What are the different types of dwarfism?

There are two main categories of dwarfism -- disproportionate and proportionate. Disproportionate dwarfism is characterized by an average-size torso and shorter arms and legs or a shortened trunk with longer limbs. In proportionate dwarfism, the body parts are in proportion but shortened.

What is the rarest type of dwarfism?

What Is Primordial Dwarfism? Primordial dwarfism is a rare and often dangerous group of genetic conditions that result in a small body size and other growth abnormalities. Signs of the condition first appear in the fetal stage and continue through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.

How old do Orcs get?

Orcs reach maturity at about age 18-20. Middle age is around age 40 or so, old age at 65, venerable age at 80, and they rarely live beyond 100 years of age.

When do elves stop aging?

Characteristics. Elves, at least the Eldar, have a pregnancy that lasts about a year. By the age of 1, elves can speak, walk and dance. Puberty and full height are attained at around their fiftieth to one hundredth year, when they stop aging physically.

How long do dark elves live?

A long lifespan is common among members of the race, most living up to 200-300 years, with the exception of wizards and necromancers who may live anywhere up to the thousands.

Are orcs dead elves?

In The Silmarillion, Orcs are East Elves (Avari) enslaved, tortured, and bred by Morgoth (as Melkor became known); they multiplied like Elves and Men. Or again, Tolkien noted, they could have been fallen Maiar, perhaps a kind called Boldog, like lesser Balrogs; or corrupted Men.

How are orcs born?

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.