Savage Orc
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Savage Orcs are a sub-breed of Orc
from Games Workshop
's Warhammer Fantasy
setting for their games.
While most orcs have a modest grasp of technology and take advantage of developments in weapons and armour
, savage orcs have a more primitive, neolithic
type society, and shun these advances.
They originate in the The Southlands, where the constant heat and bright light has a deleterious effect on Orcish brains. Savage orcs use weapons made of stone or bone and do not wear armour, though their bodies are marked with ritual tattoo
s. As part of an Orc & Goblin army, Savage Orcs are berserker
troops, who fight with little regard to their own personal safety.
They are also fanatical worshippers of Gork and Mork, in fact their entire language is based around various inflections of the word Waaagh!.
Orc (Warhammer)
Orcs are one of the races in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy universe, and are related to goblins. The brutish orcs, though less intelligent, tend to dominate the meeker goblins...
from Games Workshop
Games Workshop
Games Workshop Group plc is a British game production and retailing company. Games Workshop has published the tabletop wargames Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000...
's Warhammer Fantasy
Warhammer Fantasy (setting)
Warhammer Fantasy is a fantasy setting, created by Games Workshop, which is used by many of the company's games. Some of the best-known games set in this world are: the table top wargame Warhammer Fantasy Battle, the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay pen-and-paper role-playing game, and the MMORPG...
setting for their games.
While most orcs have a modest grasp of technology and take advantage of developments in weapons and armour
Armour
Armour or armor is protective covering used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an object, individual or a vehicle through use of direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat, or from damage caused by a potentially dangerous environment or action...
, savage orcs have a more primitive, neolithic
Neolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...
type society, and shun these advances.
They originate in the The Southlands, where the constant heat and bright light has a deleterious effect on Orcish brains. Savage orcs use weapons made of stone or bone and do not wear armour, though their bodies are marked with ritual tattoo
Tattoo
A tattoo is made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification, and tattoos on other animals are most commonly used for identification purposes...
s. As part of an Orc & Goblin army, Savage Orcs are berserker
Berserker
Berserkers were Norse warriors who are reported in the Old Norse literature to have fought in a nearly uncontrollable, trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the English word berserk. Berserkers are attested in numerous Old Norse sources...
troops, who fight with little regard to their own personal safety.
They are also fanatical worshippers of Gork and Mork, in fact their entire language is based around various inflections of the word Waaagh!.