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Othrod was a "lord of the Orcs" slain by Tuor during the Fall of Gondolin.^[1]

He only appears in Tolkien's early The Fall of Gondolin.

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-'''Othrod''' was one of the three [[orcs]] named in the [[Fall of Gondolin]] as being slain by [[Tuor]]. Othrod was "a lord of the Orcs". The two other named orcs slain by Tuor were [[Balcmeg]] and [[Lug]]. We are also told that [[Ecthelion of the Fountain|Ecthelion]] slew an orc named [[Orcobal]], "their chiefest champion".
+'''Othrod''' was a "lord of the [[Orcs]]" slain by [[Tuor]] during the [[Fall of Gondolin]].<ref name="LT2Gondolin">{{LT2 | III}}, p.181</ref>
-Othrod appears only in the ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part 2|The Book of Lost Tales]]''. In the later versions of the story orcs are not named.
+He only appears in Tolkien's early ''[[The Fall of Gondolin]]''.
+==See also==
+* [[Balcmeg]]
+* [[Lug]]
+* [[Orcobal]]
+{{references}}
 [[Category:Orcs]]