The prophecy of Clog
As one could expect from a tribal community such as the orcs, most of their folklore and culture are handed down through rudimentary means. There is, however, one very noticeable exception: the cave painting of Khazak Melkan Nogaak. This cave painting depicts The prophecy of Clog
Summary
Not many people apart from Orcs have actually set foot in the lonely mountain to witness the cave paintings first hand, nor are Orcs known for the outstanding ability to communicate, at all. It should therefore be no surprise to any scholar that there are not many written documents about this legend. Some snippets and references can be found throughout dwarven writings, most notable in 'ilv genocide eth orstirth' or 'to genocide the orcs' in common. There is one account from a dying dwarven prisoner of war who managed to escape from the hellish place known as the Lonely Mountain. His tale accounts the only time a non-orc laid witness to these paintings and (almost) lived to tell their tale.
"Wetdreck, the head of the dwarven rangers, together with his subordinates had set forth from their hideout not a quarter rotation of the sun when they encountered some unmistaken dwarven tracks. 'twas Grugraes, the companies' coreman that noticed a distinct limp in the tracks, indicating a wounded dwed. For two full rotations of the sun they followed these tracks, when finally they met their prey at the end of the trail. 'twas, to their suprise, Nograek, son of Thesor. Given up for dead after his dissapearance at the battle of Khandor 5 summers ago, 'twas not what had occured. Though sadly he had indeed now met his demise, 'twas not at the hands of the hated Ork's axe after the battle. A clue to this mystery was found in his clothes, as hidden in a pocket there was found a book. A hastily crafted note book to be precise. In this notebook Nograek had chronicled what had occured after the battle, up to his escape from captivity. " [p.321] [Here precedes some unrelated details about the battle, his capture and time as a prisoner of war which I will omit due to irrelevancy. what follows is an excerpt, written in dwarven dialect] "We wur brought tae a stoap fernent a tunnel efter traivelin fur wha kens howfur mony rotation. Evah deepah we hud gaen. Whin we entirt this final tunnel, oor orc guides wur getting mair 'n' mair excited. We suhn sound oot that Fikkom, Thesor, Hatgroul 'n' ah wur led in lest, as th' bodies o' oor comrades wur awready bein' eaten by th' savage's pet wolves. Th' orc shaman staun afore a muckle dyke, whilk wis painted in some hellish taferel o' slaughter, blood 'n' gore. It keeked lik' a muckle mass o' orcs, rampaging 'n' ravaging th' entire world. 'n' in thair middle staun a muckle motherfucking orc. Th' shaman commanded his thralls, 'n' me 'n' mah companions wur ritually murdurred yin by yin as th' orcs hollered in exctacy, fueled by dwarven blood 'n' th' wails o' th' shaman. Ah managed tae dodge th' axe blaw tae mah neck purely by luck, as mah executioner wis tae excited 'n' lacked a steady haun. Ah bolted, 'n' ah bolted, nae knowing whaur ah wis fur whit keeked lik' an eternity [...] light, finaly! ah hawp ah kin fin' hulp afore this bite becomes th' death o' me. " [p.323]
Chapter 4: the Religion and traditions of the Savage
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Common knowledge amongst most Orcs
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