Half-orcs

Humans do not care for half-orc children. In their eyes, half-orcs are ugly, stupid, and destructive by nature—and ultimately no different from their bloodthirsty orc parent. Orcs have no love for their half-human progeny, either. To an orc, a half-orc is weak, their lust for slaughter dulled by the emotions and compassion of humanity. Unloved by both parents, half-orcs must find ways to survive in a world that cares nothing for them. They are passionate, driven, and eager to prove themselves—and it is not uncommon for half-orcs to make trouble within the city slum or orcish chasm they call home. Living in such opposition, many half-orcs feel the urge to show their worth through action, and exemplary half-orc heroes have risen throughout history, renowned for their bravery and valor. The honor heaped upon half-orc heroes of the Drossei War and more recent conflicts has helped calm tensions in the territories of Drahman controlled by the law of Drossei Kingdom, but the outlying settlements still meet half-orcs with disrespect and even open violence. 
As such, most half-orcs beyond Ivorell are still found living on the outskirts of human colonies and villages. Some half-orcs reject humanity, having seen its ugliest side. These half-orcs see both halves of their lineage as equally monstrous; one side is just better at hiding it. They wander the wilds with the primal herds of barbaric hunters, like the Greenmaw of the XXXX Plains, using their brawn to earn respect amongst their leaders. A tribe of rough-and tumble warriors called the Icewalkers patrols where the northern edge of the Cliffkeep Mountains meet the Icewind plains, hunting the beasts that dwell there. And some choose to live among the orcs, hardened and desensitized by their bestial family’s abuse. As the orcs did not walk upon Drahman until after the Divinity Wars, half-orcs are youngest of the “civilized” mortal races. They have no civilizations of their own, and most are born of human and orc parents. Many half-orcs can go their entire lives meeting only two or three other half-orcs, and very few sire children together. Discussion of parentage is a deadly taboo and a source of great trauma among halforcs—many were born from an orcish mother who captured a human man on a raid for pleasure. A rare few, however, are told stories by their human parent about being saved by an orc during a raid and fleeing into the mountains to hide. In stories like these, the compassionate orc rarely survives long enough to see the birth of their child