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an orcish Sorcerer

Dush, or sometimes Gul, was the orcish term for Sorcerer or Sorcery.It also could refer to a distinct class (or perhaps breed) of orcish magicians.

Orc-magic was mentioned briefly by Gandalf, who talked about Magic words in the language of the Orcs.Also Orc-liquors and Glun or Orc Medicine seem to have had magical qualities similar to those of elvish Miruvor and Lembas.

("Dush" was possibly related to del.Dís, a "Spirit" or dunl.Dus, "evil spirit, devil" in the sense of "working with (evil) spirits" or having an evil spirit, being "evil spirited").

History[]

Dush

Long ago, the Orcs of Mount Gundabad brought priests and sorcerers from Mordor to match those of the Men and Elves they fought.Sauron had begun to create goblins capable of wielding the Essence by selective breeding his Bolvags with chosen Apprentices, before he had sufficient Men and fallen Elves to serve him, and still preserved the line in the late Third Age. The Lord of the Nazgûl soon found it easier to train evil Men to his service, as they were generally more magically adept than the brightest of Orcs. However, the breeding continued in a desultory fashion, to meet the Orc tribes' needs for magic, and a whole generation of these Orcish Sorcerers and conjurerss were pressed into the Witch-king's forces.Among the Snow-Orcs of Forochel these "shamans" were also known as the Ar-rash.


Sub-classes among orcish sorcerers, conjurers ,healers and tribal-priests included breeding-masters, defilers, initiators and warg-trainers,

Orcish Dushi of renown[]

Role-Playing[]

In MERP Rules orcish Mages and shamans are considered either Magicians, Animists or Bards and can be occasionally lesser Orcs or Uruks

References[]

  • MERP:Dark Mage of Rhudaur
  • MERP:Gorgoroth.
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