Things An Orc Might Say

When it becomes apparent that the orc will accompany you, along with the other 8 orcs, he is willing to tell you what he knows as he enjoys a sausage.

"We're from the Lord of the Bloody Hand, pointing to the markings on their chests. He is a mighty Lord who rules through his might, and wields a sword of fire."

"On the other side of the hills are the weakling Yellow Tribe, who have the sign of a yellow arrow as their emblem. They have no great Lords or Heros, but they have crafty, weakling mages and are ruled by a mighty Sorceress. Anyone who looks upon her and sees into her eyes goes mad. Any fighter who becomes too great is turned into one of the dumb ogres and used for manual labor and for war. Thus none may ever challenge her for proper rule of the tribe."

"To the south is the Black Tribe, who are also ruled by a mighty Lord who earned his rulership by slaughter scores of elves," he avoids [B]Red's[/B] look as he says this," and has waded into to swamps and destroyed the temple of the lizardmen. They say he stole an artifact from under the sleeping nose of the dragon they worship!"

"Some years ago, humans came amongst us, teaching us the way of Babak, a great demon who grants power to all who give him proper worship. His priests have reopened the ancient temple in the middle of our lands. He is a nasty, evil god, but he unites us. We used to fight amongst ourselves: orc on orc. Now we don't fight each other but work together, though we still hate each other."

"For example, at the Point, we send warriors led by a great Hero who has proven himself in battle dozens of times. The Yellows sent a Magician with a couple of Seers in support, along with several of the ogres. There's a Curate and two Priests, along with more Acolytes, sent from the Temple of Babak to keep everyone in line."

"The temple also has orcs, and some humans, that have joined it directly, though they are not god-talkers. For example, one of our great Heros traveled there and he is now with their group at the Point. He was gifted with two demon dogs, the Bishop of Babak summoned for him. Strangely, I've seen him now myself, but we found his dead body along the path to the Temple, and burned it. However, now he walks amongst us again with two great dogs that are impossible to see until they attack an transgressor, ripping his throat out and breathing fire, like a dragon, on him."

"They say the temple is filled with creatures like that, who are summoned from Hell. I don't know. I won't go near the temple no matter what."