The orcs of Krajina Vrch
Elven legend speaks of times when before orcs came into the world, and that their arrival was even predated by humanity’s own existence. They did not come during some great cataclysm in these legends, no they arrived after another one, much different in nature. The lore is mostly left to memory now, or withered and lost to scraps of paper that might remain in buried elvish ruins somewhere. But only those with the longest of lifespans and the least hazy of memories could ever recount what even they were unsure of.
After the war between humanity and the primordial giants had culminated in the destruction of nearly an entire continent and the genocide of an entire race of people, the first orcs flocked from the boneyards in droves. The world was still healing from war and their wrath was completely unexpected or prepared for. Some suspected they were created by the race of giants using black magic, and were unleashed upon the world with their deaths, others say they are the crossbreeds of human and giants, with half-orcs being even more diluted. No one can say for sure. Maybe some of it is true, maybe none, or maybe a little bit of all, but everyone who could know their origin has long died or was never sure in the first place.
Regardless of where they come from, their pension for violence and Brutish rage as well as their superhuman ability to multiply even through countless wars has staggered the world as they destroy everything in their paths. Luckily, within the past several hundred years, the orcs have splintered into dozens of small disorganized tribes that fight amongst themselves, and only occasionally do they unite to bring horrible destruction into their enemies, but the likelihood of that happening is astoundingly rare, at least it has been until recently.
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