#library orc

His name is Garthaglir (it’s Sindarin for “poem keeper”)

He renamed himself after discovering a love for library sciences, shortly after he moved to the valley

Rivendell’s head librarian

Used to be an extremely dangerous warrior, now considers himself retired

Extremely tall and buff, blue skin, salt-and-pepper hair and a well-trimmed beard

Very distinguished, very polite

Has a tiny pair of spectacles he uses to read because he's farsighted

He doesn’t look like an old man but he is one deep in his heart

He was one of the first reformed orcs to end up in Rivendell, so he helps other orcs adjust to living there

Basically invented Middle Earth’s version of the Dewey Decimal system

Look, Rivendell’s library is like, unfathomably huge, there’s 6000+ years of books in there, someone had to organize it

He, Elrond, and Erestor are the only people who have keys to the part of the library where they keep the cursed books

The three of them also have a monthly book club

He holds a weekly story time for the kids

(Yes, he does do funny voices, no, you are not allowed to comment on it)

Has tracked people down at 3 AM before because “M’am? M’am you have an overdue book, here, I brought my library stamp would you mind just checking this out again? You can keep it out for another month that way. Just a moment, ah, yes thank you, I’ll be on my way now. Excellent choice in reading material.”

He has a fancy sunhat he wears outside during the day so the sun doesn’t burn him, it was a gift from small Arwen and he cherishes it

He has a library cat, her name is Mittens and he would die for her

Uses his free time to teach himself different languages; there are hundreds in Rivendell’s books

Enjoys recommending books to visitors, he’s gotten really good at getting a read on what people will like

Thanks for the ask, I'm so glad that people like Garthaglir! He has parents, and a twin brother– though unfortunately, he hasn't seen them since coming to Rivendell. He does hope that eventually they'll be together again though, even if it takes until Sauron falls.

He does have plenty of friends in Rivendell. As I said before, he's close to Elrond and Erestor, who also spend a lot of time in Rivendell's library and archives; they have a monthly book club and play some very intense games of Quenya scrabble.

He's also close with a lot of the other orcs living in Rivendell. This includes Glamour (an orcish guard who's lived in Rivendell since its founding) and Kemendil (former drill sergeant and current head cook).

He also has Mittens, of course.

He is very happy in Rivendell, rest assured. He works in the library and has plenty of time to relax, or work on his own projects. One of those projects is an appeal he plans to present to the Valar about why orcs should be allowed in Valinor.

Thanks for the ask!

I do want to write a proper fic with Garthaglir eventually but I've got a few WIPs going already so it'll probably be a while. For now, I'll try to answer some of your questions here:

(Content warning: this post discusses the creation of orcs, and their indoctrination and subjugation under Sauron, as well as non-graphic violence)