Orcs

Orcs
Orcs are a large bipedal race known for their aggressive tempers.

Historically orcs were found in tribes, commonly located in the southern forested regions. At that time, they lacked unity and focused on waging war, making simple melee weapons and light armor from hides and leather.

Approximately 100 years ago, the orcs began migrating away from tribal villages and started settling inside other races cities, eventually founding orc cities themselves. It is not unusual for a human city to contain a large orc population. Despite this, many orc settlements are still smaller tribes or village. Orcs mostly occupy the professions that involve a lot of manual labour.

Orcs have progressed militarily as well, wielding heavier, metal weaponry and using their immense strength to wear heavy armor into battle, making them a formidable foe to any that face them. In addition, they have begun using heavy bows that require great strength to draw, allowing for faster arrows or greater range. An orcish skirmish party is one of the most feared opponents in the battlefield.

Physical Traits
Orcs tend to have a lower voice and sometimes the voices of females can be mistaken for males. Both males and female orcs have the same life expectancy, around 80 years of age, and they reach maturity at the age of 18.

Orcs do not see well as well in daylight as they do in the dark, and thus are usually more active after the sun has set and before the sunrise.

Magical Traits
Orcs are usually magically inept. However, if an orc is able to use magic they generally tend to be more powerful than other mages of different races with the same training. Speculation attempting to describe the reasoning for this are varied, but a common theory is this is due to the low number of orcs that are sharing some magical "pool", leading into the concept that all magic is shared but separated by race.

Appearance
Approximately 70% of orcs have a green or greenish tinted skin. The other 30% are made up of colors such as red or yellow. Orc hair colors vary from light to dark, with black being the most common. All male orcs have the ability to grow beards, but they grow slower than other races. A small fraction of females can also grow beards, but their beards will be very slow growing and thin, and usually only around the mouth area. The average male orc stands at 199cm tall, with exceptions going towards the 220cm, the tallest orc ever recorded was chieftain Omyor who was 232cm tall. Females tend to be just a little bit smaller as the males at an average of 197cm, but the bounds of their heights stay closer to the average than the males. Orcs have a more muscular jawline and many orcs have large tusks sticking out of their mouths.

Orcs of Kasmara
No orc tribes exist on Kasmara. A handful of orcs live within the human, elf, and dwarf settlements.

Urak-hai
The Urak-hai, or "Blackskins" are larger, more aggressive cousins of Orcs. As their nickname suggests, they are identified easily by their ebony skin. They refer to their green skinned cousins as "Greenskins".

Physical Traits
Like their smaller cousins, the Urak-hai have low, booming voices.

Unlike orcs, however, Urak-hai have no trouble seeing clearly in daylight as well as darkness.

Magical Traits
Urak-hai share the magical ineptness of their brethren, perhaps even more so. No record exists of an Urak-hai being able to wield magic. Instead, their magical traits come in the form of resistances. Many magical effects are severely reduced or ignored by Urak-hai.

Appearance
Urak-hai have either black or dark grey skin. Their hair is universally dark, and almost always black. Urak-hai have never been observed with beards, so it is unknown if they cannot grow them at all or simply keep themselves clean shaven. The average male Urak-hai stands 215cm tall. The tallest Urak-hai on record was nearly 250cm tall. Females average around 210cm tall. Urak-hai always have tusks coming from their mouths, and some have secondary tusks as well. Rarely some Urak-hai will have horns, perhaps indicating some mixed bloodline with minotaurs or some other horned race.

Urak-hai of Kasmara
No Urak-hai have been sighted on Kasmara.