Kegvarkin

The Kegvarkin are a violent conglomerate of marauder clans kept in check by a warlord. The clans have greatly diminished in recent years due to a military offensive from the Gratus that shattered their main outposts and pushed them back to their main city, Gravesh. They splintered into separate war bands with rival warlords, though now recognise the importance of banding together.

The orcs hold a strong philosophy of “the strong shall inherit the earth” and train from birth to be warriors. They are not known for their mercy or kindness, and are feared across the continent.

Overview
The warriors of the orcs are well trained and ferocious, they are trained in martial arts but devolve into a violent horde when overcome with bloodlust. They use well crafted arms and armour with runes inscribed upon them.Their culture revolves around the veneration of the god Kegvar, the god of eternal war. Orcish historians say that Kegvar, in his immortal rage, shattered the world and with his flaming sword scored the landscape of Vadokiprus, creating the volcanoes it is known for. He murdered the gods of the elves and men and feasted upon their innards and cast down their bones creating mountains and trees, their blood creating molten rivers. At the end of his rage, he became the sun so he could burn eternally.

Society
Clans have a sigil that they inscribe upon their bodies in ritual scarification. The greatest dishonour for an orc is to be captured and his sigil be removed from his body by flaying. Female orcs can be warriors, though most are priestesses and protection for the camp. They lead home affairs and control the slaves, they are not forbid from being warriors, however the superstition is that having a woman in your warband will cause disaster.

The orcs are slavers, raiding settlements to kill the men and capture women and young children to use as slaves. Each warrior who successfully comes back from a raid is granted 2 slaves that he can choose. However, if he is bonded to a female, then the choice is made by her.

Relations
Sometimes Orcish clans will engage in diplomacy with others, they sometimes deal with the techno-shamans of the outlying regions or honoured outsiders, they bring gifts of weapons and slaves in these meetings. To be granted a weapon by an orc chief is considered the highest honour.