The capital of the Orc Empire was called the "Great Golden Tent." Long, long ago, when the orcs still lived as nomads, they followed the water and grasslands, making their homes in tents. Back then, any tribal chief with even a little status liked to use golden tents as a symbol of power and rank.
Later, the various orc tribes unified after many years of war. Once unification was achieved, laws were established governing the colors and decorations of tents.
According to the law, only one pure golden tent was permitted to exist in the entire Orc Empire, reserved exclusively for the Orc Emperor. Princes used tents with silver roofs and golden trim; dukes used tents with silver roofs and silver trim, embroidered with golden thread to depict totems; marquises used tents with silver roofs and silver trim inlaid with golden thread; counts used tents with silver roofs and silver trim, with golden tassels hanging from the ends; viscounts used pure silver tents; and barons used tents decorated with silver-thread totems.
As for those below baron—those who were not even nobles—what right did they have to speak of "ritual propriety"?
Times changed, and now the Orc Emperor had long since stopped living in a tent. They had settled atop a low hill in the heart of the great plains and built a city there, continuing to use the name "Golden Tent."
This city was often mocked because it did not even have walls.
But what need was there for walls? If the orcs did not go attacking others, those others ought to thank heaven and earth. Who would dare provoke them?
Demonic Beasts? Wild animals? Orc patrols were scattered all around the city, with the furthest stationed over a hundred li away. What wild beast or Demonic Beast could pass