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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 8831360" data-attributes="member: 52734">Looking back, I've always seen orcs as a sort of locust swarm.&nbsp; In small numbers, they hunt and raid the wilderness.&nbsp; In these tiny groups, they're simply living off the land, and they may raid a settlement or two if its easy pickings.&nbsp; Otherwise, they hunt, fish and otherwise live off the land.&nbsp; Just don't get into their way - humanoids are just as viable a food source as a deer or rabbit in orc eyes, if they can catch you and they're hungry enough.The problem comes when they start to grow large in numbers.&nbsp; They become capable of taking on larger prey, and the wilderness can no longer sustain them.&nbsp; Instead of occasional raids on a lone settlement, they start to become dependent on raiding larger communities and their stockpiles.&nbsp; They're literally feeding an army on the march.Humans generally only encounter orcs when they come a'raiding, so, of course they huddle behind their city walls and fear the next orc attack.&nbsp; Same for dwarves, who only have interactions when orcs come to raid and despoil underground dwarven fortresses.&nbsp; Elves have a longer view - they share the woods and wilderness with orcs and know they're only dangerous when they grow in number.&nbsp; The elves &quot;prune&quot; what they can, but otherwise watch the orcs from a distance - though orcs are not overtly dangerous in small groups, there's no reason for the elves to openly subject themselves to retaliation for past &quot;pruning&quot; or make themselves an easy target for a hungry orc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 8831360, member: 52734"] Looking back, I've always seen orcs as a sort of locust swarm. In small numbers, they hunt and raid the wilderness. In these tiny groups, they're simply living off the land, and they may raid a settlement or two if its easy pickings. Otherwise, they hunt, fish and otherwise live off the land. Just don't get into their way - humanoids are just as viable a food source as a deer or rabbit in orc eyes, if they can catch you and they're hungry enough. The problem comes when they start to grow large in numbers. They become capable of taking on larger prey, and the wilderness can no longer sustain them. Instead of occasional raids on a lone settlement, they start to become dependent on raiding larger communities and their stockpiles. They're literally feeding an army on the march. Humans generally only encounter orcs when they come a'raiding, so, of course they huddle behind their city walls and fear the next orc attack. Same for dwarves, who only have interactions when orcs come to raid and despoil underground dwarven fortresses. Elves have a longer view - they share the woods and wilderness with orcs and know they're only dangerous when they grow in number. The elves "prune" what they can, but otherwise watch the orcs from a distance - though orcs are not overtly dangerous in small groups, there's no reason for the elves to openly subject themselves to retaliation for past "pruning" or make themselves an easy target for a hungry orc. [/QUOTE]

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