Ordalish

The sea-going clan based culture of the Pirate Coast, the north-western corner of Vanareon.  Ordalish culture is mainly Orc, although some royal clans are frosy giants, and some human and Dwarf clans also share this culture.
All the Ordalish clans live in the mountains and fjords of the Pirate Coast.  This is marginal land, and clans live in a state of perpetual conflict over scarce resources.  Clans are led by the most power warriors, although there is also an element of needing to be from the royal bloodline of the clan as well (but especially powerful individuals can ignore this restriction, or start a new royal bloodline, or find some spurious connection to the existing royal bloodline).
Many clans keep slaves for mundane work, usually captured in raids, either on other clans, or on non-Ordalish.
The Ordalish are known for their sea-borne longship raids, which can reach as far east as Kallar-Baran and as far south as Larsar.
The Ordalish all speak Ordaling, which is a derivative of high giantish, with an admixture of Ilsig.
Racially, most clans tend to be an amalgam of various traits of orcish, human, frost giant and dwarvish blood, with very few pure-bloof families.