Orc

, Lord of the Rings and the Elder Scrolls, where they are, amusingly, physically inferior to the human race that is a facsimile of the Vikings. Thus proving that beards and axes end all things and that the Vikings can rape anyone).

They enjoy molesting, eating and generally mistreating the Goblins, their smaller cousins. They have relations with Trolls and Ogres, their larger and stupider relatives, whom they con into performing demeaning menial Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus non erat hendrerit, adipiscing lectus vel, commodo nisl. Duis non malesuada magna. Quisque rhoncus, odio id malesuada gravida, nibh ligula accumsan diam, vel blandit nulla magna eu risus. Praesent vel pellentesque nisi. Suspendisse potenti. Etiam condimentum faucibus mauris, a tincidunt quam tempor et. Curabitur mauris quam, euismod a sagittis bibendum, pellentesque vitae libero. Donec venenatis rutrum libero at gravida. Sed in lorem iaculis, dictum diam sed, condimentum leo. Mauris nisi nisi, sodales vel ultrices quis, placerat nec diam. Sed et aliquam augue.

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Duis ac tincidunt tortor. Donec feugiat odio nec orci adipiscing condimentum. Mauris quis mauris ac nibh consectetur convallis et sed diam. Proin sapien dolor, porttitor vitae . Their relations with more distant races are more variable - some may work for humans, for example, while others will fight humans on sight. The exception to this is Elves. All Orcs hate Elves, and this makes them good people.

Historically, the term was used to describe the Normans invading the Saxon occupiers of Britain in 1066. It is also an Anglo-Saxon word meaning 'demon', according to Tolkien, who lifted the word from Beowulf.

Green Skin

One usually wonders where the green coloration of Orcish skin came from, in the old myths (i.e., Lord of the Rings) the orcs were established as barbaric, crude brutes, true; but the approximate skin color was never truly established, the Orcs were generally described as filthy and mucky, with darkened skin and bestial countenances. It wasn't until the advent of the Hulk comics, and GW deciding to make their orcs different, that the common skin of the orc became green. Because Warhammer's orcs became so memorable, thousands of copycats have followed suit.

This of course may not truly explain why some orcs in DnD have green skin as well, DnD being around before Warhammer, but the a more precise green coloration in its orcs may have come later. Indeed, earlier DnD art shows a variety of skin colors, some of them sallow yellow and earthy reds. Green may have come about because all the other possible colors simply have clashing connotations, such as a calming blue, or offensive real world racial connotations (black, red, brown LOL WORLD OF WARCRAP, and yellow are right out for a barbaric and evil race of XP bags.)

See Also

• Goblins
• Ork