Orc wolf cavalry were Warg Riders.
Wargs were smarter than ordinary wolves. They had their own unique language: Wargish.
Some Wargs could even speak the common tongue of Osela, as well as Goblin.
Generally speaking, Wargs, like ordinary wolves, lived in family units.
But now, many Wargs had formed symbiotic alliances with the orcs.
They served as the orcs' mounts, while the orcs provided them with protection and food.
Orcs were large and carried a fierce aura. They simply could not ride ordinary warhorses or similar mounts.
Only Wargs could bear them.
Compared with half-elf and human cavalry, Warg Riders had both advantages and disadvantages.
One advantage was that Wargs were highly intelligent and could coordinate tactically with their riders more effectively. They could also bite and claw at enemy mounts, even using their howls to disrupt them.
Their disadvantages were equally obvious. Wargs were not tall enough. The Wargs of Osela, even after breeding and improvement, stood only around 1.2 meters at the shoulder. Some particularly powerful ones could reach 1.3 meters.
At the same time, Wargs were not especially large. With orcs riding them, it felt like adults riding dogs.
This made Warg Riders effective against infantry, but disadvantaged when fighting cavalry.
In cavalry combat, the side with the taller mounts generally had greater combat strength.
The high struck the low—beating idiots.
In both short charges and long-range raids, Warg Riders still fell short of warhorses.
Moreover, both their riders and Wargs rarely wore overly heavy armor.
This was to ensure the Wargs' mobility and their own agility. Orcs were already heavy enough; add armor on top of that, and could the Wargs even run?
As a result, when Warg Riders faced ranged attacks or intense close combat, their lack of armor led to casualties.
Even so, they