Model of an orc holding an axe. Printable. Stand included in a separate file.Fantasy character with a weapon. An orc in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy fiction, is a race of humanoid monsters, which he also calls goblin. Especially in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, orcs appear as a brutish, aggressive, ugly, and malevolent race of monsters, contrasting with the benevolent Elves.