Orcs



Orcs are a tall people, with impeccable posture and imposing features. They easily reach 7’0, and have very squared shoulders. Their skin is usually a murky olive green colour, but can range from solid brown through to a green that is almost luminous. Due to selective breeding some centuries back, they have a few particularly strong racial traits that cannot be bred out - such as their double-pointed ears, their pronounced and often hooked noses, and their tusks, which grow from the bottom jaw and protrude from the corners of their mouths. Orcs have yellow sclera, with irises that are usually reddish, but range from brown through to an almost greenish hazel.

The sole downfall of the Orcs as a race is that they are only able to bear one child in their entire lifetime, which can span as long as 150 years. In order to increase this birth-rate, they began to interbreed with other races, predominantly Humans, who are known to be the most prolific breeders in the humanoid world, thus spawning a whole new race of Half Orcs.

In the past, Orcs held quite a large empire on the continent of Crai Fyd, with massive fortresses and intricate cities, from which they waged war on whomever rose to challenge them, exercising their military and strategic genius and eventually expanding to the southern half of Ortosis. In about 300 AI, during Emperor Tybald’s reign, the Orc empire was crushed and scattered, and they were hunted almost to extinction. Now, the remnants of the Orcs travel Crai Fyd in nomadic clans of scavengers and drifters, and although they now see the folly in ruling an Empire, they still uphold certain morals - such as respect, strength, and most importantly, honour.