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	That said, the 5th edition monster manual's lore for orcs does say that orcs can make half-orcs with many different races of compatible size, explicitly calling out dwarfs as a candidate, so with a DM's permission, a half-orc's fluff could get... creative.		That said, the 5th edition monster manual's lore for orcs does say that orcs can make half-orcs with many different races of compatible size, explicitly calling out dwarfs as a candidate, so with a DM's permission, a half-orc's fluff could get... creative.

	One of the most well-known Half-Orc nonhuman crossbreeds in fiction in popular culture would have to actually come from a /v/idya game. Back in 1998, Spyro the Dragon released on the Sony Playstation. The villain of the game was a huge, hulking greenskin by the name of Gnasty Gnorc with a hugely swole upper body, a ~~shriveledpathetic~~ pair of legs, and an innate sense of magical power. The instruction manual that came with the game explained that a Gnorc is a crossbreed of Orcs and Gnomes, a creature with the ugliness of an Orc and the nastiness of a dour Gnome. Gnorcs, possibly due to the highly varied genetic subtypes of Orcs already (Snaga, Snufflers, Uruk Hai, etc) along with the inherent chaotic magic of Gnomes, appear in a great manner of sizes and body shapes in the game, adapted for different environments. Gnasty appeared to be the only "real" Gnorc in his army, although the manual states Gnorcs were the original natives to what is now known as the Dragon Realms, being displaced by refugee Dragons after they were exiled from their homeland by a dinosaur sorceress for refusing to allow her to rip the wings off 150 of their infants as ingredients for an immortality potion. Gnasty was already a rather dour fellow, a "gnorc gnationalist" if you would, bitter over the Dragons taking over large swathes of the choice parcels of land and the Peace Keepers Dragons talking of wiping the Gnorcs out, only prevented by the Magic Crafters Dragons' opposition. Gnasty would make a nuisance of himself, defacing public property and being a bully until he was exiled to an island off the coast of the Dragon Realms which the Dragons used as a junkyard. Renaming the place "Gnasty's World", Gnasty was pretty happy to have his own gnorc-only land full of junk to practice blasting with magic. However, the Dragons decided to push their luck, and on live television, a dragon badmouthed Gnasty, calling him "simple, no threat, completely harmless, and ugly". Enraged at the public humiliation on live TV, Gnasty grabbed his scepter and in rage, unleased a spell which trapped all fully-grown Dragons in crystal. Only Spyro would be spared, and got to work freeing the other Dragons. Meanwhile, Gnasty was busy trying to take all of the Dragons' treasure gems, using a spell to turn them into more Gnorcs as his army, as apparently the other Gnorcs decided to stay on the Gnorc reservation or whatever during all this. Building up an army and having them get to work developing a fleet of naval warships and modern day weaponry like Machine Guns and Grenades, Gnasty seemed to be getting ready to launch his own little Waaaugh! before Spyro flamed his weak little legs twice, defeating him. With his army of fake gem Gnorcs destroyed, the Dragons were OK. As for the real Gnorcs? They later reappear in Spyro 2 working at a beachside Amusement Park called Dragon Shores, so at least the Peace Keepers didn't go on a genocide of them after Gnasty's assault.		One of the most well-known Half-Orc nonhuman crossbreeds in fiction in popular culture would have to actually come from a /v/idya game. Back in 1998, Spyro the Dragon released on the Sony Playstation. The villain of the game was a huge, hulking greenskin by the name of Gnasty Gnorc with a hugely swole upper body, a shriveled & pathetic pair of legs, and an innate sense of magical power. The instruction manual that came with the game explained that a Gnorc is a crossbreed of Orcs and Gnomes, a creature with the ugliness of an Orc and the nastiness of a dour Gnome. Gnorcs, possibly due to the highly varied genetic subtypes of Orcs already (Snaga, Snufflers, Uruk Hai, etc) along with the inherent chaotic magic of Gnomes, appear in a great manner of sizes and body shapes in the game, adapted for different environments. Gnasty appeared to be the only "real" Gnorc in his army, although the manual states Gnorcs were the original natives to what is now known as the Dragon Realms, being displaced by refugee Dragons after they were exiled from their homeland by a dinosaur sorceress for refusing to allow her to rip the wings off 150 of their infants as ingredients for an immortality potion. Gnasty was already a rather dour fellow, a "gnorc gnationalist" if you would, bitter over the Dragons taking over large swathes of the choice parcels of land and the Peace Keepers Dragons talking of wiping the Gnorcs out, only prevented by the Magic Crafters Dragons' opposition. Gnasty would make a nuisance of himself, defacing public property and being a bully until he was exiled to an island off the coast of the Dragon Realms which the Dragons used as a junkyard. Renaming the place "Gnasty's World", Gnasty was pretty happy to have his own gnorc-only land full of junk to practice blasting with magic. However, the Dragons decided to push their luck, and on live television, a dragon badmouthed Gnasty, calling him "simple, no threat, completely harmless, and ugly". Enraged at the public humiliation on live TV, Gnasty grabbed his scepter and in rage, unleased a spell which trapped all fully-grown Dragons in crystal. Only Spyro would be spared, and got to work freeing the other Dragons. Meanwhile, Gnasty was busy trying to take all of the Dragons' treasure gems, using a spell to turn them into more Gnorcs as his army, as apparently the other Gnorcs decided to stay on the Gnorc reservation or whatever during all this. Building up an army and having them get to work developing a fleet of naval warships and modern day weaponry like Machine Guns and Grenades, Gnasty seemed to be getting ready to launch his own little Waaaugh! before Spyro flamed his weak little legs twice, defeating him. With his army of fake gem Gnorcs destroyed, the Dragons were OK. As for the real Gnorcs? They later reappear in Spyro 2 working at a beachside Amusement Park called Dragon Shores, so at least the Peace Keepers didn't go on a genocide of them after Gnasty's assault.

	Non-human half-orcs with actual mechanical support have appeared here and there. The [[Tel-Amhothlan]] from [[Kingdoms of Kalamar]] is a half-elf half-orc, whilst the Uk-Karg is an orc-blooded [[Half-Hobgoblin]]. The [[Dworg]] is a half-dwarf half-orc from the [[Midnight]] campaign setting.		Non-human half-orcs with actual mechanical support have appeared here and there. The [[Tel-Amhothlan]] from [[Kingdoms of Kalamar]] is a half-elf half-orc, whilst the Uk-Karg is an orc-blooded [[Half-Hobgoblin]]. The [[Dworg]] is a half-dwarf half-orc from the [[Midnight]] campaign setting.

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	They may actually still exist, as although Greenskins reproduce by spores nowadays, gene splicing via dark magic is something the Skaven and Chaos Dwarfs are noted as having done to create all sorts of hybrids and enhanced creatures, like Rat Ogres and Black Orcs. The Half-Orcs were mentioned in a recent Warhammer Community post as being rumored to exist with Centaurs, Hobhounds, and Hobgoblins in the Eastern Steppes, not too far from the Dark Lands. Maybe Half-Orcs are another attempt at a Greenskin slave race by the Chorfs after Hobgoblins and Black Orcs proved too shitty?		They may actually still exist, as although Greenskins reproduce by spores nowadays, gene splicing via dark magic is something the Skaven and Chaos Dwarfs are noted as having done to create all sorts of hybrids and enhanced creatures, like Rat Ogres and Black Orcs. The Half-Orcs were mentioned in a recent Warhammer Community post as being rumored to exist with Centaurs, Hobhounds, and Hobgoblins in the Eastern Steppes, not too far from the Dark Lands. Maybe Half-Orcs are another attempt at a Greenskin slave race by the Chorfs after Hobgoblins and Black Orcs proved too shitty?

	Turns out they actually do exist as revealed in prequel game [[Warhammer: The Old World]], theorized as a form of magical gene splicing but only seem to be found around the [[Chaos Wastes]].		Turns out they actually do exist as revealed in prequel game [[Warhammer: The Old World]], theorized as a form of magical gene splicing but only seem to be found around the [[Chaos Wastes]] the infection of normal human cells with greenskin spores makes them act strange. Orcs think they're a joke like the idea of [[Grom_the_Paunch\|a big goblin]] or [[digganobz\| dumb humies that wanna be orky]] while civilized humans don't know of them outside of fairy tale myths told to scare children.

	==See Also==		==See Also==

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	Those more familiar with D&D who stumble onto [[Warhammer Fantasy]] sometimes ask if there are half-orcs in this game too. Typically, they will be met with a resounding bellow of "NO!", because the [[Orcs & Goblins]] of Warhammer have undergone convergent evolution to the [[Ork]]s of [[Warhammer 40,000]], and as a result the idea of them doing anything that isn't fighting is seen as "unorky".		Those more familiar with D&D who stumble onto [[Warhammer Fantasy]] sometimes ask if there are half-orcs in this game too. Typically, they will be met with a resounding bellow of "NO!", because the [[Orcs & Goblins]] of Warhammer have undergone convergent evolution to the [[Ork]]s of [[Warhammer 40,000]], and as a result the idea of them doing anything that isn't fighting is seen as "unorky".

	Except... that's not the '''whole''' story. The truth is, Warhammer '''did''' have half-orcs once upon a time - it started as a bootleg [[Dark Fantasy]] setting mixing elements of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] with [[Glorantha]] and a buttload of British 70s pop culture, after all! Half-Orcs were around in the first edition of the game - in fact, the very first appearance of [[Nuln]] was in the backstory for a [[Regiments of Renown]] made up of half-orc mercenaries; Mudat's Mercenary Half-Orc Maniacs! Lead by Mudat Brokenbone, they were formed of the exiled Half-Orc population of Nuln to sack the city as revenge for their oppression and exile by the Empire of Man. They then became flip-flopping mercenaries ~~yntil~~ Grom the Paunch himself had enough of Mudat's B.S. and ~~crusged~~ him, ~~whereFter~~ the mercenary half-~~orx~~ tribe scattered into the wilderness under the command of their paymaster, Earwangle. They were never very fleshed out, though, and ultimately were simply dropped from the game. Their last major appearances were in 3rd Edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, where they could be taken as Mercenaries or in small units in an Orcs & Goblins army, and in [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] 1st edition. Come 4th edition of the wargame, and 2nd edition of the RPG, and they were gone, simply dropped without any explanation.		Except... that's not the '''whole''' story. The truth is, Warhammer '''did''' have half-orcs once upon a time - it started as a bootleg [[Dark Fantasy]] setting mixing elements of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] with [[Glorantha]] and a buttload of British 70s pop culture, after all! Half-Orcs were around in the first edition of the game - in fact, the very first appearance of [[Nuln]] was in the backstory for a [[Regiments of Renown]] made up of half-orc mercenaries; Mudat's Mercenary Half-Orc Maniacs! Lead by Mudat Brokenbone, they were formed of the exiled Half-Orc population of Nuln to sack the city as revenge for their oppression and exile by the Empire of Man. They then became flip-flopping mercenaries until Grom the Paunch himself had enough of Mudat's B.S. and crushed him, whereafter the mercenary half-orc tribe scattered into the wilderness under the command of their paymaster, Earwangle. They were never very fleshed out, though, and ultimately were simply dropped from the game. Their last major appearances were in 3rd Edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, where they could be taken as Mercenaries or in small units in an Orcs & Goblins army, and in [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] 1st edition. Come 4th edition of the wargame, and 2nd edition of the RPG, and they were gone, simply dropped without any explanation.

	Another Warhammer Fantasy Half-Orc character of renown was White Dwarf personality "Agaroth the Unwashed", an unpleasant individual who had a sense of hygiene comparable to a Nurgle Cultist and was known to cannibalize infants (without washing his hands afterwards!). Armed with a giant filthy meat cleaver complemented by a magic ring of surecutting, and wearing leather armor decked out with shrunken heads, the armor so encrusted in filth and dried gore that if anyone besides him tried to wear it they would suffer the effects of being poisoned! His original White Dwarf description, for use as a character in AD&D:		Another Warhammer Fantasy Half-Orc character of renown was White Dwarf personality "Agaroth the Unwashed", an unpleasant individual who had a sense of hygiene comparable to a Nurgle Cultist and was known to cannibalize infants (without washing his hands afterwards!). Armed with a giant filthy meat cleaver complemented by a magic ring of surecutting, and wearing leather armor decked out with shrunken heads, the armor so encrusted in filth and dried gore that if anyone besides him tried to wear it they would suffer the effects of being poisoned! His original White Dwarf description, for use as a character in AD&D:

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	Those more familiar with D&D who stumble onto [[Warhammer Fantasy]] sometimes ask if there are half-orcs in this game too. Typically, they will be met with a resounding bellow of "NO!", because the [[Orcs & Goblins]] of Warhammer have undergone convergent evolution to the [[Ork]]s of [[Warhammer 40,000]], and as a result the idea of them doing anything that isn't fighting is seen as "unorky".		Those more familiar with D&D who stumble onto [[Warhammer Fantasy]] sometimes ask if there are half-orcs in this game too. Typically, they will be met with a resounding bellow of "NO!", because the [[Orcs & Goblins]] of Warhammer have undergone convergent evolution to the [[Ork]]s of [[Warhammer 40,000]], and as a result the idea of them doing anything that isn't fighting is seen as "unorky".

	Except... that's not the '''whole''' story. The truth is, Warhammer '''did''' have half-orcs once upon a time - it started as a bootleg [[Dark Fantasy]] setting mixing elements of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] with [[Glorantha]] and a buttload of British 70s pop culture, after all! Half-Orcs were around in the first edition of the game - in fact, the very first appearance of [[Nuln]] was in the backstory for a [[Regiments of Renown]] made up of half-orc mercenaries; Mudat's Mercenary Half-Orc Maniacs! They were never very fleshed out, though, and ultimately were simply dropped from the game. Their last major appearances were in 3rd Edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, where they could be taken as Mercenaries or in small units in an Orcs & Goblins army, and in [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] 1st edition. Come 4th edition of the wargame, and 2nd edition of the RPG, and they were gone, simply dropped without any explanation.		Except... that's not the '''whole''' story. The truth is, Warhammer '''did''' have half-orcs once upon a time - it started as a bootleg [[Dark Fantasy]] setting mixing elements of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] with [[Glorantha]] and a buttload of British 70s pop culture, after all! Half-Orcs were around in the first edition of the game - in fact, the very first appearance of [[Nuln]] was in the backstory for a [[Regiments of Renown]] made up of half-orc mercenaries; Mudat's Mercenary Half-Orc Maniacs! Lead by Mudat Brokenbone, they were formed of the exiled Half-Orc population of Nuln to sack the city as revenge for their oppression and exile by the Empire of Man. They then became flip-flopping mercenaries yntil Grom the Paunch himself had enough of Mudat's B.S. and crusged him, whereFter the mercenary half-orx tribe scattered into the wilderness under the command of their paymaster, Earwangle. They were never very fleshed out, though, and ultimately were simply dropped from the game. Their last major appearances were in 3rd Edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, where they could be taken as Mercenaries or in small units in an Orcs & Goblins army, and in [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] 1st edition. Come 4th edition of the wargame, and 2nd edition of the RPG, and they were gone, simply dropped without any explanation.

	Another Warhammer Fantasy Half-Orc character of renown was White Dwarf personality "Agaroth the Unwashed", an unpleasant individual who had a sense of hygiene comparable to a Nurgle Cultist and was known to cannibalize infants (without washing his hands afterwards!). Armed with a giant filthy meat cleaver complemented by a magic ring of surecutting, and wearing leather armor decked out with shrunken heads, the armor so encrusted in filth and dried gore that if anyone besides him tried to wear it they would suffer the effects of being poisoned! His original White Dwarf description, for use as a character in AD&D:		Another Warhammer Fantasy Half-Orc character of renown was White Dwarf personality "Agaroth the Unwashed", an unpleasant individual who had a sense of hygiene comparable to a Nurgle Cultist and was known to cannibalize infants (without washing his hands afterwards!). Armed with a giant filthy meat cleaver complemented by a magic ring of surecutting, and wearing leather armor decked out with shrunken heads, the armor so encrusted in filth and dried gore that if anyone besides him tried to wear it they would suffer the effects of being poisoned! His original White Dwarf description, for use as a character in AD&D:

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	That said, the 5th edition monster manual's lore for orcs does say that orcs can make half-orcs with many different races of compatible size, explicitly calling out dwarfs as a candidate, so with a DM's permission, a half-orc's fluff could get... creative.		That said, the 5th edition monster manual's lore for orcs does say that orcs can make half-orcs with many different races of compatible size, explicitly calling out dwarfs as a candidate, so with a DM's permission, a half-orc's fluff could get... creative.

	One of the most well-known Half-Orc nonhuman crossbreeds in fiction in popular culture would have to actually come from a /v/~~idea~~ game. Back in 1998, Spyro the Dragon released on the Sony Playstation. The villain of the game was a huge, hulking greenskin by the name of Gnasty Gnorc with a hugely swole upper body, a shriveledpathetic pair of legs, and an innate sense of magical power. The instruction manual that came with the game explained that a Gnorc is a crossbreed of Orcs and Gnomes, a creature with the ugliness of an Orc and the nastiness of a dour Gnome. Gnorcs, possibly due to the highly varied genetic subtypes of Orcs already (Snaga, Snufflers, Uruk Hai, etc) along with the inherent chaotic magic of Gnomes, appear in a great manner of sizes and body shapes in the game, adapted for different environments. Gnasty appeared to be the only "real" Gnorc in his army, although the manual states Gnorcs were the original natives to what is now known as the Dragon Realms, being displaced by refugee Dragons after they were exiled from their homeland by a dinosaur sorceress for refusing to allow her to rip the wings off 150 of their infants as ingredients for an immortality potion. Gnasty was already a rather dour fellow, a "gnorc gnationalist" if you would, bitter over the Dragons taking over large swathes of the choice parcels of land and the Peace Keepers Dragons talking of wiping the Gnorcs out, only prevented by the Magic Crafters Dragons' opposition. Gnasty would make a nuisance of himself, defacing public property and being a bully until he was exiled to an island off the coast of the Dragon Realms which the Dragons used as a junkyard. Renaming the place "Gnasty's World", Gnasty was pretty happy to have his own gnorc-only land full of junk to practice blasting with magic. However, the Dragons decided to push their luck, and on live television, a dragon badmouthed Gnasty, calling him "simple, no threat, completely harmless, and ugly". Enraged at the public humiliation on live TV, Gnasty grabbed his scepter and in rage, unleased a spell which trapped all fully-grown Dragons in crystal. Only Spyro would be spared, and got to work freeing the other Dragons. Meanwhile, Gnasty was busy trying to take all of the Dragons' treasure gems, using a spell to turn them into more Gnorcs as his army, as apparently the other Gnorcs decided to stay on the Gnorc reservation or whatever during all this. Building up an army and having them get to work developing a fleet of naval warships and modern day weaponry like Machine Guns and Grenades, Gnasty seemed to be getting ready to launch his own little Waaaugh! before Spyro flamed his weak little legs twice, defeating him. With his army of fake gem Gnorcs destroyed, the Dragons were OK. As for the real Gnorcs? They later reappear in Spyro 2 working at a beachside Amusement Park called Dragon Shores, so at least the Peace Keepers didn't go on a genocide of them after Gnasty's assault.		One of the most well-known Half-Orc nonhuman crossbreeds in fiction in popular culture would have to actually come from a /v/idya game. Back in 1998, Spyro the Dragon released on the Sony Playstation. The villain of the game was a huge, hulking greenskin by the name of Gnasty Gnorc with a hugely swole upper body, a shriveledpathetic pair of legs, and an innate sense of magical power. The instruction manual that came with the game explained that a Gnorc is a crossbreed of Orcs and Gnomes, a creature with the ugliness of an Orc and the nastiness of a dour Gnome. Gnorcs, possibly due to the highly varied genetic subtypes of Orcs already (Snaga, Snufflers, Uruk Hai, etc) along with the inherent chaotic magic of Gnomes, appear in a great manner of sizes and body shapes in the game, adapted for different environments. Gnasty appeared to be the only "real" Gnorc in his army, although the manual states Gnorcs were the original natives to what is now known as the Dragon Realms, being displaced by refugee Dragons after they were exiled from their homeland by a dinosaur sorceress for refusing to allow her to rip the wings off 150 of their infants as ingredients for an immortality potion. Gnasty was already a rather dour fellow, a "gnorc gnationalist" if you would, bitter over the Dragons taking over large swathes of the choice parcels of land and the Peace Keepers Dragons talking of wiping the Gnorcs out, only prevented by the Magic Crafters Dragons' opposition. Gnasty would make a nuisance of himself, defacing public property and being a bully until he was exiled to an island off the coast of the Dragon Realms which the Dragons used as a junkyard. Renaming the place "Gnasty's World", Gnasty was pretty happy to have his own gnorc-only land full of junk to practice blasting with magic. However, the Dragons decided to push their luck, and on live television, a dragon badmouthed Gnasty, calling him "simple, no threat, completely harmless, and ugly". Enraged at the public humiliation on live TV, Gnasty grabbed his scepter and in rage, unleased a spell which trapped all fully-grown Dragons in crystal. Only Spyro would be spared, and got to work freeing the other Dragons. Meanwhile, Gnasty was busy trying to take all of the Dragons' treasure gems, using a spell to turn them into more Gnorcs as his army, as apparently the other Gnorcs decided to stay on the Gnorc reservation or whatever during all this. Building up an army and having them get to work developing a fleet of naval warships and modern day weaponry like Machine Guns and Grenades, Gnasty seemed to be getting ready to launch his own little Waaaugh! before Spyro flamed his weak little legs twice, defeating him. With his army of fake gem Gnorcs destroyed, the Dragons were OK. As for the real Gnorcs? They later reappear in Spyro 2 working at a beachside Amusement Park called Dragon Shores, so at least the Peace Keepers didn't go on a genocide of them after Gnasty's assault.

	Non-human half-orcs with actual mechanical support have appeared here and there. The [[Tel-Amhothlan]] from [[Kingdoms of Kalamar]] is a half-elf half-orc, whilst the Uk-Karg is an orc-blooded [[Half-Hobgoblin]]. The [[Dworg]] is a half-dwarf half-orc from the [[Midnight]] campaign setting.		Non-human half-orcs with actual mechanical support have appeared here and there. The [[Tel-Amhothlan]] from [[Kingdoms of Kalamar]] is a half-elf half-orc, whilst the Uk-Karg is an orc-blooded [[Half-Hobgoblin]]. The [[Dworg]] is a half-dwarf half-orc from the [[Midnight]] campaign setting.

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	That said, the 5th edition monster manual's lore for orcs does say that orcs can make half-orcs with many different races of compatible size, explicitly calling out dwarfs as a candidate, so with a DM's permission, a half-orc's fluff could get... creative.		That said, the 5th edition monster manual's lore for orcs does say that orcs can make half-orcs with many different races of compatible size, explicitly calling out dwarfs as a candidate, so with a DM's permission, a half-orc's fluff could get... creative.

	One of the most well-known Half-Orc nonhuman crossbreeds in fiction in popular culture would have to actually come from a /v/idea game. Back in 1998, Spyro the Dragon released on the Sony Playstation. The villain of the game was a huge, hulking greenskin by the name of Gnasty Gnorc ~~woth~~ a hugely swole upper body, a shriveledpathetic pair of legs, and an innate sense of magical power. The instruction manual that came with the game explained that a Gnorc is a crossbreed of Orcs and Gnomes, a creature with the ugliness of an Orc and the nastiness of a dour Gnome. Gnorcs, possibly due to the highly varied genetic subtypes of Orcs already (Snaga, Snufflers, Uruk Hai, etc) along with the inherent chaotic magic of Gnomes, appear in a great manner of sizes and body shapes in the game, adapted for different environments. Gnasty appeared to be the only "real" Gnorc in his army, although the manual states Gnorcs were the original natives to what is now known as the Dragon Realms, being displaced by refugee Dragons after they were exiled from their homeland by a dinosaur sorceress for refusing to allow her to rip the wings off 150 of their infants as ingredients for an immortality potion. Gnasty was already a rather dour fellow, a "gnorc gnationalist" if you would, bitter over the Dragons taking over large swathes of the choice parcels of land and the Peace Keepers Dragons talking of wiping the Gnorcs out, only prevented by the Magic Crafters Dragons' opposition. Gnasty would make a nuisance of himself, defacing public property and being a bully until he was exiled to an island off the coast of the Dragon Realms which the Dragons used as a junkyard. Renaming the place "Gnasty's World", Gnasty was pretty happy to have his own gnorc-only land full of junk to practice blasting with magic. However, the Dragons decided to push their luck, and on live television, a dragon badmouthed Gnasty, calling him "simple, no threat, completely harmless, and ugly". Enraged at the public humiliation on live TV, Gnasty grabbed his scepter and in rage, unleased a spell which trapped all fully-grown Dragons in crystal. Only Spyro would be spared, and got to work freeing the other Dragons. Meanwhile, Gnasty was busy trying to take all of the Dragons' treasure gems, using a spell to turn them into more Gnorcs as his army, as apparently the other Gnorcs decided to stay on the Gnorc reservation or whatever during all this. Building up an army and having them get to work developing a fleet of naval warships and modern day weaponry like Machine Guns and Grenades, Gnasty seemed to be getting ready to launch his own little Waaaugh! before Spyro flamed his weak little legs twice, defeating him. With his army of fake gem Gnorcs destroyed, the Dragons were OK. As for the real Gnorcs? They later reappear in Spyro 2 working at a beachside Amusement Park called Dragon Shores, so at least the Peace Keepers didn't go on a genocide of them after Gnasty's assault.		One of the most well-known Half-Orc nonhuman crossbreeds in fiction in popular culture would have to actually come from a /v/idea game. Back in 1998, Spyro the Dragon released on the Sony Playstation. The villain of the game was a huge, hulking greenskin by the name of Gnasty Gnorc with a hugely swole upper body, a shriveledpathetic pair of legs, and an innate sense of magical power. The instruction manual that came with the game explained that a Gnorc is a crossbreed of Orcs and Gnomes, a creature with the ugliness of an Orc and the nastiness of a dour Gnome. Gnorcs, possibly due to the highly varied genetic subtypes of Orcs already (Snaga, Snufflers, Uruk Hai, etc) along with the inherent chaotic magic of Gnomes, appear in a great manner of sizes and body shapes in the game, adapted for different environments. Gnasty appeared to be the only "real" Gnorc in his army, although the manual states Gnorcs were the original natives to what is now known as the Dragon Realms, being displaced by refugee Dragons after they were exiled from their homeland by a dinosaur sorceress for refusing to allow her to rip the wings off 150 of their infants as ingredients for an immortality potion. Gnasty was already a rather dour fellow, a "gnorc gnationalist" if you would, bitter over the Dragons taking over large swathes of the choice parcels of land and the Peace Keepers Dragons talking of wiping the Gnorcs out, only prevented by the Magic Crafters Dragons' opposition. Gnasty would make a nuisance of himself, defacing public property and being a bully until he was exiled to an island off the coast of the Dragon Realms which the Dragons used as a junkyard. Renaming the place "Gnasty's World", Gnasty was pretty happy to have his own gnorc-only land full of junk to practice blasting with magic. However, the Dragons decided to push their luck, and on live television, a dragon badmouthed Gnasty, calling him "simple, no threat, completely harmless, and ugly". Enraged at the public humiliation on live TV, Gnasty grabbed his scepter and in rage, unleased a spell which trapped all fully-grown Dragons in crystal. Only Spyro would be spared, and got to work freeing the other Dragons. Meanwhile, Gnasty was busy trying to take all of the Dragons' treasure gems, using a spell to turn them into more Gnorcs as his army, as apparently the other Gnorcs decided to stay on the Gnorc reservation or whatever during all this. Building up an army and having them get to work developing a fleet of naval warships and modern day weaponry like Machine Guns and Grenades, Gnasty seemed to be getting ready to launch his own little Waaaugh! before Spyro flamed his weak little legs twice, defeating him. With his army of fake gem Gnorcs destroyed, the Dragons were OK. As for the real Gnorcs? They later reappear in Spyro 2 working at a beachside Amusement Park called Dragon Shores, so at least the Peace Keepers didn't go on a genocide of them after Gnasty's assault.

	Non-human half-orcs with actual mechanical support have appeared here and there. The [[Tel-Amhothlan]] from [[Kingdoms of Kalamar]] is a half-elf half-orc, whilst the Uk-Karg is an orc-blooded [[Half-Hobgoblin]]. The [[Dworg]] is a half-dwarf half-orc from the [[Midnight]] campaign setting.		Non-human half-orcs with actual mechanical support have appeared here and there. The [[Tel-Amhothlan]] from [[Kingdoms of Kalamar]] is a half-elf half-orc, whilst the Uk-Karg is an orc-blooded [[Half-Hobgoblin]]. The [[Dworg]] is a half-dwarf half-orc from the [[Midnight]] campaign setting.

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	That said, the 5th edition monster manual's lore for orcs does say that orcs can make half-orcs with many different races of compatible size, explicitly calling out dwarfs as a candidate, so with a DM's permission, a half-orc's fluff could get... creative.		That said, the 5th edition monster manual's lore for orcs does say that orcs can make half-orcs with many different races of compatible size, explicitly calling out dwarfs as a candidate, so with a DM's permission, a half-orc's fluff could get... creative.

			One of the most well-known Half-Orc nonhuman crossbreeds in fiction in popular culture would have to actually come from a /v/idea game. Back in 1998, Spyro the Dragon released on the Sony Playstation. The villain of the game was a huge, hulking greenskin by the name of Gnasty Gnorc woth a hugely swole upper body, a shriveledpathetic pair of legs, and an innate sense of magical power. The instruction manual that came with the game explained that a Gnorc is a crossbreed of Orcs and Gnomes, a creature with the ugliness of an Orc and the nastiness of a dour Gnome. Gnorcs, possibly due to the highly varied genetic subtypes of Orcs already (Snaga, Snufflers, Uruk Hai, etc) along with the inherent chaotic magic of Gnomes, appear in a great manner of sizes and body shapes in the game, adapted for different environments. Gnasty appeared to be the only "real" Gnorc in his army, although the manual states Gnorcs were the original natives to what is now known as the Dragon Realms, being displaced by refugee Dragons after they were exiled from their homeland by a dinosaur sorceress for refusing to allow her to rip the wings off 150 of their infants as ingredients for an immortality potion. Gnasty was already a rather dour fellow, a "gnorc gnationalist" if you would, bitter over the Dragons taking over large swathes of the choice parcels of land and the Peace Keepers Dragons talking of wiping the Gnorcs out, only prevented by the Magic Crafters Dragons' opposition. Gnasty would make a nuisance of himself, defacing public property and being a bully until he was exiled to an island off the coast of the Dragon Realms which the Dragons used as a junkyard. Renaming the place "Gnasty's World", Gnasty was pretty happy to have his own gnorc-only land full of junk to practice blasting with magic. However, the Dragons decided to push their luck, and on live television, a dragon badmouthed Gnasty, calling him "simple, no threat, completely harmless, and ugly". Enraged at the public humiliation on live TV, Gnasty grabbed his scepter and in rage, unleased a spell which trapped all fully-grown Dragons in crystal. Only Spyro would be spared, and got to work freeing the other Dragons. Meanwhile, Gnasty was busy trying to take all of the Dragons' treasure gems, using a spell to turn them into more Gnorcs as his army, as apparently the other Gnorcs decided to stay on the Gnorc reservation or whatever during all this. Building up an army and having them get to work developing a fleet of naval warships and modern day weaponry like Machine Guns and Grenades, Gnasty seemed to be getting ready to launch his own little Waaaugh! before Spyro flamed his weak little legs twice, defeating him. With his army of fake gem Gnorcs destroyed, the Dragons were OK. As for the real Gnorcs? They later reappear in Spyro 2 working at a beachside Amusement Park called Dragon Shores, so at least the Peace Keepers didn't go on a genocide of them after Gnasty's assault.

	Non-human half-orcs with actual mechanical support have appeared here and there. The [[Tel-Amhothlan]] from [[Kingdoms of Kalamar]] is a half-elf half-orc, whilst the Uk-Karg is an orc-blooded [[Half-Hobgoblin]]. The [[Dworg]] is a half-dwarf half-orc from the [[Midnight]] campaign setting.		Non-human half-orcs with actual mechanical support have appeared here and there. The [[Tel-Amhothlan]] from [[Kingdoms of Kalamar]] is a half-elf half-orc, whilst the Uk-Karg is an orc-blooded [[Half-Hobgoblin]]. The [[Dworg]] is a half-dwarf half-orc from the [[Midnight]] campaign setting.

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	Except... that's not the '''whole''' story. The truth is, Warhammer '''did''' have half-orcs once upon a time - it started as a bootleg [[Dark Fantasy]] setting mixing elements of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] with [[Glorantha]] and a buttload of British 70s pop culture, after all! Half-Orcs were around in the first edition of the game - in fact, the very first appearance of [[Nuln]] was in the backstory for a [[Regiments of Renown]] made up of half-orc mercenaries; Mudat's Mercenary Half-Orc Maniacs! They were never very fleshed out, though, and ultimately were simply dropped from the game. Their last major appearances were in 3rd Edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, where they could be taken as Mercenaries or in small units in an Orcs & Goblins army, and in [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] 1st edition. Come 4th edition of the wargame, and 2nd edition of the RPG, and they were gone, simply dropped without any explanation.		Except... that's not the '''whole''' story. The truth is, Warhammer '''did''' have half-orcs once upon a time - it started as a bootleg [[Dark Fantasy]] setting mixing elements of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] with [[Glorantha]] and a buttload of British 70s pop culture, after all! Half-Orcs were around in the first edition of the game - in fact, the very first appearance of [[Nuln]] was in the backstory for a [[Regiments of Renown]] made up of half-orc mercenaries; Mudat's Mercenary Half-Orc Maniacs! They were never very fleshed out, though, and ultimately were simply dropped from the game. Their last major appearances were in 3rd Edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, where they could be taken as Mercenaries or in small units in an Orcs & Goblins army, and in [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] 1st edition. Come 4th edition of the wargame, and 2nd edition of the RPG, and they were gone, simply dropped without any explanation.

	Another Warhammer Fantasy Half-Orc character of renown was White Dwarf personality "Agaroth the Unwashed", ~~and~~ unpleasant individual who had a sense of hygiene comparable to a Nurgle Cultist and was known to cannibalize infants (without washing his hands afterwards!). Armed with a giant filthy meat cleaver complemented by a magic ring of surecutting, and wearing leather armor decked out with shrunken heads, the armor so encrusted in filth and dried gore that if anyone besides him tried to wear it they would suffer the effects of being poisoned! His original White Dwarf description, for use as a character in AD&D:		Another Warhammer Fantasy Half-Orc character of renown was White Dwarf personality "Agaroth the Unwashed", an unpleasant individual who had a sense of hygiene comparable to a Nurgle Cultist and was known to cannibalize infants (without washing his hands afterwards!). Armed with a giant filthy meat cleaver complemented by a magic ring of surecutting, and wearing leather armor decked out with shrunken heads, the armor so encrusted in filth and dried gore that if anyone besides him tried to wear it they would suffer the effects of being poisoned! His original White Dwarf description, for use as a character in AD&D:

	[[File:Agaroth.png]]		[[File:Agaroth.png]]