Orcs of Meara

The Orcs of Meara primarily roam the western plains of Vuorikoht, in traveling clans of horse and dire-wolf riders. Horse riders are more common in warmer regions and wolves in cooler areas, but they come into conflict with one another often, and have developed many complex and varied forms of mock combat and trial by contest to settle arguments over territory etc.

Orc Species

Age. Orcs are considered adult about age 14, once they've completed their trial of maturity. They live to around age 75 on the occasions that they don't die sooner.
Size. Orcs are large and bulky, standing from 6 to 7 feet tall, and weighing in the neighborhood of 250 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision. You have keen vision, especially in the dark. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Menacing. Your size and fierce tusks give you a terrifying visage even when you're trying to be friendly. You have advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks.
Will to Live. When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest.
Born to Ride. You have a natural affinity for being mounted, and gain advantage on any animal handling checks involving training a creature to act as a mount or handling one which has been trained to be ridden.

Common Orc Cultures

Orcs in their traditional culture are Traveling People, with a focus on riding. There have been brief periods in the past when other nations tried kidnapping and enslaving Orcs for physical labor, but the practice never caught on in a big way, and descendants of these unfortunate folk have ended up as small misfit enclaves scattered around the most unexpected corners of the world.