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Orcish

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 21:39:30 +0000

Orcish

The orcish language is the language originally thaught to the by . For a time, it was the main trading language of , until it started to be replaced with due to increased trade with

Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 02-03-2016 22:39

Orc Houses

Anonymous — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:47:33 +0000

Orc Houses

Orc houses are communities of Orc families.

Current Great Houses

These houses are currently considered the "Great Houses" and hold dominion over most of the Orc-held lands.

House Galrash - Current , holds the First Seat in the Council of the Utgard Alliance.
House Arkol - Previous Prime House
House Vorzag
House Kotash
House Urthoru
House Martuc
House Dralug
House Bergazu
House Gorazal

Other Orc Houses

These houses are not counted among the "Great Houses", but have played more or less important roles in other stories.

House Naktoh - Allied with House Martuc . Has a reputation for being "impure" since it has a fairly large power base in Midgard.
House Haltogh - Medium house allied with House Vorzag. Handles some trade between and .
House of Ror - Small house allied with House Galrash. Primarily doing supply runs to .
House Gulto - Allied with house Dralug. Supports house Dralug in with mercenary troops for a really cheap price. Known for it's disciplined mercenary group "Grotha's Axes".

Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 14-05-2013 19:47

Orc Politics

Anonymous — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:10:08 +0000

Orc Politics

politics is a slightly chaotic mess built up around the race's concepts of individuality and honour. It can be roughly broken down into three levels: in-house politics, alliance politics and great house politics.

In-house politics

When the Orcs were a young race just set loose upon the world, Ratish taught those who would listen about warfare. Among the things he taught was the observation that no group of creatures can survive without the leadership of a single creature. Although later disproven when the Orcs made contact with the , a lot of the social structure of the Orcs was built up around this idea.

One result of this is that each has a single leader - at least in name. While there have been houses attempting to follow different doctrine, these attempts usually fail due to a combination of internal struggle and external pressure. The leader of a house has power over this house, in so far as he is obeyed, which is not necessarily a given and differs between houses.

How the leader of a house is chosen and succeeded also differs between houses. For some houses it is hereditary and the only way to get rid of a bad leader is to kill him, at which point the next in line takes his place. Others have a number of families that each train a candidate and the leader becomes the winner of some kind of challenge between these candidates. Some have no real process and any member of the house can challenge the current leader for control at any moment.

Alliances Between Houses

When the amount of Orcs in the world started to grow it quickly became apparent that there were power differences between several of the houses. This resulted in less powerful houses forging alliances between each other to combat the more powerful houses.

Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 14-05-2013 19:10

Orc Culture

Anonymous — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:01:42 +0000

Orc Culture

Statistics

OC Name: Generic Orc Culture
IC Name: N/A
Age: 6000 years
Demography:
Size: 1 Million
Area: , ,
Religions: ,
Languages: ,
Symbol: N/A

Cultural Dimensions

Power Distance Index: 3
Individualism versus Collectivism: 2
Masculinity versus Femininity: 3
Uncertainty Avoidance Index: 2
Long-term versus Short-term Orientation: 4
Indulgence versus Restraint: 2

Customs and Cultural Habits

Things people do because the culture teaches them to do it, also includes the ages of consent, legal maturity, etc.

Politics

Main Article:

Superstitions

Non-religious things people believe because the culture teaches them to believe it.

Art, Literature and Music

What does the culture finds aesthetically pleasing or exiting.

Cuisine

Usually builds on the area the culture settled in and the biological needs of the race.

Architecture

How does the culture build its buildings.

History

How did the culture come to be.

Names

Naming conventions and example names, including how things like family names and heritage are dealt with.

Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 14-05-2013 18:01