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Orcs are a people of strength, endurance and unyielding will. Their bodies are stron…

Orcs originated in the eastern lands, where survival was associated with long moveme…

Fierce and unyielding warriors, orcs carry strength and stubbornness that let them face even the greatest threats.

… allies on a large scale. He brought in orcs and nomads who brought completely different ways of fighting to the Magnur army…

…nces and improvise. He didn't break the orcs during his reign, but he did prevent the north from completely falling into cha…

For a long time, Untred seemed destined to reign supreme in the Golden Age. But then came the first really serious blows…

The orcs did not form a true kingdom for most of their history. Their world remained con…

The orcs of Ghur-Khadan are the original inhabitants of the Far East and the main race t…

Kuvigh was the first orc who was able to unite the fragmented tribes and create a body approaching a true empire. His am…

Kuvigh was the first orc who was able to unite a large number of tribes and create a structure resembling a real empire.…

The Battle of John's Bridge is one of Henry II's greatest victories. Passionate. In the clash of three Imperial battalio…

An elite or special orc military unit.

The ancient history of Oia is distinguished from the history of Earth mainly by the extraordinary stability of the devel…

After the long events of the biological division of the races, there was a period on Ulvenor in which the main role was …

…vast eastern region of Ulvenor that the orcs themselves call Ghur-Khadan. It is cut off from the rest of the continent by th…

The division of the Empire of Magnursar into four main holds helps explain that the empire is not only the capital of Ma…

The Eastern Hold of the Empire was repeatedly considered the weak point of the realm. Under Henry II, local nobles joine…

…ed by raids from the east, above all by orcs. The uprising gathered around the city of Soumun and, thanks to the tactic of s…

Urgior was a Durbuluk orc who united part of the northern orc forces and began a period of their significant rise. Durin…

After millennia of isolation, the orcs ventured beyond their world for the first time. A series of events, including a…

For most of their existence, orcs lived in isolation on the eastern edge of Ulvenor. Their territory was naturall…

…s of Gharmoth. This conflict showed the orcs that beyond their borders there were other races, different ways of life and ne…

…t a slow process of ongoing generation. Orcs moved through an unknown landscape, faced new conditions and gradually learned …

…sive moment came around -2150, when the orcs crossed the natural boundaries of their world for the first time on a larger sc…

… a fundamental change in the history of orcs. An isolated nation became active participants in continental history. The firs…

…ting of exiled occultists with isolated orcs led to a brutal clash of two completely different worlds. This conflict not onl…

Orcs lived in isolation on the eastern edge of the continent for millennia. Separate…

…uals. Such behavior was unacceptable to orcs. They did not understand its meaning and perceived it as a danger.

…tists didn't stand a chance against the orcs. Their numbers were small, and their fighting style was not suited to direct co…

However, this clash left a deeper mark. Orcs realized for the first time that a world beyond their borders existed. They gra…

In the north arose the Old Norse Empire, one of the most important early multiracial states. Humans, dwarves, gnomes, an…

… not become dangerous to the west. Some orcs seek land, others glory, others survival, and others contact. The danger of Ghu…

Tarianok was the third bearer of the Durbuluk title and the first true ruler of the cave goblins. Taking advantage of th…

…led by the aggressive leader Buluk. The Orcs had ravaged several other lands before and chose Magnursia as their next major …

…ds asked Magnursia for help against the orcs, Otto saw a historic opportunity. For the first time in history, he sent an arm…

…cided to send another army and face the orcs in person. However, he made some bad decisions at the crucial moment and lost t…

…s and created a personal guard of Black Orcs. This move was symbolically very powerful. The king, who did not trust his own …

…o recruit mercenaries from the ranks of orcs, goblins and kobolds to a greater extent. Magnursia's money was a powerful lure…

…onsolidate its positions, it also hired orcs, who became more and more visibly involved in power struggles within the empire…

…od a large army of nomads and mercenary orcs against the three imperial battalions. The Imperial troops were better armed an…

…agnus's rule was the encounter with the orcs in the north. They demonstrated a new way of fighting here. Riders on sacks hit…

…ime from the surrounding provinces. The Orcs were eventually driven back beyond the borders, and the Untred gained an import…

…ality, and the aversion of war with the orcs by tribute to Urgior. Her funeral became the biggest imperial event in history.

Kuvigh grew up in a world where orcs lived divided into tribes and fought among themselves rather than against exter…

Kuvigh was able to lead the orcs to victory, especially against the nomads he forced out of their territory. Yet…

…r his death, his empire fell apart. The orcs returned to tribal life and his work disappeared as quickly as it had been crea…

…me a legend during his lifetime. To the Orcs, he represented proof that their race could achieve greatness. At the same time…

…tion of the united tribes and ended the Orcs' first attempt at creating a great civilization.

…ies of normal raids. With his rise, the orcs ceased to be just a fragmented threat to the northern regions. They began to ac…

…ings, and influence over areas that the Orcs considered their natural heritage were lost. Quri was among those who survived …

…raining grounds spread among the desert orcs, to the orc settlements, to the smuggling trails, and finally to the Green Sea.…

…underestimated the threat. They saw the orcs as fragmented raiders, not as a civilization capable of organized pressure. Thi…

…ainous regions. The elves held back the orcs in the forests and open terrain while the dwarves penetrated their hideouts, de…

…es showed that the fragmentation of the orcs was their greatest weakness. Pender understood this weakness better than anyone…

…e weakness of his army became apparent. Orcs were not used to fighting in dense forests. The elves used the terrain, prepare…

…the local population. The morals of the orcs had deteriorated to such an extent that within a few generations they had pract…

… ability to lead others. At a time when orcs were already penetrating the west and clashing with new races, he understood on…

…tory between the east and the west. The orcs moved fast and hard under his leadership. The nomads were not prepared for such…

…ill, he was a legend in the eyes of the orcs. He did what seemed impossible - to unite a nation that had been divided for mi…

The growing power of the orcs did not escape the notice of the elves. They began to perceive Kuvigh as a thre…

…ibes quickly began to disintegrate. The orcs returned to their traditional way of life - tribal structure and smaller commun…

… that unification was possible and that orcs could be more than just divided tribes. His name has survived as a symbol of st…

…the third Durbuluk - the unifier of the orcs in the underground.

… set out into the depths to destroy the orcs in their own habitat. At first, his plan seemed to be working. The dwarven shie…

…rmoth's teachings into contact with the orcs, leading to another major clash.

…riving on Ulvenor, he first encountered orcs, but he quickly rejected them. Their way of life and unpredictability made them…

… attempt to help the nomads against the orcs. The move could have been a historic breakthrough, but it turned out that ambit…

…at he created a personal guard of Black Orcs. In doing so, he sent a clear signal that he relied more on the power of paid f…

The king recruited orcs and nomads on a large scale, enriching the army with completely different fight…

… combat, especially in the north, where orcs combined speed, alchemy, and magic. The emperor realized that the empire could …

… imperial lands was not as easy for the orcs as passing through a weakened neighbor. Although the Empire was not at its best…

Orcs were incapable of effective siege warfare, but their strength lay in speed and …

…battle, the West Stone Gate fell to the Orcs. The entire western part of the Stone Crown was lost. For the first time, the g…

A decisive clash between the united Orcs under Pender the Strong and the Elven Empire. The Battle of the Hultwin River e…

…and the conquest of several cities, the orcs faced the true powers of Ulvenor for the first time. The elves were at the heig…

…pt at unification was destroyed and the Orcs lost their position in western Ulvenor. In the following years, the conquered t…

…d more on mercenaries from the ranks of orcs, goblins and kobolds. This force was numerous but less cohesive than the tradit…

Orcs did not conduct a classic campaign with one big objective and one decisive army…

The Orcs at Skal Reker demonstrated a style of fighting that Imperial armies had never s…

…er remained a warning that the Northern Orcs were no longer just a chaotic threat, but a force capable of defeating the Impe…