re: Thoughts on The Hobbit: The Battle of 5 Armies (Spoilers)

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I do not believe he ever used the word orc or warg in the Hobbit but instead used goblin and wolf, though it is unclear if wolf and warg are meant to be the same.

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I don't think he used to word orc in The Hobbit. I'm pretty sure that he used the word warg in this book. I think warg is just a really smart personified wolf, as the wolves had a lot more personality in the books.

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But the wargs are simply the mounts for the orcs. So as you would not count horses as a separate army from elves or man, so too would you not count wargs as a separate army.

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That's how it is in the movie, so I would go with that for it.