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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 5563066" data-attributes="member: 2067"><p><em>Notes from the Travelouge of Josephus the Elder, from the Trinity Campaign Setting</em></p><p><strong>Orcs</strong>: These savage, pagan brutes are beyond civilizing. Willingly enslaved to their one-eyed pig-demon, they are zealots who care little about their own life. Their early history in the Northern Steppes, amongst the people of the Star and the people of the Moon, is a great part of the reason for the custom of not eating pigflesh. Given in to mad RAGE, they have little contact with outsiders that is not violent. They are known to ride <em>dire boars</em> into battle, to travel with the creatures, and treat them as steeds. They are blood-drinkers and cannibals. The affliction of the orc, however, is largely cultural. Those foundlings who have been rescued from a war-camp we have found to be strong and hardy, great workers with endurance and power beyond that of most people. If we can but save their souls from the grasp of the Deceiver, perhaps we shall gain a prominent ally. Missionaries shall be warned, however, that they are considered dangerous, deadly folk, and will kill an Evangelist before considering what they have to say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 5563066, member: 2067"] [I]Notes from the Travelouge of Josephus the Elder, from the Trinity Campaign Setting[/I] [B]Orcs[/B]: These savage, pagan brutes are beyond civilizing. Willingly enslaved to their one-eyed pig-demon, they are zealots who care little about their own life. Their early history in the Northern Steppes, amongst the people of the Star and the people of the Moon, is a great part of the reason for the custom of not eating pigflesh. Given in to mad RAGE, they have little contact with outsiders that is not violent. They are known to ride [I]dire boars[/I] into battle, to travel with the creatures, and treat them as steeds. They are blood-drinkers and cannibals. The affliction of the orc, however, is largely cultural. Those foundlings who have been rescued from a war-camp we have found to be strong and hardy, great workers with endurance and power beyond that of most people. If we can but save their souls from the grasp of the Deceiver, perhaps we shall gain a prominent ally. Missionaries shall be warned, however, that they are considered dangerous, deadly folk, and will kill an Evangelist before considering what they have to say. [/QUOTE]
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