Orc

To feel the thunder of orcish war drums outside the gate and to hear a chorus of voices growling, “Gruumsh!” is the nightmare of every civilized place in the world. For no matter how thick its walls, skilled its archers, or brave its knights, few settlements have ever withstood a full-scale onslaught of orcs. Every soldier who lives through a fight with orcs tells of confronting a hulking foe that can cleave through a warrior with a single blow, part of a force that can cut down enemies as though they were trembling stalks of wheat before the scythe. Only a skilled and determined hero can hope to survive single combat with an orc.

Naming Traditions

Unisex names

Orc names don’t always have meaning in the Orc language, and most noteworthy orcs are given epithets by their tribe mates.

Parent ethnicities

• Prime Race

Diverged ethnicities

• Half-Orc