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>Serpant's Island
The homeland of the orcs. It's a small continent mostly comprising deserts, steppes, and coastal rainforests. The orcs worship dragons who bless the lands with natural boons like rain, grass, and game. Though, now that the Grucha live off the island, they're unsure if the dragons bless these lands.
>Orc lifespan
Orcs live forty years. Orcs are fully grown at ten years, and old at thirty. The main reason for this is their muscle mass and bone density, which causes straining of the heart and intestines. The oldest orcs lived to be seventy. Orcs are also prone to dying in childbirth and as babies, so the orcish population is grows slowly.
>Orc names
The O' in O'drak's name signified that he was the clan leader. Before he was choosen he was just Drak. Most orcs have monosylabic first names, and matraliniar surnames.
>Orc politics
Orcs are as intelegent as humans, but since they live shorter lives they're more brash and short-sighted. Orcs can be diplomatic, but simply find warfare and conquest to be faster and more in-synce with their lifespan. Women in orcish society are seen as charasmatic but not as reliable. The reason the council doesn't include any women, unless that woman somehow displays particular skill in diplomacy or strategy.
>The Empires of the new continent
After leacving the Serpant's Island they moved to the continent of Perpat. They landed on the west coast of the Salasi Empire (pre-Islamic Persian). They're being invaded by the Gennan (Romans) and Mengis (a mix of Egypt and Ethiopia). There are other empires and smaller kingdoms, but they're far away.
>The Salasi
They practice a religion called Avatism, but are currently facing a heresy called the Khosrites. The Salasi Empire is on a steep decline, however you'll also find that the Mengis and Gennan are also unstable and prone to sudden catastrophes don't trust the Mengis to be a stable ally
>The castle
You currently occupy this one castle, but from this castle you'll probably expand.
>Directions
To the north is steep mountains, to the west is ocean, to the south is steppe land simular to your clan's homeland, and to the east is the empire.
>Provisions
You currently have one month's worth of rations, ten pigs, ten sheep, and five horses. Each man has an axe and each woman has a spear.
