Race: Orc

FACTION: SAVAGE OR UNALIGNED

Orcs adhere to a strict code of honor, their own versions of honor. Their society is based on war and combat; ritual suicide at the hands of a combatant is often preferred over living life as a crippled warrior, and may allow a warrior to die with honor. To be captured rather than killed in battle brings dishonor to not only the captive but his descendants. Death is depicted as a time for celebration, not grief. Made up of two main factions The Stronghold orcs and the Wagon Orcs. The later are known to have humans among them for various reasons…

Savage Orc Clans of Note

Grumsh Orcs (Raiders)

Bonechewer Clan (Banner)
The Bonechewer clan is an orc clan named after their willingness to resort to cannibalism in times of hardship, the Bonechewers were known for ornamenting themselves with the broken bones and ruined organs of their enemies. They are well respected by the orc clans and inspired fear and terror in all who beheld them in battle.

Stormreaver Clan (Banner)
Small clan made up mostly of warlock's and shamans. Much of the shadow council is made up of Stormreaver Clan members.

Thunderlord Clan (Banner)
In the time of the Thunderlord's formation, just as the orcs began winning their freedom from the ogres, the ancient shaman were said to be granted their powers from powerful shaman stones. These stones granted the orcs with the blessings of frost and fire, which aided the Thunderlords in their liberation. During this time, an orc by the name of Brakor wielded the legendary Gronnsbane, a spear blessed by the shamanstones of frost and fire and dipped in the blood of one of the ancient black rylaks of the Stonefury Cliffs. The tales indicate that the weapon grew in power after that point, but that its power faded after leaving Brakor's hands.

Warsong Clan (Banner)
The largest and most powerful clan of the nomadic raiding orc clans. Unruly and Savage leader by the strongest of the Grom Warsong.

Luthic Orcs (Strongholds)

Burning Blade Clan (Banner)
The Burning Blade clan (or simply the Blade) are best known for their deadly blademasters. There are two sects the first is lead by “The Blademaster” of the time usually assigns students to protect the strongholds where needed. The second by “The Blade Demon” a powerful, demon-worshiping cult under the rule of the sinister Shadow Council. They are often found raiding or involved in assassinations. the demon Zmodlor began recruiting both orcs and humans who were prejudiced against one another into a new incarnation of the Burning Blade.

Dragonmaw Clan (Banner)
Dragonmaws rely more on magic and cunning than brute force. That is the main reason they managed to make alliances with various red dragons and enslave various drakes. The Dragonmaw do not give their mounts a name until the beast has earned one. The greatest warriors of the clan wear insignias carved out of dragons' teeth and dyed in black blood. Breaking the will of a drake is the first step towards becoming a Dragonmaw champion. Whenever the Dragonmaw go on the warpath, everyone stops hunting.The best tasting food is stolen from the mouths of the enemy.

Laughing Skull Clan (Banner)
The Laughing Skull Orcs, or Laughing Skull clan, is an orc clan presumably led by Kaz the Shrieker. Known for their violent and bloodthirsty nature, these orcs take great pride in their clan identity. The Laughing Skull clan is a very deceptive and treacherous clan of orcs that is distrusted by most of the other clans for their kinship of thievery and assassination. Although their loyalty is questionable, their skill and audacity are unequaled.

White Wolf Clan (Banner)
Named for their close kinship with White Wolves, the clan placed great value in the noble ideals of family and community and sought to live in harmony with the land. whom the orcs hunted alongside, befriended and even tamed as companions to fight and hunt together as an extended pack family. In order to be granted full standing within the White Wolves Clan, each member had to undertake a solo quest to befriend and bond with a Wild White Wolf. Not all clan members passed this trial, but those that did earned a lifelong companion. In life, no two creatures shared a stronger relationship than that of a white wolves orc and his or her companion wolf. The two ate, slept, and fought side by side until one or both died an honorable death.

Unaligned Orcs

The Tharashk Clan ("The Sons of Nath")

The clan consists of mostly half-orcs, but has members of other races as well including full blooded orcs, humans, and an occasional half ogre. They are primarily nomadic, they trade with powerful clans and villages or raid those they see as weak.

ALSO: HALF-ORCS

Half-Orcs are combination of Orcs and the Illuskan wagon peoples. The Wagon Peoples, though a generally happy people, are also highly suspicious not only of strangers but of anything without absolute, positive physical proof. The Wagon Peoples grow no food, nor do they have manufacturing as we know it. They are herders and it is said, killers. They live on the meat and milk of their animals . They are among the proudest peoples in the material realm regarding the dwellers of the cities of they see them as vermin in holes, cowards who must fly behind walls, wretches who fear to live beneath the broad sky, who dare not dispute with them the open, windswept plains of their world. The Stronghold orcs have been in decline recently but usually a chieftain of either sex who is the strongest warrior reigns supreme. Usually the stronghold is near some material resource the stronghold orcs use to trade when the wagon people pass through their territory. Challengers of the chief if not killed are often tasked with going among the wagon or other peoples only returning when a tribute of note has been acquired. Seldom to those orcs return.