ORC TRIBES
If you want to find tribes of Orcs, go to the Veskrag Mountains. There are a seemingly uncountable number of tribes in the mountains, living in various caverns, complexes, castles and squalid villages of all sorts. They are constantly at war with each other, with The Principality of Algart, and with Lord Andelhelm of Castle Crag, for whom fighting them is the greatest sport.
Many orcs serve as mercenaries for various lords, sorcerers and priests of the region, although not so often east of the Ostkrags.
Some of the larger or more infamous Orc tribes include:
- Shit-Kickers–fancy themselves as the strongest of all orcs, believed by some to be part-Ogre
- Night Ramblers–this tribe has a reputation for cowardice, treachery and sneaking around.
- The Nasty Stain–these thrive on cruelty for cruelty's sake more than even other orcs.
The Margoza Traders: the noble house of Margoza runs a profitable business trading with the Orc Tribes. They seek out and recruit talented half orcs to run a regular caravan along the Eastern edge of the Veskrags stopping at established posts, held by orcish tribes. The Margozas have avoided legal trouble because, even though the orcs raid and plunderthe Algart countryside, it's the orcs on the WEST side of the mountains who do so. The Margoza traders won't buy Algart slaves from the orcs, but will buy anything else. Archon Margoza of SAUCASTLE uses the trade connections of his family to recuit orcish mercenaries.
Half Orcs in addition to the children of one orc and one non-orc parent, there are communities where there is considerably mixed orcish and non-orcish ancestry, dating back many generations. These communities or tribes are also called Half Orcs or sometimes Orkin. They are most likely to be found on the lower slopes of the Veskrag mountains.