Orc
Orcs are savage humanoids most renowned for their hatred of civilization, ceaseless raiding, and violent attitude.
Appearence
Orcs resemble some sort of feral human but with much more bestial features, most prominently they have oversized, boar-like canines and sharp teeth. Orcs are normally around six feet in height; however, they often seem much larger due to their intimidating muscles. Orcs scar easily so even the youngest orc warrior will already bear an intimidating array of scars. Orc skin tone varies between a sallow pink through various shades of grey to dark green. Orcs possess small, beady eyes that are very sensitive to sunlight; their facial features are vaguely pig-like; and their hair is wiry like a boar's bristles. On average, an orc weighs around 210 pounds.Personality
Orcs are generally 6 feet high or even taller, they look even larger due to their muscular physique. Orcs seems to experience emotions more intensely than other humanoids, however, they only seem to express rage, jealousy, lust, and other negative emotions, though this may be a result of their violent culture. Orcs also have an incredibly high pain threshold, though this is not physiological, orcs experience pain as vividly as any other sentient race but possess a near unparalleled stoicism. Orcs fatalistically embrace pain allowing them to survive agony that would break or even kill another creature, some even claim that orc eyes have never adapted to the burning light of the sun, they have just learned to endure it. Orcs develop fast and are short lived, those that don't die violently very rarely even make it to 60. Orcs make up for their short lifespans and the high attrition of their violent societies by reproducing at an astonishing rate. Orc mothers are kept from the battlefield and typically give birth to between two and five young at a time; they occasionally birth a single child who devoured their siblings in utero which is seen as an omen of greatness. Their fecundity is so great that a tribe decimated in battle can almost totally replenish its numbers in as little as a decade. Childhood is brutal with the weak being culled without hesitation; orcs reach physical maturity by the age of 12 but most male orcs begin their training as warriors as early as 8 years old.Society
Orcs' society is centered around strength and combat, every orc has a right only to take what they are strong enough to take and control only those too weak to resist them. Their society is a brutal hierarchy that is only able to function due to a few ingrained traditions. The first is family loyalty, as it helps all members of the clan to survive. Secondly, respect for hierarchy allows weaker members of society to survive since, while they will abuse those weaker than themselves, orcs rarely kill those below them unless they are directly challenged. These dominance challenges are an integral part of orc society, each orc faces constant danger from challengers below them and constant reminders of their comparative weakness from those above them. As the consequence of a lost battle is normally death, challengers carefully bide their time waiting for a moment of weakness. This hierarchical structure is so fundamental to orc culture that the very idea of equality seems like madness and orcs cannot imagine living in a society where they do not know whom they serve and whom they can abuse.
General
Type: Humanoid Adjective: Orc Age: Up to 50 years old Height: 6ft. 9in. Weight: 300lbs
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