the union of Elves, Men, and Dwarves that once existed before Dale fell, and which will rise again.
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What does Kíli say to Tauriel in Elvish?

Kíli says to Tauriel “amrâlimê”, which I'm pretty sure is David Salo's Neo-Khuzdul. Tauriel says she doesn't understand it, so it's very clear it isn't Sindarin. “amrâl” – means “love”. It used the abstract construction aCCâC as seen in the Tolkien original khuzdul words such as “aglâb”.
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