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====== Orcish ====== | ====== Orcish ====== | ||
+ | Orcish races are one of the rarer peoples on [[: | ||
- | ===== Orcs ===== | + | Orcish is a language with many subtleties |
- | Orcs are a stout race and generally have a low center of gravity. They average at five feet in height | + | |
- | protruding canines and lower bicuspids, and usually have flat noses. | + | |
- | ==== History ==== | + | To compliment an orc, for example, one could say “you are the filthiest, most sickening piece of horse manure I’ve seen ever to come out the rear passages of a lizard” but should use heavy eye contact and open palms with a lowered voice - on the other hand, the same sentence spoken louder with closed fists would most likely start a brawl. Orcish has no single written script, as different orc tribes tend to be isolated and many develop their own scripts with very few similarities, |
- | Orcs were for much of history on Torandor considered uncouth. Because they have a very keen sense of smell, they used various perfumes, colognes, and other methods to craft a personalized " | + | Scholarly studies into orc biology have revealed an interesting part of their physiology: orcs show an uncanny ability to physically adapt and evolve to their environments. After moving to somewhere new, the next generation |
- | Orcs. Fortunately, | + | |
- | In historical Orc societies, scuffles and disagreements with each other were common | + | ===== Orcs ===== |
+ | * Lifespan: 60-70 years | ||
+ | * Jaernian Populations: | ||
+ | * Cahyalian Populations: | ||
+ | As the most common | ||
- | ==== Lifestyle ==== | + | The origin of orcs is mysterious, but a common Orcish creation myth states they were creations of the natural gods, [[gods: |
- | Orc technology was driven mainly by military research | + | |
- | Orcs like traveling in wagons or in sedan chairs. A symbol of wealth and power in Orc culture | + | Each tribe has its own distinct |
- | Orcs were thought to build haphazardly | + | Additionally, |
- | Orc societies generally don't employ | + | ===== Goblinoids ===== |
+ | * Lifespan: 60-70 years | ||
+ | * Jaernian Populations: | ||
+ | * Cahyalian Populations: | ||
+ | Goblinoid is the general term for a group of different orcish races, including goblins, bugbears, and kobolds among others. | ||
- | Orc medical skills | + | The origins of goblinoids |
- | ==== Culture ==== | + | Common among goblinoids is their ability to work together in large groups, every individual assisting the whole towards |
- | Orcish was considered quite a rude, vulgar language, littered with curses | + | |
- | Orcish is a language with many subtleties and is highly contextual, and many phrases and words take on different meanings when spoken with different tones and body language. The same phrase can be either a compliment | + | ===== Beasthides ===== |
+ | * Lifespan: 70-80 years | ||
+ | * Jaernian Populations: | ||
+ | * Cahyalian Populations: | ||
+ | Beasthides are beings covered in hair or fur, usually taking after an animal in anthropomorphic form. Usually found in small hunting groups, there are many varieties of Beasthides, as plentiful as there are environments to suit them. Out of all the various | ||
- | Orc art primarily exists | + | Many Beasthides believe they were blessed by Osiris |
- | Additionally, Orcs consider weapons handcrafted from bones and ivory to be items of great artistic value (even if they may not be as effective in combat). These weapons | + | **Felidans: |
- | A rather rude and grotesque caricature of Orcs in the past depicted them as creatures that only saw art in " | + | **Bovians: |
- | Orcs enjoy "war games" such as Capture the Flag, and are fierce competitors. Many of these sports originally started as ways of training recruits or soldiers | + | **Leporans: |
- | Orcs commonly worship Orus, since debate | + | **Lupians: |
- | ==== Governance ==== | + | **Vulpians: |
- | Orc law is focused heavily around possession | + | |
- | Since war and conflict was such a predominant aspect of their past, Orc government was usually ruled by their war generals, and is highly militaristic. This can still be found to this day, despite a more peaceful era, and other cultures can sometimes find it hard to work with Orc ambassadors since very often, these ambassadors have primarily studied military tactics and stratagems rather than diplomatic and political strategy. Very few can keep up with an Orc ambassador when it comes time for a debate though, as their methods of evidence gathering | + | **Ursians: |
- | ===== Goblinoids | + | ===== Giantkin |
- | Goblinoids are generally shorter more agile, and because of their ability | + | * Lifespan: Up to 200 years |
+ | * Jaernian Populations: | ||
+ | * Cahyalian Populations: | ||
+ | Distantly related | ||
- | ===== Beasthides ===== | + | In the distant past, when the dragons ruled over the skies and land of Jaern, the then prolific giant-folk |
- | + | ||
- | Beasthides are fur-covered beings, usually taking after an animal in andromorphic form. Usually found in small hunting groups, there are many varieties | + | |
- | + | ||
- | ===== Giantkin ===== | + | |
- | Giantkin are distantly related related to the beasthead and plains giants that are found on Jaern, but are generally much smaller, | + | Giantkin |
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