the orcish are an hournourable, if brutal race of long lived warriors and huntsmen. their elders are chosen from the strongest, most skillful, of their warriors or powerfull, respected, shamens.   they are asexual and live in simbiose with a lesser known, shortlived, species called goblins.  the elders may choose goblins to be thrown into the snotpit,  shoult the goblin make its way out of the snotpit, it will grow into an orc.  otherwise, a goblin has a lifespan of under a year, however orcish elders are carefull not to alow their numbers to out balance the enviorment which supports them accept in times of war.  the snot pit is a deep saft in rock drilled into orcish setelments,  all sewage and dead drains into it along with the rains and milerels of the surrounding rock, and the shamens tend to its care by adding potions and performing rituils.  the snotwells also provides much of the orcish diet and 90% of the goblin diet (they also scavenge scraps, indeed will eat anything that dose not break their teeth) and so while much of what hunting partys catch is roasted, the blood of their kills, thebodies of their enemy and creatures of power (such as dragons) get thrown into the snotpit.   orcs spawned during a strong cycle of the snot are likly to be stronger, wiser and longer lived

commander burn is an aged orc who has been selected for his unusuall cunnign amoungst his kin, to lead the scouts in the flatlands (and also perhaps to keep orcish polotics simple for scarab).  he carriesa black dragon bone carved sword