Orkhai - Revision history

Sovereign at 19:19, 30 December 2022

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Sovereign: /* Fast Facts */

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Fast Facts

Sovereign: /* The Clans */

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The Clans

Sovereign: /* Reproduction, Aging, and Death */

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Reproduction, Aging, and Death

Sovereign: /* Reproduction, Aging, and Death */

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Reproduction, Aging, and Death

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Sovereign: /* Technology */

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Technology

Sovereign: /* The Clans */

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The Clans

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 In recent decades, Y'shendra has been turning many of her Orkhai into [[Dunash]], and pushing them out through the Gate of Zahn. Those who settled Rokhan beforehand, after the migration of the Orkhai into the Mortal Plane, tend to be strange Orcs with variable undead traits, burnished into their genetic code so that they pass down onto their children. The Drakaal who live in Rokhan have grey undertones to their skin, tend to live longer than others, and usually have at least one or two additional appendages that were added to their family line to make them more viable as soldiers.
-'''Clan Variant:''' Clan Variant was made by [[Venadak]] and [[Saryn]], initially, the two of them speaking into the minds of the Orks of other Clans. Invited to Adena to meet with the Creator-God, many Orkhai could not resist the opportunity. Once brought there, they were given the chance to swear fealty to Venadak and to fight for equilibrium within the Endless War. Those who agreed, the vast majority of them, had their souls melded with the essence of Venadak's Dregs. In the process, they gained a unique familiarity with Bel that most other Orkhai could not claim to have. They became able to sense the location of Barrengates, becoming effective navigators within the Infernal Plane. Their skin became a brownish or deep red, their eyes a dark orange.
+'''Clan Variant:''' Clan Variant was made by [[Venadak]] and [[Saren]], initially, the two of them speaking into the minds of the Orks of other Clans. Invited to Adena to meet with the Creator-God, many Orkhai could not resist the opportunity. Once brought there, they were given the chance to swear fealty to Venadak and to fight for equilibrium within the Endless War. Those who agreed, the vast majority of them, had their souls melded with the essence of Venadak's Dregs. In the process, they gained a unique familiarity with Bel that most other Orkhai could not claim to have. They became able to sense the location of Barrengates, becoming effective navigators within the Infernal Plane. Their skin became a brownish or deep red, their eyes a dark orange.
 Clan Variant serves Venadak's purposes within Bel, ensuring that no God becomes too powerful within the Endless War. In recent decades, this means they have begun to align with the interests of Valteran, who continues to lose territory to Y'shendra within Arun. Those who go to the surface, such as those who reside in Rokhan, continue to be able to sense the Barrengates as if a distinct calling.

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 Orkhai within Bel were created without any reproductive functions. While male Orkhai were not sterile, there were no other mortal species for them to reproduce with. Because of this, their original number of around a thousand quickly began to diminish as they fought within the Endless War. As stated previously, Y'shendra created a female Orkhai, and then more, and since then the majority of the Orkhai Clans have been able to reproduce biologically. Reproduction in an Orkhai is virtually identical to that of reproduction in a human or another sapient race on Atharen. If an Orkhai is born on the surface, typically in Rokhan, they will become sexually mature at the same age as humans, and their fertility period or cycle roughly mirrors the human one as well.
-Orkhai of Clan Saraghen tend to reproduce... ''differently''. Jaxkael eventually altered them to possess a peculiar method of reproduction. Installing a tract in their throat that receives and incubates the organic material of another sapient mortal they consume, the Saraghen Orkhai are capable of furthering their Clan by cannibalizing enemies. A terrifying, gruesome and unsavory practice, this allows them to expand their domain through nothing more than violence. This process is odd and brief. After around a month since consumption, a goiter-like lump will appear on their neck. It will expand until a very large bulb forms on their neck, and after around three months they will vomit out their child, who has their blood as well as the blood of the one they slew and devoured. This strange method of reproduction has led many to consider the Saraghen a non-viable future for the Orkhai, as they typically can only further their Clan through slaughter and cruelty. While they are capable of reproducing sexually like other Clans, they tend to stoutly follow the traditions imbued upon them by Jaxkael, and view themselves as the original and 'true' Orkhai.
+Orkhai of Clan Saraghen tend to reproduce... ''differently''. Jaxkael eventually altered them to possess a peculiar method of reproduction. Installing a tract in their throat that receives and incubates the organic material of another sapient mortal they consume, the Saraghen Orkhai are capable of furthering their Clan by cannibalizing enemies. A terrifying, gruesome and unsavory practice, this allows them to expand their domain through nothing more than violence. This process is odd and brief. After around a month since consumption, a goiter-like lump will appear on their neck. It will expand until a very large bulb forms on their neck, and after two more weeks they will vomit out their child, who has their blood as well as the blood of the one they slew and devoured. This strange method of reproduction has led many to consider the Saraghen a non-viable future for the Orkhai, as they typically can only further their Clan through slaughter and cruelty. While they are capable of reproducing sexually like other Clans, they tend to stoutly follow the traditions imbued upon them by Jaxkael, and view themselves as the original and 'true' Orkhai.
 Orkhai age benevolently until the last moment. They tend to remain strong, fit and healthy until their late sixties, at which point they will often spontaneously die despite appearing to be in peak health. Orkhai do grieve their fallen Clansmen, with different approaches to their grief. Saraghen burn their dead ones in open fields, [[Squall]] mages manipulating the winds of their ashes as the Clan dances within them. Drakaal rarely pass from age, but those rare ones who have not been afflicted with undeath are buried around or beneath their homes. Clan Variant will go on pilgrimage to bring their dead loved ones to one of the high mountains of Rokhan, where a powerful [[Resonance]] mage of their Clan - known as the High Shaman - will transport them to Bel. Finally, Clan Grontern will gather around their fallen Clansmen and consume them, often embittered by tears as they devour their fallen kin.

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 =Technology=
-The Orkhai wield surprisingly potent weaponry, their Clans harnessing siege weapons native to the [[Bel|Infernal Plane]]. These weapons include battering rams that produce massive explosions of red, kinetic energy, easily battering through gates; trebuchets that fire rapidly oscillating blades, and most rarely, firearm-like condensers that draw and convert raw ether from the air into a piercing red blast. These weapons are most often utilized against Grisic Skyvessels or Krish Harbingers, a well-aimed shot capable of puncturing holes in their hull. Most Orkhai technology tends to be built of Obsidian with red accents, offering it a sleek red and black tone.
+The Orkhai wield surprisingly potent weaponry, their Clans harnessing siege weapons native to the [[Bel|Infernal Plane]]. These weapons include battering rams that produce massive explosions of red, kinetic energy, easily battering through gates; trebuchets that fire massive and rapidly oscillating blades, and most rarely, firearm-like condensers that draw and convert raw ether from the air into a piercing red blast. These weapons are most often utilized against Grisic Skyvessels or Krish Harbingers, a well-aimed shot capable of puncturing holes in their hull. Most Orkhai technology tends to be built of Obsidian with red accents, offering it a sleek red and black tone.
 =Psychology and Culture=