Orc Big Boss

A9386C27-68C0-4EB0-B434-B0A0A5F7D74F — An Orc Big Boss.^[1]

Big Bosses are among the largest and most powerful Orcs, second only to the mighty Warbosses.

Role[]

Orcs respect size and strength above all else, and so it is the biggest, meanest and toughest Orcs that rise to become Big Bosses and lead the tribe. Though not yet as formidable as a Warboss, Big Bosses are brutish, hulking Orcs that get their own way by bullying those smaller than them. They lead the Greenskin hordes from the front and are deadly foes, driven solely by the urge to fight.^[1]

Black Orc Big Bosses[]

"Black Orcs don’t often fight solo, but their obsession with killing things means some willingly end up as one-Orc armies."

—The Black Orc Big Bosses.^[2]

Black Orc Big Boss (Total War: Warhammer II)

The Black Orcs who reach the upper echelons of their brutal martial hierarchies pride themselves on being the best fighters found anywhere in the Greenskin tribes. In reality, tribes exclusive to the war-obsessed Black Orcs are rare and it is often the case that smaller Black Orc bands work their way into the other Greenskin tribes – but only serving others when the purpose suits them. More often than not, when the pickings are rich they will stay and work towards supplanting the tribe’s current leaders...^[2]

Being the biggest and toughest fighters, it usually isn’t long before Black Orcs are no longer following orders, but beginning to issue their own as the undisputed Warbosses and Big Bosses of all they survey. Like lesser Black Orcs, the elites amongst their kind don heavy armour and ironshod boots while brandishing ‘eavy choppas’. Uncharacteristically for Greenskins, they take great care in repairing and sharpening their war equipment between battles, eschewing the usual post-battle activities indulged in by Goblins and regular Orcs such as skull-stacking contests, punch-ups, and other indulgences of frivolous debauchery.^[2]

Savage Orc Big Bosses[]

Bound in huge bulging muscles, the Savage Orc Big Boss wades through battle hacking off heads and limbs. At his bellowed command, Savage Orcs pour forward, stampeding across the battlefield in their eagerness for a fight. Leading by brutal example, he carves a bloody path deeper into the foe, his boys trying to match him kill for kill...^[3]