Editing ORC TRIBES (section)

=THE ORC TRIBES, the Tribes of the Odrendor=
'''NOTE''': Tribes and informations highlighted in <font color=red>RED</font> are not "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon canon]" to Midnight Core books but are being used in our campaign. <br> 
:  Izrador’s chosen, the odrendor, are a people of many tribes. Bred from several lines originating from the original corrupted elthedar, they spread across the Northern Marches, becoming distinct tribes with only their ferocity, their cruelty, their hatred of the fey and their devotion to Izrador as common cultural traits. Many died out over the millennia, succumbing to the harshness of their environment or slaughtered by their brethren in wars of dominion. Such conflict and winnowing was encouraged by Izrador to cull the weak and exalt the vicious and the strong. In the Last Age, 13 Great Tribes dominate the orcs of the north, with many Lesser Tribes in subservient thrall. <br>
:  Each tribe is presided over by a head kurasatch udareen. Each tribe maintains as many as a dozen warrens, each one containing pits and chambers sufficient to house untold thousands. In each warren’s heart squats a black temple tended by priestesses and fed on the bodies of the unworthy.
==The Original 30 Tribes==
:  Of the original thirty legendary tribes, '''twenty-three''' are still believed to be in existence. Seven tribes were either not sufficiently loyal to the Dark God or did not prove strong enough to keep their tribe out of the cook pots. <br> There are more than twenty-three orc tribes. Over the centuries, warfare, the rise of powerful leaders, and nature allowed elements of the great tribes to break away and form new tribes. While the twenty-three original tribes are the strongest or amongst the strongest, there are hundreds of other tribes. The politics in the north and the alliances between the tribes are convoluted and difficult to understand if you are not an orc. Animosity between tribes can be traced back over thousands of years. Tribal alliances shift frequently as each tribe tries to better its position and weaken a hated rival. <br> The war against the humans and the fey has brought a number of changes to orc tribal culture. More living space and access to better food has allowed some smaller tribes to grow very quickly. No longer restrained by powerful enemies, smaller tribes have migrated into northern and southern Eredane and established new homes. Old alliances have broken down and new regionally based alliances have taken their place. . Some minor tribes have been catapulted into leadership due to their success against the fey. Others have ceased to exist and their members either join another tribe or are exterminated.