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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7392810" data-attributes="member: 6801845">A couple of options, there are many!While the enmity of orcs and elves is a thing of legend, it does not mean that some elves do not have empathy for the children of orcs.  Your character was adopted by such a couple who found you lost, alone and starving in the woods.Normally such an adoption ends badly as the young orc's nature inevitably takes hold, but the elven couple knew of this and had a plan to direct the young child's rage and anger.  They sent him to live with the Bear King in the hopes that he could channel his innate anger and rage in a positive direction.  [Alternative: taught him from a young age of the teachings of the Bear King if you don't want him literally raised in the FeyWild].Once he was of age, he fully accepted the teachings of the Bear King and has dedicated himself to his service.  Or ...As a young orc, he was always different.  Perhaps it was his half-orc mother and her influence but he never quite felt that he fit in the traditional orcish societies.  One day while hunting alone in the woods (the only time he felt at peace) he came upon an an ancient stone circle.  Feeling a deep calm he rarely experienced he prayed for guidance.  The bear lord heard his pleas and accepted him as a follower.</blockquote>