I would have a knife with a serrated edge in my left hand one of those swords the demon hunter in Warcraft 3 has. They funky lookin =D. That is only if i was fighting a huge group of people...especially a horde of orcs...those who said they would use a bow are foolish...if you missed and they caught up on you, you are screwed. Not to mention, orcs can shoot bows as well...Fast blows with weapons such like i described above are probably decent for taking on a group of orcs, but if I was a hero in Middle Earth I probably wouldnt be stupid enough to get myself in that position anyways, people should repect orcs more...they are not bad fighters...army full o' orcs vs. me? Nuh uh...I would get a group of my pals (dwarves among them cuz' they cool too =D) and set up an ambush if the orcs had to go or I got some money out of it. Alot of dwarves are good at throwing weapons such as axes and hammers, a band of warriors including myself, bout' 10 dwarves and some other good warriors could set up a devastation ambush with such tactics as throwing weapons and traps. =D
-so yea!