Orc

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Orc (兽人)
Species/Race	Intelligent humanoid race
Affiliation	Numerous Orc tribes; the Orc Pantheon
Status	Extant
First Appearance	5

Background / History

In ancient times, Orcs were the common enemy of humans, Elves, and Dwarves. As Orc expansion threatened to overrun the continent, the gods of humanity and other races fought the Orc Pantheon while Bannai Empire forces defeated the tribes on the ground and drove them into the cold northwestern plateaus. The historical account attributes the Orc defeat in part to their lack of spellcasting forces capable of matching Bannai's high-ranking combatants. 16

The Orcs' confinement to the Northwest Wasteland created a lasting food crisis. Although the region contains mineral resources and wildlife, much of its soil is saline-alkali and poorly suited to farming. Their large population and high food consumption made famine a recurring threat, leading shaman priests to endorse raids on human territory for supplies. What began as survival-driven plunder became an established custom, with several tribes launching raids every few years even outside famine periods. 68

The tribes retain their own totems and banners despite later adopting the Beast God as a unified chief deity. Nearly a hundred tribes once maintained totem symbols; by the present era, a little over fifty remain. 91

Appearance

Orcs are humanoid but visibly distinct from humans, with powerful physiques and intimidating features.

• Yellow-green skin, blue faces, and protruding fangs. 91
• Elite warriors may stand roughly two heads taller than a human. 92
• Ordinary warriors commonly carry spiked clubs, stone axes, wooden clubs, or crude axes; only elite troops are likely to wield iron greataxes. 83
• Shaman Priests are identifiable by their looser robes, staffs, and ritual items such as magical-beast skull necklaces. 85

Physiology and Population

• Orcs are slightly more fertile than humans and possess exceptionally high reproductive capacity. 68
• Female Orcs are said to give birth twice a year, producing at least several million young annually in the Northwest Wasteland. 91
• They are omnivorous and consume substantially more food per individual than humans. 16 68
• Their population growth is constrained primarily by food shortages rather than an inherent biological weakness. 68
• Orcs are physically robust; even ordinary warriors are markedly stronger than ordinary human soldiers. 49 83

Society and Religion

Tribes and Leadership

Orc society is divided into tribes of varying size, each historically associated with a totem. Strength is highly valued, and tribal authority rests with chieftains, priests, and powerful warriors. 85 91

• Golden Lion Tribe and Fierce Tiger Tribe — possess the strongest Orc warriors; the Orc King traditionally comes from one of these tribes. 91
• Bullhead Tribe — one of the three strongest tribes and the source of nearly seventy percent of Orc spellcasters. 91
• Prince Kanqi — a Bullhead Tribe chieftain's younger son who led three vassal tribes against the Kingdom of Selt, hoping to conquer territory and establish his own tribe. 85

Totems and Ancestral Spirits

Following the Beast God's fall, Orc shamans drew much of their power from ancestral spirits contained within tribal Beast God totems. These spirits grow stronger by absorbing the souls of dead Orcs, making the return of souls to the totems a closely guarded shamanic secret. 86

Orc totems accumulated divine energy through centuries of worship and the nourishment of shamanic soul origins. A later plan sought to gather the totems and unite Ugrush's scattered divinity and divine-soul fragments into a new Orc god. 469

Combat Capabilities

Force	Documented capabilities	Limitations
Ordinary Orc warriors	Individually strong enough that human forces generally require more than a three-to-one numerical advantage to defeat them; the main force averages Black Iron-level combat strength. 49 83	Poor discipline and disorganized formations leave them vulnerable to coordinated ambushes, ranged attacks, and battlefield control. 84 86
Greataxe warriors	Elite troops whose physical strength and bloodline power can rival or surpass human experts of the same rank; fifty greataxe warriors are assessed as requiring roughly one hundred elite human swordsmen and multiple Bronze swordsmen to defeat reliably. 89	Lack the qi techniques used by human Bronze warriors. 89
Bull Totem Warriors	Formidable ground fighters within the later Orc host. 465	Unable to effectively fight the aerial Destroyers and suffer heavy losses against them. 465
Shaman Priests	Cast witchcraft through personal mana and ritual items; can use skull items similarly to magic scrolls. 86 87	Can be neutralized by mana-draining magic and counterspells; lower-ranking shamans are rare outside Orc territory. 86 89

Shamanic Witchcraft

Shaman Priests serve as the Orcs' principal spellcasters and ritual authorities. Their spiritual senses can detect danger, and their magic is tied to ancestral spirits, totems, and enchanted ritual items. 86

• Bloodlust — temporarily raises a target's attack power and combat strength by at least thirty percent. 95
• Ritual skull casting — beast skulls can store and release witchcraft after a shaman's personal mana has been exhausted. 86 87
• Totem protection — a large totem raised a barrier that shielded Prince Kanqi and an old shaman from a large-scale Thundercloud Spell. 96
• Soul return — dead Orc souls are drawn toward ancestral spirits and Beast God totems, though this process can be intercepted. 86 88 99

Relations

• Humans — longstanding enemies. Orc raids on human settlements are conducted to seize food and supplies, while human kingdoms maintain border towns and fortresses to contain them. 68
• Elves and Dwarves — historic adversaries alongside humans; all three races opposed Orc expansion in the ancient era. 16
• Orc Pantheon — the Orcs' divine power structure, historically damaged by defeat but later represented by Ugrush, Kalar, Bigel, and Voodoo. 456
• Beast God — the Orc chief god and focal point of unified worship; tribal totems preserve a lower-level continuation of older totem traditions. 86 91
• Prince Kanqi — commander of the three-tribe force that invaded the Kingdom of Selt. 85
• Donald — a human Summoner who ambushed Orc vanguards, killed an Orc Shaman Priest and fifty elite greataxe warriors, and played the decisive role in the Selt campaign. 90 97

Story Role / Major Arcs

Invasion of the Kingdom of Selt

Several Orc tribes assembled thousands of able-bodied warriors to invade Selt, an unusual target compared with the richer human lands closer to the Northwest Wasteland. Prince Kanqi led the three-tribe coalition, intending not merely to plunder but to seize territory for a new tribe under his own rule. 53 85

Donald repeatedly ambushed the Orc vanguard, eventually returning to Holy Sword Fortress with proof of 254 kills: 203 ordinary warriors, fifty elite greataxe warriors, and one Shaman Priest. 90 The Orc main army ultimately numbered over ten thousand, but its lack of discipline, poor defenses, and vulnerability to magic and aerial attacks contributed to its defeat. 90 96

More than two-thirds of the invading force was lost in the decisive battle. A little over two thousand elite warriors escaped west with their chieftains and shamans, while scattered remnants ceased to be a major threat to Holy Sword Fortress. 97

Return of the Orc Gods

The Orcs later invaded again under four newly ascended gods: Ugrush, god of slaughter, tyranny, and war; Kalar, god of fertility; Bigel, god of plunder; and Voodoo. 456 Their host massed one hundred thousand Orcs at the Northern Lands border. 457

After their advance forces suffered heavy losses, Orc commanders withdrew to await the main army and resolved to settle the conflict through Gold-ranked combatants or stronger. 461 The Orcs were subsequently challenged by twelve giant steel constructs, aerial Destroyers, and powerful opposing spellcasters; the fall of an Orc Blademaster further damaged their morale. 463 465 466

Orc Pantheon Reinforcements

During the later conflict against the Radiant Allied Army, reinforcements from the Orc Pantheon arrived to support the Horde. These included Obakos, Baphomet, Devigus, and their demon legions. 739