Orcs

The Orcs are one of the Eight races, and were made by Fire.

Whilst the Orcs are aggressive and strong, they are also naturally honourable. To an Orc, their oath is word.

Biology
A typical Orc is around 6'6'', and weighs around 220lb. They have a lifespan of around 60 years. Their skin ranges from pale greens to dark browns and blacks, and their hair ranges from light browns to black. they possess small eyes, which take a typical humanoid range. Their lower jaws protrude slightly beyond their uppers, although the teeth are still fixed in a typical humanoid position, with the excess space before the lip occupied by a horizontal bony plate that shields the gums.

Orcs are significantly more thickset than most of the tother Eight, with large amounts of muscle on top of a thick skeleton.

History
Orcs are naturally agressive creatures, and as such have suffered from much internal conflict. This has led to a sense of honour throughout the Orcish population, and Orcs will almost never lie, and treat a breach of honour as a grevious sin.

Some Orcs live in traditional nomadic tribes, answerable to their Kral, a warlord figure.

Others have taken to living in cities, situated besides oasis' in their native deserts, and these city states generally possess levels of technology to rival those of men, and some even measure up to the accomplishments of the dwarves.