"The Orcs are a scary bunch. They seem to take enjoyment out of frightening others."— Kotori Daso of Akuzo Island
The Old World was once home to a wide array of humanoids, but only a few are left today. One of these are the Orcs, a species with very unusual origins. They are a humanoid species that were cursed by the knowledge they once sought. Seen as the enemies of many other species, the Orcs are now content living in their homeland, away from any prying eyes and judgemental looks.
Location
The Orcs have made the
Shattered Lands their current home. They got it by fighting their mortal enemies, the
Natuzans, in the far north. But afterwards, the two parties made an agreement that the Orcs would take the south of the main archipelago, while the Natuzans would take the north. This agreement worked well for hundreds of years, but tensions still remain with both humanoids.
Anatomy
Physiology
Orcs are different from other humanoids for many reasons. They are giants and almost double the size of most humanoids. They have three skin colours: green, blue or yellow. Most Orcs have green skin of different shades. Unlike most humanoids, Orcs can have either two arms or four arms. Their second set of arms is just underneath their top pair of arms. About half of all Orcs have two arms and the other half have four arms. They also have some small tusks on their lower jaw that they use when eating. Orcs have a meat-based diet, so their tusks help with tearing hard bits of meat when they eat.
Orcs also have a heightened sense of touch and can sense vibrations and tremors in the structures around them, and in the seas if they are swimming. However, many Orcs are blind, relying on their senses of smell and touch to navigate the world around them.
Powers
Like other people, Orcs also have Arcanis and can wield the Elements. They are known to have a strong affinity to earth, so most Orcs have Terra. Some have Hydro or Aero in addition to Terra and are very strong in both Elements.
Origins
Orcs were once entirely different, and much smaller, humanoids. They looked a lot like
Humans, but weren't necessarily human. This was such a long time ago even Orcs don't know what they looked like before their ancestors changed.
The Orcs became what they are today when their distant ancestors first opened the
Spirit Portals to access the powers of the Spirit World and even beyond. However, this magic was very different from the Elements, and was not made to be used in the Mortal World at the time. This influx of foreign magic drastically changed the humanoids and altered their bodies permanently. Many of them were driven mad by the foreign magic until it was sealed away by a
Dragon.
Much of the knowledge of the past has now been lost. Only the stories remain, and they say that the Orcs were beings cursed by the Gods.
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