City-Orcs[1] (also spelled as city Orcs)[2][3] are Orcs that have been assimilated into other cultures. Orcs who do not live in strongholds are derisively called "city Orcs" by those that do, and are considered soft outsiders just like non-Orcs.[4][5]
Many Orcs seek to escape traditional life in the strongholds. Orc women may want to escape being "just another wife" to the chieftain.[6][7][8] Many leave to join the Imperial Legion,[9][10] see the world, or otherwise seek their fortune;[7] some eventually return to the strongholds,[11] but many do not.[12][13] Some City-Orcs view the ways of clan Orcs as too intense. Such individuals may have become too used to the finer things in life, and tend not to hold their customs and traditions in high regard.[6]
City-Orcs typically assimilate to the traditions of the places they decide to settle in. For instance, the Orcs of Daggerfall tend to follow the traditions and customs of their Breton neighbors.[1] Many former Orcish members of the Imperial Legion retire to the provinces as veterans, where their rights as citizens are protected by Imperial law. Nevertheless, some local populations still consider them to be uncivilized barbarians.[9] Some City-Orcs, such as the Bloodfall Queen Urzoga gra-Batul or the Lords and Ladies of the Shurgak Clan, have achieved the status of nobility within Cyrodiil.[14][15]
The inhabitants of Orsinium are specifically known as Orsinium Orcs.[16][17] The term "city Orc" was also sometimes used by stronghold Orcs to refer to Orcish citizens of Orsinium, even if those Orcs did not assimilate with other races and still adhered to Orcish customs and traditions.[18] The term "town Orc" was also used to refer to the Orcs of Orsinium.[19][20]
GalleryEdit
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An Orcish Legion recruit (Morrowind)
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Yagak gro-Gluk, master smith of Mournhold (Morrowind)
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An Orcish citizen of Cheydinhal in typical Imperial dress (Oblivion)
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Lord Rugdumph gro-Shurgak (Oblivion)
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An Orcish smith and former Legion member (Skyrim)
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Balagog gro-Nolob, an Orcish chef (Skyrim)
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An Orcish citizen of Evermore (ESO)
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An Orcish mage of the Mages Guild's Daggerfall branch (ESO)
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Skordo the Knife, a self-professed city Orc (ESO)
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Master Kharekh gra-Bagrat, an Orcish landowner, based in Suran (ESO)
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High Priestess Solgra of Orsinium (ESO)
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An Orcish Knight of the Lion Guard (ESO)
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Queen Urzoga gra-Batul, an Imperial vassal (Blades)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b The Elder Scrolls: The Official Survival Guide to Tamriel — Tori Schafer
- ^ Meet the Character - Forge-Mother Alga — Tugha
- ^ Curator Umutha's dialogue in ESO: Orsinium
- ^ The Code of Mauloch
- ^ The Code of Malacath — Amanda Alleia, Mercenary
- ^ a b Skordo the Knife's dialogue in ESO: Orsinium
- ^ a b Lokra's dialogue in ESO
- ^ Hunt-Wife Lurgush's dialogue in ESO
- ^ a b Generic Orc dialogue in Morrowind
- ^ Borgakh the Steel Heart's dialogue in Skyrim
- ^ Ghorbash the Iron Hand's dialogue in Skyrim
- ^ Thungdosh's dialogue in ESO
- ^ Ghorza gra-Bagol's dialogue in Skyrim
- ^ Lord Rugdumph gro-Shurgak's dialogue in Oblivion
- ^ Lady Rogbut gra-Shurgak's dialogue in Oblivion
- ^ Civility and Etiquette: Wood Orcs I — Coristir, Sage Sojourner
- ^ Tortoiseshell Echatere pet description
- ^ Forge-Wife Kharza's dialogue in ESO: Orsinium
- ^ Summit Lord's Silken Robes's item description in ESO
- ^ Borzighu the Tidy Tailor's dialogue in ESO: Orsinium