Civilization of Landorya
Orcs
Strength is not violence. It is the will to protect.
Tribal Honor
War Culture
Spirit Magic
Beast Bond
Survival
Name of Civilization: The Orcs of the Iron-Clad Tribes (commonly called the Orcs). Overview The Orcs are a tribal confederation of massive, muscular humanoids who have turned the art of siege-engine construction into a cultural cornerstone. Their societies are built on honor, loyalty to clan, and a... This entry inclu…
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Characters
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Chapters
14
Locations
12
Creatures
12
Artifacts
Lore Chapters
27 chapters about Orcs
01
Introduction
02
Physical Characteristics
03
Structure
04
Ecosystem & Environment
05
Inter-Regional Dynamics
06
External Interaction & Guardian Role
07
Geography & Settlements
08
Culture & Society
09
Origin & Development
10
Language & Symbols
11
Daily Life
12
Arts & Expression
13
Seasonal Cycle
14
Economy & Craft
15
Fauna, Companions & Familiars
16
Rituals & Daily Practices
17
Skills, Professions & Magic
18
Community & Knowledge Exchange
19
Social Structure & Interaction
20
Mythology & Religion
21
Architecture & Infrastructure
22
Notable Figures & Legends
23
Magic & Arcane Infrastructure
24
Environmental Protection & Ecology
25
Local Myths & Tales
26
Conclusion
27
Comparisons & Influences
World Building Blocks
Locations, figures, creatures, artifacts and more from Orcs — linked to their detail pages.
Locations (14)
Figures (453)
- Name of Civilization:
- Kragthar Hold
- Gor-Mok Forge-Citadel
- Appearance & Physique
- Distinguishing Marks
- Iron-Vein Pattern
- War-Paint
- Lifespan & Reproduction
- Stone-Crying
- Stone-Skin
- Ash-Orcs
- Storm-Orcs
- Iron-Orcs
- Form of Government
- Chieftain (Krag-Thar)
- Kragthar Hold
- Council / Leadership
- Stone-Keeper
- War-Seer
- Council of Elders
- Ministries / Departments
- Ministry of Warcraft
- Ministry of Honor
- Judiciary
- Stone Courts
- Defense / Military
- Iron Legion
- Siege-Companies
- Ramming Brigades
- Skirmisher Bands
- War-Lord
- Stone-Bound Oaths
- Siege-Engine Models
- Territorial Sectors
- Sector-Keeper
- Iron Silence
- Anvil of Challenge
- Shattered Anvil Incident
- Drogash
- Nazha Ember-Eye
- Siege-Forgecraft
- Iron-Blood Alchemy
- Sustainable Energy Sources
- Geothermal Vents
- Ash-Vein Mountains
- Storm-Capture Towers
- Runic Lattices
- Thunder-Ram
- Rune-Balance Act
- Pit of Unbinding
- Hybrid Artifacts
- Iron-Heart Amulet
- Stone-Echo Drum
- Stone-Glyph Messengers
- Thunder-Cranes
- The Walking Fortress
- Baruk Gear-Tooth
- Rune-Threaded Rope
- Echo-Stones
- Shala Bright-Mark
- Siege-Companies
- Ramming Brigades
- Ironclad Rams
- Stone-Battering Hammers
- Skirmisher Bands
- spike-axes
- storm-bolts
- Crush-and-Crush
- Runic Volley
- Dwarven Deep-holds
- Iron-Vein Mines
- Drakonians
- Sylvan Elves
- The Iron Wall
- Korga
- Boar-Charge
- Tusk
- Shadow-Siege
- Night-Hammer Company
- Razga Dusk-Fang
- Grunt
- Iron-Fang
- Storm-Shield
- Siege-Captain
- War-Lord
- High War-Chief
- Iron-Vein Range
- Ash-Vein Plains
- Rumble-Canyons
- Storm-Capture Towers
- Stone-Forest
- Iron-Blood Alchemy
- The Shattered Basin
- Warmstone Hollow
- Blacksmoke Peaks
- Stone-Bulls
- Iron-Scaled Vipers
- Thunder-Ravens
- Ember-Moths
- Rust-Beetles
- Granite-Toads
- Iron-Bark Tree
- Storm-Thistle
- Ash-Moss
- Gorrak's Beard
- Forge-Fern
- Blood-Root
- Rotational Mining
- re-seed
- Season of Rest
- Lurak
- Stone-Carvers
- Runic Engravers
- Iron-Blood Alchemists
- Vent-Tenders
- Grelka Vent-Warden
- Kragthar Hold
- Stone-Bound Oath
- Siege-Engine Trials
- Storm-Capture Excursions
- Lightning-Spire
- Iron-Walk
- hewn basalt
- iron-reinforced doors
- Feast of Iron
- Stone-Stew
- Iron-Ale
- Scaled Shield
- Stone-Forest
- Dasha Iron-Tongue
- Stone-Bound Oaths
- Fey Courts
- Human Kingdoms
- Dasha Iron-Tongue
- Gromm Stone-Voice
- Deep Iron Vein
- Export Goods:
- Import Goods:
- Kragthar Market
- Gortha Three-Scars
- Forge-Apprenticeship Exchanges
- Runic Reinforcement
- Thunder-Drum Festival
- Celestial Order
- Stone-Caverns of Echoes
- Kragthar Hold
- Gorrak's Anvil
- Gor-Mok Forge-Citadel
- Warmstone Hollow
- Gortha's Landing
- border watch-towers
- Runic Signal Fires
- Stone-Bound Oaths
- Iron Teeth
- defensive services
- Wall-Breach Deterrents
- Storm-Capture
- Celestial Observatory
- Stone-Keeper Order
- Stone-Binding
- cautiously expansionist
- Great Council's
- Drakonians
- Fey
- Deep Iron Vein
- Rumble-Canyons
- Grasha Blood-Tooth
- Varga Threetusks
- Kraz Hammer-Break
- Kragthar Hold
- Gor-Mok Forge-Citadel
- Iron-Vein Mines
- Fauna & Flora
- Iron-Bark Tree
- Storm-Thistle
- Dominant Animals
- Stone-Bulls
- Thunder-Ravens
- Iron-Scaled Vipers
- Dominant Plants
- Iron-Bark
- Storm-Thistle
- Ash-Moss
- basalt monoliths
- iron-reinforced arches
- runic heating
- stone-flooring
- Design Principles
- Significant Infrastructure
- Storm-Capture Towers
- Runic Relay Network
- Iron-Roads
- Kragthar Hold
- Gor-Mok Forge-Citadel
- Iron Skull Stronghold
- Varga Threetusks
- Skullspire Settlement
- Warmstone Hollow
- Molta Warm-Hand
- Gortha's Landing
- Ember-Watch
- Fire-Forge Festival
- Stormspire
- The Ironspine Trail
- The Highland Passes
- The Iron River
- Orcish War-Chants
- Stone-Echo Drum
- Runic Storytelling
- Runic Bards
- Tusk-Carving
- Tharok Ironfist
- Stone-Keeper Lurak
- Rune-Balance Act
- War-Seer Korga
- Forge-Master Baruk Gear-Tooth
- Healer Molta Warm-Hand
- Aether-Infused Steel
- Self-Repairing Runic Gears
- Innovation Council
- clan-centric
- Drennik Stonehand
- Forge-Academies
- War-Schools
- Stone-Lore Libraries
- Runic Bards
- Goal 1:
- Great Iron Vein
- Goal 2:
- Portable Storm-Capture Units
- Goal 3:
- Sylvan Elves
- Stone-Forest
- Goal 4:
- First Hammer
- Celestials
- Gor-Mok
- Iron-Vein Range
- Song of Gor-Mok
- Vulka the Flame-Finder
- Vulka Hearth
- Thunder-Ram
- Stone-Keeper Order
- Ul'drak
- Gortha Three-Scars
- Orcish Tongue (Gor-Mok)
- Runic Script (Stone-Glyph)
- Krag
- Thar
- Gor
- Mok
- Drak
- Krag-Thar
- Gor-Mok
- Drak-hai
- The Iron Heart
- The Broken Chain
- Three Tusks
- Morning
- Stone-Stew
- War-Chant
- Midday
- Runic Engraving
- Afternoon
- War-Yard
- Runic Study Circle
- Evening
- Great Hall
- Evening Drum
- Night
- Storm-Capture Towers
- Summer (Forge-Season)
- Winter (Storm-Season)
- Thunder-Drum Festival
- Runic Night
- Fire-Forge Festival
- Basalt Carvings
- Great Iron Vein
- Runic Murals
- Iron-Wire Sculpture
- Kelsha Wire-Singer
- Stone-Echo Drums
- Thunder-Horn
- The Anvil-Song
- Runic Bards
- Siege-Manuals
- War-Harness
- Iron-Thread Tabards
- Tusk-Bands
- Stone-Keeper Robes
- Ember-Cloaks
- Ironblood Stew
- Thunder-Ale
- Forge-Bread
- War-Jerky
- Stone-Bull Roast
- Forge-Fern Tea
- Spring (Storm-Wake)
- First Forge
- Summer (Iron-Sun)
- Thunder-Drum Festival
- Autumn (Blood-Harvest)
- Chronicle of Iron
- Fire-Forge Festival
- Winter (Stone-Rest)
- Runic Night
- Spring Equinox
- Mid-Spring
- Summer Solstice
- Mid-Summer
- Autumn Equinox
- Late Autumn
- Winter Solstice
- Mid-Winter
- Late Winter
- Currency
- Iron-Teeth
- Siege-Bonds
- Core Crafts
- Siege Engineering
- Iron-Smithing
- Leather-Working
- Beast-Training
- Export Goods
- Import Goods
- Trade Routes
- Ironspine Trail
- Highland Passes
- River-Barges
- mercenary siege contracts
- Stone-Breakers
- Grul Anvil-Born
- War-Boars
- Thunder-Hawks
- Iron-Wolves
- Cliff-Crawlers
- Rock-Serpents
- Old Ironback
- Gorrak's Anvil
- Iron-Vein Pattern
- Stone-Crying
- First Forge
- Mating Pact
- Blood-Oath
- Primary Magic
- Shamanic Earth-Magic
- Secondary Disciplines
- Siege-Rune Inscription
- Beast-Bonding
- Storm-Chanting
- Professions
- Training
- First Forge
- Listener
- Speaker
- Shaper
- Binder
- Keeper
- Rune-Breaker
- Storm-Rider
- Iron-Singer
- Clan Council
- Great Moot
- Oral Tradition
- Runic Bards
- Cross-Civilization Exchange
- Treaty of Ironblood
- Ironspine Plateau
- The Grand Market
- The Council Fire
- The Bard's Circle
- Apprentice Chains
- Stone-Lore Vaults
- Memory-Songs
- High War-Chief
- Clan War-Chiefs
- Stone-Keepers
- Forge-Masters
- Warriors
- Non-Combat Roles
- Social Mobility
- Grasha Blood-Tooth
- Trial of Strength
- Creation Myth
- Gorrak the Iron-Born
- Primary Deities
- Gorrak the Iron-Born
- Storm-Mother
- Religious Practice
- Ancestral-animistic
- Pilgrimage Sites
- Gorrak's Anvil
- Forge-Spirits
- Tunnel-Watchers
- The Bone-Collector
- Deep Forge
- Design Philosophy
- Materials
- Iron-bound Stone
- Scavenged Metal
- Thick Hides
- War-Timber
- Iconic Structures
- Kragthar Hold
- Gor-Mok Forge-Citadel
- Transport Infrastructure
- Highland Trails
- Siege-Ramps
- River-Barges
- Highland Clans
- Plains Clans
- River Clans
- Anvil of Gorrak
- Gorrak the Iron-Born
- War-Chief Grasha Blood-Tooth
- Stone-Keeper Ul'drak
- Forge-Master Thok Iron-Arm
- Runic Bard Nasha
- Vulka the Flame-Finder
- Chief Varga Threetusks
- Kraz Hammer-Break
- Dasha Iron-Tongue
- Gortha Three-Scars
- Captain Razga Dusk-Fang
- Grul Anvil-Born
- Kelsha Wire-Singer
- Nazha Ember-Eye
- Shala Bright-Mark
- Baruk Gear-Tooth
- Grasha Blood-Tooth
- Stone-Keeper Ul'drak
- Forge-Master Baruk Gear-Tooth
- Shamanic Network
- Stone-Singing
- Siege-Runes
- Beast-Bond
- Storm-Chanting
- Arcane Boundary
- Territorial Stewardship
- Beast Conservation
- Iron-Vein Reverence
- Scavenging Ethic
- The Ash-Vein Restoration
- Thurga Root-Binder
- The Rumble-Canyon Cleaning
- Grasha's Gambit
- The Last Stone-Keeper
- Drakka
- Old Ironback's Challenge
- Orcs vs. Dwarves
- Orcs vs. Drakonians
- Orcs vs. Frostborn
- Influence on Landorya
Creatures (12)
Artifacts (12)
Festivals (12)
- Rite
- Feast
- Drum Festival
- Forge Festival
- Festivals
- Celebrations
- Spring Equinox
- Summer Solstice
- Autumn Equinox
- Winter Solstice
- The Rite
- Detail The Rite
Organizations (25)
- Clan Confederation
- Great Council
- Council
- Ember Clan
- Celestial Order
- Border Fortifications The Orcish
- Keeper Order
- Iron Skull Clan
- Clan
- The Innovation Council
- Innovation Council
- Runic Study Circle
- Clans
- The Great Council
- Circle
- Clan Council
- The Council Fire
- Clan War
- Circles
- Iron Circle
- Highland Clans
- Plains Clans
- River Clans
- Celestial Orders
- Forest Border Agreement
Character Network
100 figures · 122 relationships — hover a figure, click to open.
Zone 4
The People
100 characters call this civilization home
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BRUKKAR STONEBLOOD
Master Blacksmith and Weapon Forger
"A blade is a promise. When I put my mark on steel, I promise it will not fail it…"
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BRUKKAR THE BLOOD LETTER
Traditional Healer and Bloodletter
"The old ways have power that the new cannot see. I am the keeper of that power.""
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BRUKKAR THE FARMER
Master Farmer and Agriculturalist
"The land does not care about our wars. It simply asks to be tended. I am the lan…"
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BRUKKAR THE GRAVE DIGGER
Cemetery Worker and Grave Digger
"The dead have no voice. I am their voice. The dead have no guardian. I am their …"
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BRUKKAR THE GUARD
Chief's Personal Guard
"My life is not my own. It belongs to the chief, to the clan, to the oath I swore…"
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BRUKKAR THE HERMIT
Reclusive Mystic
"In silence, truth speaks. In solitude, wisdom grows. I have spent forty years li…"
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BRUKKAR THE INVENTOR
Inventor and Gadgeteer
"Every failure is simply a step toward success. I have taken many steps.""
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BRUKKAR THE JEWELER
Master Jeweler and Gem Cutter
"A gem is beauty trapped in stone. I simply help that beauty escape.""
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BRUKKAR THE YOUNGER
Apprentice Warrior
"I will not be 'the Younger' forever. I will make them remember my own name.""
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DURGAK THE HEALER
Traditional Healer and Medicine Man
"The strongest warrior is the one who knows when to lower their weapon and accept…"
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DURKASH NIGHTEYE
Scout and Pathfinder
"The loudest warrior is usually the first to die. I prefer to be the one who sees…"
GB
GRAKKA BLOODFANG
Veteran Shield-Bearer
"A shield is not a weapon of cowards. It is the promise that you will still be st…"
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