Tribes & Migration
People of the Flats
Orc settlements leave little above ground. Across the Western Flats, drawing attention can endanger an entire community, and the tribes have shaped their lives around movement and concealment.
Their knowledge of the land is practical and hard-earned. Routes, shelter and the behaviour of its creatures matter every day. Between the Saltspitter Plains and the Tornvale Rifts, survival depends on recognising danger early enough to move away from it.
The Walking Nation
The largest Orc tribe consists of many clans travelling together in a vast procession known to outsiders as the Walking Nation. Families, possessions and Hrund move across the wastes as one people.
Such a gathering can briefly transform an empty stretch of country. Once it has passed, the land becomes quiet again. The communities that crossed it continue elsewhere, carrying their homes and shared traditions with them.
Nomads and Travellers
Merchants crossing between Colwynd and Katmusad depend on Orc guides and escorts. Travellers who arrive expecting little more than brute strength quickly discover how much knowledge their journey requires.
The tribes understand country where an unfamiliar route can cost a caravan its supplies or its lives. Their discipline is shaped by those consequences. Keeping people and animals moving safely is a responsibility that allows little room for carelessness.