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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 8049590" data-attributes="member: 59816">Hearing the growling chaos on the Daggerfordian's &quot;front line&quot;, Dandin peeked around the large rock. He saw the Ogress holding the chain and the bear, and he remembered some things he had once read about orcs:[spoiler=&quot;Dandin's knowledge&quot;]Orcs fear their gods, rather than worship them and believe their gods to be invincible. Gruumsh One-Eye is the creator of the orcs and the undisputed ruler of the orc pantheon - but there are other gods. Gruumsh has a wife named Luthic the Cave Mother. Luthic is often thought to take the guise of an enormous cave bear. Every orc tribe has superstitions about how to avert the gods wrath or bring their favour. Her followers will often honour her by keeping cave bears as pets. Luthic’s devoted will often grow their natural claws long and paint them black to mimic the fearsome talons of their goddess.These orcs were mostly female, wearing bearskin hides and crafted claw-like weapons. There were a few differences from what he had read, but he was sure that they were followers of Luthic. The bear was male and was probably recently captured. It was happy to maul anyone in front of it, and the orc in the bushes had cast some sort of bonding spell (Dandin had been on the other side of the rock, and had missed most of that event, but he gathered that she was the priestess, and most likely the leader of this group). On the other hand, the chain implied that it was not wholly under the orcs' control, and need a firm hand (such as an Ogre's) on the chain to keep it directed.Still, now that it was mauling the front line, even if the chain were dropped, there was no way to easily turn it around...[/spoiler]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 8049590, member: 59816"] Hearing the growling chaos on the Daggerfordian's "front line", Dandin peeked around the large rock. He saw the Ogress holding the chain and the bear, and he remembered some things he had once read about orcs: [spoiler="Dandin's knowledge"] Orcs fear their gods, rather than worship them and believe their gods to be invincible. Gruumsh One-Eye is the creator of the orcs and the undisputed ruler of the orc pantheon - but there are other gods. Gruumsh has a wife named Luthic the Cave Mother. Luthic is often thought to take the guise of an enormous cave bear. Every orc tribe has superstitions about how to avert the gods wrath or bring their favour. Her followers will often honour her by keeping cave bears as pets. Luthic’s devoted will often grow their natural claws long and paint them black to mimic the fearsome talons of their goddess. These orcs were mostly female, wearing bearskin hides and crafted claw-like weapons. There were a few differences from what he had read, but he was sure that they were followers of Luthic. The bear was male and was probably recently captured. It was happy to maul anyone in front of it, and the orc in the bushes had cast some sort of bonding spell (Dandin had been on the other side of the rock, and had missed most of that event, but he gathered that she was the priestess, and most likely the leader of this group). On the other hand, the chain implied that it was not wholly under the orcs' control, and need a firm hand (such as an Ogre's) on the chain to keep it directed. Still, now that it was mauling the front line, even if the chain were dropped, there was no way to easily turn it around...[/spoiler] [/QUOTE]

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