Orc Emperors

[Sinect]

<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#ffa500 size=4>Bestest Orc Emporers</FONT><BR>This book is some type of chronicle highlighting several orcish kings and their rise to power. Unfortunately, it is told from the perspective of an orc.<BR><BR>I am the person who tells stories for the Emperor because I tell the best stories ever. I was told to write a story down on this so in case I get killed by the Emperor he won't forget all my old stories. Emperor Fist told me to write all the stories about the bestest Emperors ever so I will write them down now.<BR><BR>The first of the greatest orc emperors was Emperor Crush. He was the smartest orc and the most powerfullest orc that ever lived. He lived in this far off place where there were all these trees and stupid elves and stuff. Emperor Crush built this huge castle with his own hands and let other orcs live inside it with him.<BR><BR>He would go ahead and make everyone of his orcs do all kinds of exercises everyday until they died. Not all of them died, but a lot of them did! That is how good he was! He made a really good army out of his orcs and then called them names like Centurion and things like that which meant "Really Good Fighter."<BR><BR>Emperor Crush would be the greatest Emperor any of the orcs would have for a long time. He would smash all of the elves and he even chopped down all of those stupid trees of theirs. One day he would fall on a dagger that a dark elf was holding and would die, though. That would make all of the orcs really mad, so they killed even more stupid elves.<BR><BR>There was no bigger and better Emperor than Crush until Emperor Gash took over a lot of the orcs. I don't know if he was in the same place that Emperor Crush was, but he had to be because the orcs have always been together. Emperor Gash would make lots of different armies work together and do some really sneaky things to all the humans.<BR><BR>Emperor Gash didn't just make the orcs do things, he also made all the big dumb ogres do things too. He said stuff like "Do this or I kill you". And they did, because the ogres are not as good as orcs are. He also made some big Averturd thing some stuff too, because he was the greatest orc Emperor there ever was.<BR><BR>Emperor Gash was the best Emperor because he had sneakiness and did it on all the stupid other humans. They gave him lots of money to leave them alone and then he went into the desert. No other orc could come up with something like that. He made us wait there and said we orcs would go back to the humans when they had more money and take it one day.<BR><BR>Emperor Fist is our Emperor today and he is the best one to ever lead any orcs. He was the bestest gladiator in all of the rings. I even made a lot of money off of him when he was fighting. When he became Emperor I gave him all of my money back and he made me the history person to tell about him.<BR><BR>We used to have another Emperor who was really stupid and did nothing really good. The old dumb Emperor used to make gladiators fight in front of him whenever he ate dinner. He make Emperor Fist fight one day and the Emperor killed all of the other orcs. He then call the stupid emperor mean names and then killed all of the other guards who were told to kill him.<BR><BR>Emperor Fist then jumped out of the fighting pit and started to fight the dumb emperor. We all laughed because the dumb emperor didn't even know how to fight. All the dumb emperor knew what do was to take orders. Emperor Fist doesn't do that stuff. He is the best fighter ever! </FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-- My question is, Where there other Emperers and if so their stories?</DIV>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>There are orcs scattered all over the world. We'll be meeting the Crushbone Orcs and Emperor Crush in Echoes of Feydwere.</DIV>

[Skydrop]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Sinect wrote:<BR> <DIV><FONT size=2>Emperor Crush would be the greatest Emperor any of the orcs would have for a long time. He would smash all of the elves and he even chopped down all of those stupid trees of theirs. <STRONG>One day he would fall on a dagger that a dark elf was holding and would die</STRONG>, though. That would make all of the orcs really mad, so they killed even more stupid elves.<BR></FONT> <HR> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Ambassador Dvinn? Did the negotiations not go so well? :smileyvery-happy:</P> <P>I don't know who's side I'd be on, Dvinn for killing Crush as he's a stinking orc or Crush's for getting killed for the one mob that made that zone a pain.</P>

[Faltigo]

I got the sense from somewhere that even though the orcs are scattered, they are among the foremost navigators in the world, and well on their way to centralizing the 'orc nation' - when I see the orcs, I think of a "1930s-40s Germany" evil war machine, instead of a bunch of scattered clans.

[Sinect]

<DIV>interesting observation</DIV>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Faltigoth wrote:<BR> I got the sense from somewhere that even though the orcs are scattered, they are among the foremost navigators in the world, and well on their way to centralizing the 'orc nation' - when I see the orcs, I think of a "1930s-40s Germany" evil war machine, instead of a bunch of scattered clans.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>The orcs have never actually been completed united as a race as far as recorded history can state or prove. The orcs were never onces to care about leaving behind physical recordings of thier histories, but rather just live for the moment.</P> <P>As far as we can tell, the orcs have never been united as an entire race under one single orc leader. There have been times when they've even fought between themselves, which shouldn't be surprising.</P>

[Thax]

<DIV>What the current unification of orc clans seems to be is a cooperation of the original Deathfist and Rujarkian clans.  I don't believe that outside of Tusk there has been much of the Crushbone orcs in any sort of Antonican area.  Though I enjoyed the orc runner trinkets quest in DFC.  I can't remember where I saw it now, but I want to say that the Ree, Bloodskull, and Lonetusk orcs are all splinters off of the Deathfist clan.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The snow orcs of Everfrost were, to my knowledge, never given a proper clan name and only seemed to cooperate with other orcs in the second Rallosian War while driving through Everfrost into Blackburrow.  We know nothing of the Ry'Gorr orcs, or if they are even still around, since Velious is now a lush, tropical-type area.</DIV>

[Sinect]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Cusashorn wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Faltigoth wrote:<BR> I got the sense from somewhere that even though the orcs are scattered, they are among the foremost navigators in the world, and well on their way to centralizing the 'orc nation' - when I see the orcs, I think of a "1930s-40s Germany" evil war machine, instead of a bunch of scattered clans.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>The orcs have never actually been completed united as a race as far as recorded history can state or prove. The orcs were never onces to care about leaving behind physical recordings of thier histories, but rather just live for the moment.</P> <P>As far as we can tell, the orcs have never been united as an entire race under one single orc leader. There have been times when they've even fought between themselves, which shouldn't be surprising.</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>True, but they came close - Ill see if I can find the book that shows them at thier strongest peak

[Sinect]

Rise of the Orcs - The Ascension - 2nd Edition <P>This book details how the orcs would organize into armies the likes of which had not been seen on Norrath for millennia.</P> <P>The following historical account details what stories would describe as the main turning point in the rise of the orcs. No longer primal savages, the orcs would organize into armies of a size that hadn't been seen on Norrath for millennia. Several accounts of this time period still exist in varying forms, which have been condensed together within this volume.</P> <P><B>Snow Orcs</B><BR>Launching a surprise attack on both Surefall Glade and Qeynos at the same time, the Snow Orcs would attempt to divide the two cities. The orcs sent wave after wave of gnoll suicide squads at the humans. Employing frighteningly effective tactics, the destruction caused by the orcs would seem to be amplified by their leader - a being engulfed in fire.</P> <P>As the invasion would wear on, the gnoll's numbers would be decimated - leaving behind only women and children in Blackburrow. The Avatar of Flame would ultimately send the signal that would spell doom for Qeynos. Having suffered major losses to the gnolls, the human city would stand no chance against the orcish hordes marching straight for them. Were it not for a miracle that happened that day, Qeynos would not be standing.</P> <P>As the Snow Orc horde began their charge, a great rumbling was felt in the earth. It intensified to the point of toppling many of the nearby towers. When the dust settled, the armies of Qeynos gazed upon a huge hole in the land where the hordes once stood. Slowly they realized that the very earth had swallowed the entire orc army. They watched in amazement as the ground began to reform, leaving no trace that there was ever a rift in the earth. Even with this turn of events, the war was far from over.</P> <P>The Avatar of Flame, somehow avoiding the great sinkhole, still stood with only a few remaining orcish troops. The Qeynosians, having suffered severe losses from the invasion, would then see their second miracle that day. Approaching from the north, the combined forces of the Knights of Thunder and the Druids of Surefall were riding to join the ranks of Qeynos - being led by the Avatar of Storms. Unbeknownst to the human forces, however, the Avatar of Flame had reinforcements of his own. And they, too, had just arrived.</P> <P><B>Deathfist Orcs</B><BR>Though they had just traveled many leagues to join with their Rallosian brethren, the Deathfist orcs would find that the war in the south had changed since they were called. Already controlling the Innothule swamp, the Rallosian Army had now set their sights on new targets. Splitting the forces into two armies, one would sweep to the west being led by the Rallosian Warlord. The other, being led by Emperor Gash and the Avatar of War, would return to the north.</P> <P>Traveling back through the desert wasteland the orcs had just devastated, the Rallosians would remark upon the efficiency of the orcs' work. Sometime during the march, Emperor Gash would send several platoons towards the hills, but not offering to explain why. When questioned, he would reply that the ogres needn't worry about having enough troops when they reached their destination.</P> <P>Though working together as allies, the orcs and the ogres would maintain wide berths during the march. This would prove a stroke of luck for the Rallosians, but not for the Deathfists. As they the armies passed into an open stretch of desert, the Rallosians would watch as tens of thousands of orcs would instantly be swallowed by the sand in one fell swoop. Though a devastating loss to the Deathfist Empire, Emperor Gash informed the Rallosians and the Avatar of War that all was not lost. For, he claimed, the orcs he brought with him were only one half of the Empire. The other half were already waiting at their destination.</P> <P>Finally reaching their destination, the remaining orcs and the Rallosians joined with the other half of the Deathfist Empire. Employing the tactics of the orcs and the unstoppable might of the Rallosians, the Avatar of War began preparing for battle against their target - the great city of Freeport. When the assault was set to begin, the Avatar of War gazed upon Freeport and watched as thousands of Militia gathered to defend the walls. The battle was about to begin.</P> <P>The orcs, once viewed as a petty annoyance, would rise from primitive savagery to tactical genius. Ancient tales that told of their former greatness were oft overlooked as being nothing more than fairy tales. Norrath would come to know that the stories were actually true, and were more attention paid to them, they would have known that the orcs had "returned" to Norrath. And their "return" would be forever burned into the memory by the part they played in the War of Defiance.</P>

[Tazyn Youngbeast]

<P>what i want to know is if we see no female orcs, how do they reproduce :smileytongue:</P> <P> </P>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Tazyn Youngbeast wrote:<BR> <P>what i want to know is if we see no female orcs, how do they reproduce :smileytongue:</P> <P> </P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>The book "The Orcs of Norrath" goes into detail about this. The author of the book has been studying orcs his entire life, but never once had he ever seen a female orc. This leads him to believe that for every orc that you see, there may be at least twice that mainy not shown.

[Sinect]

<DIV>hmmm - no children orcies either - Maybe they A-sex :smileysurprised:</DIV>