Half-Orc

Half-orcs are result of orcs mating with other humanoid races. Several orc tribes actively work toward breeding half-orc children for their greater mental capabilities. These half-breeds are despised by most of the world, however, which sees them as the spawn of violence or a filthy perversion.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Half-orcs vary in appearance more than most other races, ranging from more orc-like features such as greenish skin and protruding lower tusks to near human with little more to distinguish them as half-orcs than prominent noses, jawlines and brows. Some of the offspring of orcs and human however have dominant human traits making them appear as if they were completely human. Regardless of facial appearance, virtually every half-orc has a stature far larger than that of the average human. Their hair most often is dark, favoring shades of brown, gray, or even dark red, although black is the most common. Their eyes are often small and beady, while their ears are almost always pointed.

Civilization and Culture

History

They have existed ever since the waning days of the Age of Darkness, when orcs first appeared on the surface fleeing the migration of the dwarves during their Quest for Sky. The orcs of that age found the primitive humans a much easier target than the dwarves they had been fighting for centuries, and quickly spread throughout much of Avistan. Only after the return of the sun in the Age of Anguish did humanity slowly begin to effectively fight back against this new invader, and with the help of the other races, eventually drove the orcs back to the wild places of the world, most especially the lands now called the Hold of Belkzen. Here the orcs united under a powerful leader and created nation of sorts for themselves. It is also from here that most half-orcs today originally hale.