There were many C'tan, and more of them-physical laws made divine-kept arriving in this Galaxy. As a single race, the Old Ones were too thinly spread to contend with their vast numbers. So they elevated one race to serve as their right hand and created another warrior race.
Back then, those two races had not been called Orks and Aeldari. Ils could not remember what the Aeldari had been called. That memory seemed to have been erased.
The records she found in her backup brain said that, after an extraordinarily long war, the Aeldari and other races had suddenly announced one day that the war was over. They would take the Old Ones' place as guides to all races.
Moreover, to demonstrate the generosity and benevolence of their rule, the Aeldari had specifically allowed some races that had not been exterminated to enter the Webway to rest and recover, promising to turn it into a new paradise.
Ils still remembered what the Orks had been called back then. Their race had been known as the Krork Orks, meaning "children of the Old Ones."
They had not been allowed into the Webway. The Aeldari claimed that the Krork had betrayed the Old Ones.
The Krork had constantly fought among themselves. The Old Ones would select the most obedient and strongest among them and take them into battle against the C'tan. Supposedly, the Krork had achieved glorious victories.
To commemorate their valor in battle, many races had erected statues in their honor. Later, the Aeldari had smashed all those statues.
In terms of social structure, the Krork had consisted of many groups, and each group's ruler had been honored with the title of Philosopher King.
These Philosopher Kings had formed the Krork Orks' highest governing body. Because the Krork deeply revered wisdom