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| + | '''Savage Orcs''' are a notorious sub-culture of the [[Greenskin]] race, formed by barbaric and fierce [[Orc]] tribes that wear no armour and fight with simply made weapons such as maces and clubs.{{fn|1c}} They are considered a complete bunch of primitives, even by Orcish standards.{{fn|3a}} Nevertheless, Savage Orcs are notoriously wild and ferocious, even more so than other Orcs, and their enemies regard them as by far the most dangerous of their kind.{{fn|2a}} |
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| − | {{Quote|Knock down da walls wiv big rocks and kill all the men wiv arras.|Marak Barbspite,before the Orc was being cooked over an open fire.}} |
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| − | [[File:Untitled213123.jpg|thumb|250px|A thunderious charge of a Savage Boar Boy]] |
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| + | ===Origins=== |
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| ⚫ | Long ages ago, all [[Orcs]] were savages with no means of manufacturing metal weapons, armour or war machines.{{fn|1a}}{{fn|4c}} These primitive brutes lived a nomadic existence{{fn|4c}} in the [[Southlands|south]]{{fn|3a}} using rudimentary weapons to stalk their prey. It is no easy task to bludgeon to death a great land leviathan using only simple clubs, yet such contests proved immensely satisfying to the low-browed warriors. A full day of fighting mammoth creatures followed by eating them was proper living!{{fn|4c}} |
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| + | These primitive Orcs used flint spears, wooden clubs, and what other weaponry they could steal from more advanced races.{{fn|1a}}{{fn|3a}} |
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| − | '''Savage Orc''' are considered a sub-group of [[Orcs]], notorious for their stone-age technology, and are considered "stupid" and primitive even by Orc "standards". They are extremely unknowledgeable, often denying other advanced weapons such as iron cleavers and axes, for weapons made by stone, bone, and wood. They also are most notorious for abandoning the concept of "armor" and often are nearly naked. The only protection they wear is always body tattoos which they believe will magically protect them from harm, although more than often this idea seems to be evident on occasion. |
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| + | When early Orc tribes encountered (and fought) these new foes in their earliest [[Waaagh!]]s{{fn|3a}}{{fn|4c}}, they coveted the superior metal armour and weapons of their foes. Captured gear was hotly contested,{{fn|4c}} though some tribes shunned the shiny contraptions, preferring traditional weapons of bone, wood and stone{{fn|1a}}{{fn|4c}} - they used metal weapons and armour on occasions when they could steal or trade it, but on the whole sticking to their ancient traditions.{{fn|1a}} |
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| − | This sub-group of Orcs mostly live in the hot and arid areas of the Badlands, where the searing sun regularly fries the already small brains of the Orcs. Only the most vicious of the Orc tribes live here, as its a fight for survival, and the land is most notorious for having many tribes of Orcs and Savage Orcs in the land fighting for tribal boundaries and loot. |
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| + | When some Orc slaves escaped their bondage under the [[Chaos Dwarfs]], they returned to the tribes with a knowledge of metal working.{{fn|1a}}{{fn|3a}}{{fn|4c}} Soon most Orc tribes could make their own metal weapons{{fn|1a}}{{fn|4c}}, but a few tribes, however, missed out, got hopelessly lost, were left behind in the south or perhaps deliberately turned their back on the new ways{{fn|3a}} - and those that refrained from such advancements became increasingly distinct.{{fn|1a}}{{fn|4c}} |
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| + | To this day, many live in their own tribes and have their own ways of fighting that make them easily distinguishable. Others are the oddballs of more 'Orcy' tribes, small groups that have 'gone native' in the belief that the 'old ways is best'.{{fn|3a}} |
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| + | ===Appearance=== |
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| + | Savage Orcs are not physically different to the great mass of [[Orcs]], but they are none-the-less quite distinct. They live in their own tribes and have their own ways of fighting which make them easily distinguishable.{{fn|1a}} |
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| + | Savage Orcs eschew armour in favour of warpaint, tattoos{{fn|1a}}{{fn|2a}}{{fn|4a}} and lucky charms. Many of these charms take the form of teeth and bones removed from evidently less lucky creatures. These grim tokens are work around their necks or pushed through their lips, ears and noses.{{fn|2a}}{{fn|4a}} |
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| + | A Savage Orc's clothing (if any) is made of animal skins, which adds to their wild appearance. The Boneklubbers tribe favours tiger pelts, while the Snakeskinz famously wear the brightly patterned hides of enormous serpents.{{fn|4c}} |
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| + | ===Culture=== |
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| + | Over the long years, the Savage Orcs, as they are now known, have kept to the 'old ways'. These [[Orcs]] wear little or no clothing and their grunt-heavy language is significantly cruder than other Orcs (which is saying something). When they cannot get their limited thoughts across, Savage Orcs resort to wild gesticulation or even scribble simple stick-figures in the mud or upon cave walls.{{fn|4c}} |
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| + | Savage Orc tribes observe all manner of odd rituals and include many [[Orc Shamans|Shamans]].{{fn|4c}} These are renowned for their extraordinary powers and their ability to make magic potions{{fn|1a}}, salves and stews, using bones and skins as ingredients (as each one retains a small part of the animal's spirit and flavour),{{fn|2b}} and make sure the tribes continue to sing the praises of the boisterous Orc gods [[Gork and Mork]] in their barbarous fashion, holding midnight feasts to consume gallons of brew and to fight each other under the watchful eyes of their crude idols.{{fn|1b}} |
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| + | Thus, the superstitious Savage Orcs observe even more rituals, and put up with even more bone-rattling, feather waving dances by their mumbo-jumbo chanting Shaman than most [[Greenskin]] tribes. However, as the Shamans provide the magical warpaint that protects them, such activities are generally accepted. If there is any kind that the [[magic]] ju-ju will work, the Savage Orcs will put up with any amount of shamanistic prancing.{{fn|4b}} |
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| + | Their unusual appearance, Shaman-led rituals and superstitious nuances often earn Savage Orcs ridicule from other Greenskins. It is easy to be ostracised by others when you only wear loincloths. For these reasons Savage Orc mobs stick to themselves in camp. Once battle begins, however, Savage Orcs fight with a ferocity that more than earns them the right to whatever oddities their Shaman can dream up - even the embarrasing bat-flapping dance.{{fn|4a}} |
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| + | Because their ways are so simplistic, there are many tribes made up primarily, if not exclusively, of Savage Orcs. In these groups they can practice their drum-thumping, bone-shaking rituals free of scorn. Even [[Giants]] that latch onto such savage tribes are given a fresh coat of warpaint come battle time.{{fn|4a}} |
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| + | It isn't just their appearance that is wild, for Savage Orcs drum and chant themselves into a bloodthirsty rage before a battle. While other Greenskins might find their backward customs odd, all agree that Savage Orcs are ferocious fighters.{{fn|4c}} Savage Orcs are wild fighters, whooping and screaming as they attack, calling upon Gork and Mork to help them as they crash into the enemy ranks.{{fn|1b}} |
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| + | Once engaged in combat, Savage Orcs beat foes enthusiastically with hefty clubs and stone axes, or stab at them with flint-tipped spears. Some Savage Orcs use bows, firing stone-tipped arrows to fell enemies from afar. Savage Orcs are also known to employ a Big Stabba, a two-Orc team carrying a log-sized spear. This, traditionally, has been used for hunting since the lands were full of enormous reptilian beasts. Back then, Savage Orcs like to recall, 'Orcs wuz Orcs and beasts wuz big!' Some tribes can boast of a mob of Savage Orc Big 'Uns, the fiercest fighters who are often marked with the most outlandish warpaint or bear a larger amount of shrunken heads, bangles or other fetishes.{{fn|4c}} |
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| + | Some Savage Orcs [[Savage Orc Boar Boyz|ride to battle]] upon mighty [[War Boar|war boars]], one of the few creatures in the world as bad tempered as the Savage Orcs themselves. Unsurprisingly, Savage Orcs and war boars get on famously well, sharing as they do an almost identical worldview and personal hygiene regimen.{{fn|3a}}{{fn|4d}} |
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| + | ===='''Warpaints'''==== |
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| + | When the Savage Orcs go to war their [[Orc Shamans|Shamans]] mark them with tribal tattoos or warpaints{{fn|1a}}{{fn|3a}}{{fn|4c}} using a strong [[magic]]al concoction.{{fn|1a}} |
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| + | The combination of the magical markings{{fn|1a}}{{fn|1b}} and their strong belief in the power of [[Gork and Mork]]{{fn|1b}}{{fn|3a}}{{fn|4c}} covers them in an aura of self-generated arcane power that actually does deflect enemy arrows and sword blows.{{fn|1b}}{{fn|3a}}{{fn|4c}} This is a wondrous thing and confirms the Savage Orcs' belief in their old ways.{{fn|1b}}{{fn|4c}} Other [[Orcs]] are completely puzzled by this, but the Savage Orcs maintain it is due to their undivided attention to the tried and tested Orc way of life and the veneration of their ancient gods.{{fn|1b}} |
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| + | In battle, the bare flesh of the primitive Orcs and their striking tattoos is a disturbing sight. Some tribes, like the Bone Clubz, use patterns smeared across portions of their bodies, while others use pictograms, like the lightning bolt glyphs borne by the Ooogah Ogaz tribe.{{fn|4c}} |
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| + | If a Savage Orc Shaman is with a mob of Savage Orcs then the power of their tattoos is enhanced still further, while the wild energy of the mob increases the Shaman's own power.{{fn|1a}} |
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| + | ===Current distribution=== |
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| + | The hunting grounds of the Savage Orc tribes are often found in some wild or remote region of the [[world]].{{fn|4a}} |
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| + | In the [[Badlands]], tribes of both Savage and [[Orc|Common Orcs]] intermingle.{{fn|2a}} The Top-knotz tribe, famous for their bone-pierced coifs and their shields made of Giant Razorclam shells, stalk the coastal region of the [[Black Gulf]]. The Boneclubs and their rivals, the Snakeskinz tribe, dominate the steaming jungles of the [[Southlands]]. Some, like the Headhuntaz tribe, are widely nomadic. They are led on winding paths by their Shamans, guided by inner voices and the very will of the Greenskin gods. Or so they say.{{fn|4a}} |
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| + | The most comprehensive accounts of the Southlands are those pieced together by [[Tilean]] explorers. Few expeditions ever return from those jungles, and those that do rarely bring anything other than reports of Savage Orc tribes whose principle diet consists of each other supplemented by the occasional Tilean explorer. According to these tales the greatest tribe in those lands is known as the Waaagh-Waaagh, whose language is based solely on the single word "Waaagh", the actual meaning of which varies only according to the volume and determination with which it is voiced.{{fn|2c}} |
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| + | ==Wargear== |
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| + | Savage Orcs fight in mobs of at least 10 warriors, one of which can be a Boss, another a musician and a third a standard bearer. They may be armed with simple hand weapons, spears or bows, and they can carry shields. Some of them can also form teams to wield Big Stabbas. Only one mob in the army can be formed of [[Big 'Uns]].{{fn|4e}} |
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| + | Savage Orcs do not usually wear armour although they sometimes obtain it as war booty or trade it from wandering [[Goblin]] tribes, while their shields are often made from animal hide. A Savage Orc without body armour will be protected by his unshakeable faith.{{fn|1b}} |
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| + | ==Canon Conflict== |
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| − | However as the Orcish race fought against the more advanced civilization's, Orc's began to salvage, and steal bit's of armor and weapons used by them, such as the [[Dwarf|Dwarves ]] and [[High Elves]] of ancient times. Soon competition for these weapons and armor became largely common, as the biggest and strongest of Orc's claim these prized weapons and armor as their own. Yet the Orc's have yet to manufacture or even create simple Iron cleavers or axes of their own, and as such still mostly used Bone,Wood and Stone weapons. Soon however, Orc's who escape the large slave markets and mines of the Chaos Dwarves stronghold, began to teach their fellow brothers the art of making simple Iron Weapons. This "technological advancement" had aided the race to becoming a major threat to the advanced civilizations. It became apparent once the tribes of Man began to migrate west-ward in the thousands, as their still primitive bronze swords and spear's can't match the Orc's Iron weapons. |
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| + | In 6th Edition, the reason for the primitive outlook and behaviour of the Savage Orcs was changed to be the "addling effects of heat and strong sunlight on the [[Orc]]ish brain"{{fn|2a}} that made them live "in a permanent state of muddle-headed rage that makes them amongst the most bad-tempered [[Greenskins]] of all".{{fn|2c}} |
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| + | This contradicted the earlier version of the 4th Edition, which was reinstated in 7th Edition{{fn|3a}} and 8th Edition.{{fn|4a}} |
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| − | Still, there are still a few tribes of [[Orc|Orc's ]] that still refrained themselves from this revolutionary advancement, and soon this distinction became increasingly known. Over the year's, the Savage Orc Tribes still keep to their tradition of the "Old Way". These Orc's abandoned the concept of Armor, and would wear nothing more "luckily" then some sort of cloth or fur to cover themselves. It is also worth nothing that the Savage Orc's language and custom's are considered cruder then those of the more "advanced" Orc's, which is saying something. Savage Orc's have many manner of rituals and odd traditions. One of which is their tradition of warpaint, as a form of protection against the foe's of their tribe. These rituals are almost always conducted by the Shaman's of the tribe, who splatter and draw crude glymphs and shapes unto their skin, in a form of spiritual protection from blows and stabs. These crude tattoo's have been noted to work on occassions, where blow's seem to magically boucne or shear off, leaving the skin unharm, which further confirms their belief of the old way's. The tattoo's can differ from each tribe of Savage Orc's, where some are simple pictograms of certain objects or symbols, while others take on glyphs such as Thunderbolts or lighting. |
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| + | ==Miniatures== |
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| − | [[File:Orc_Savage.jpg|thumb|250px|Drawn depiction of a Savage Orc]]A Savage Orc's personal wear's are usually cloths, or fur taken from animals, which adds to their animalistic and barbaric apperance. These clothings can also differ, as Orc tribes like the Boneklubbers favour tiger pelts, while those of the Snakeskinz tribes famously wear brightly patterened hides of enourmous serpents. Their appearace alone are considered wild, but their methods and life-style are similiar in many way's. The drum and chants of their tribe can turn any Savage Orc into a bloodthirsty rage before a battle. While other Orc tribes consider their customs "primitive" or "backwards" they all can agree on one thing; The Savage Orcs are ferious fighters. Due to their more barbaric and wild life-style a Savage Orc is more unpredictable then the common Orc. Once enganged in combat, Savage Orc's fight furiously with their clubs and stone axes, often wailing their weapons uncontrolable instead of fighting in a coordinated fashion. Some Orc's make use of stone-arrowhead bow's and are also known to use an odd spear called a "Big Stabba", a two-orc team carring a massive spear to chuck or stab a large opponent or creature. These traditions have been used for huntings since the time the Orc's first came to this land, where large mammoth size creatures roamed the land, where some still do today. |
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| + | <gallery type="slideshow" widths="500" position="center"> |
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| + | Savage Orc Warriors Greenskins 8th Edition miniatures.jpg|Savage Orc Warriors (8th Edition). |
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| + | Savage Orc Big Stabba Greenskins 8th Edition miniatures.jpg|Savage Orcs with Big Stabba (8th Edition). |
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| + | Savage_Orc_Arrer_Boyz_Greenskins_8th_Edition_miniatures.jpg|Savage Orc Arrer Boyz (8th Edition). |
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| + | Savage_Orc_Warriors_Greenskins_6th_Edition_miniatures.png|Savage Orc Warriors (6th Edition). |
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| + | Savage_Orc_Warriors_Greenskins_4th_Edition_miniatures.jpg|Savage Orc Warriors (4th Edition). |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| − | == |
+ | ==Sources== |
| − | * '' |
+ | *{{Endn|1}}: ''Warhammer Armies: Orcs & Goblins'' (4th Edition) |
| + | **{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 19 |
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| + | **{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 40 |
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| + | **{{Endn|1c}}: pg. 90 |
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| + | **{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 11 |
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| + | **{{Endn|2b}}: pg. 73 |
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| + | **{{Endn|2c}}: pg. 77 |
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| + | **{{Endn|3a}}: pg. 21 |
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| + | *{{Endn|4}}: ''Warhammer Armies: Orcs & Goblins'' (8th Edition) |
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| + | **{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 11 |
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| + | **{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 35 |
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| + | **{{Endn|4c}}: pg. 40 |
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| + | **{{Endn|4d}}: pg. 41 |
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| + | **{{Endn|4e}}: pg. 104 |
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| + | [[es:Orcos Zalvajes]] |
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| + | [[Category:Savage Orcs]] |
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[[Category:Greenskins]] |
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| + | [[Category:Greenskin Races]] |
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| + | [[Category:Orcs]] |
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| + | [[Category:S]] |
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Revision as of 15:20, 21 May 2020
A Savage Orc wearing the distinctive skin and bone armaments.
Savage Orcs are a notorious sub-culture of the Greenskin race, formed by barbaric and fierce Orc tribes that wear no armour and fight with simply made weapons such as maces and clubs.[1c] They are considered a complete bunch of primitives, even by Orcish standards.[3a] Nevertheless, Savage Orcs are notoriously wild and ferocious, even more so than other Orcs, and their enemies regard them as by far the most dangerous of their kind.[2a]
Overview
Origins
Long ages ago, all Orcs were savages with no means of manufacturing metal weapons, armour or war machines.[1a][4c] These primitive brutes lived a nomadic existence[4c] in the south[3a] using rudimentary weapons to stalk their prey. It is no easy task to bludgeon to death a great land leviathan using only simple clubs, yet such contests proved immensely satisfying to the low-browed warriors. A full day of fighting mammoth creatures followed by eating them was proper living![4c]
These primitive Orcs used flint spears, wooden clubs, and what other weaponry they could steal from more advanced races.[1a][3a]
When early Orc tribes encountered (and fought) these new foes in their earliest Waaagh!s[3a][4c], they coveted the superior metal armour and weapons of their foes. Captured gear was hotly contested,[4c] though some tribes shunned the shiny contraptions, preferring traditional weapons of bone, wood and stone[1a][4c] - they used metal weapons and armour on occasions when they could steal or trade it, but on the whole sticking to their ancient traditions.[1a]
When some Orc slaves escaped their bondage under the Chaos Dwarfs, they returned to the tribes with a knowledge of metal working.[1a][3a][4c] Soon most Orc tribes could make their own metal weapons[1a][4c], but a few tribes, however, missed out, got hopelessly lost, were left behind in the south or perhaps deliberately turned their back on the new ways[3a] - and those that refrained from such advancements became increasingly distinct.[1a][4c]
To this day, many live in their own tribes and have their own ways of fighting that make them easily distinguishable. Others are the oddballs of more 'Orcy' tribes, small groups that have 'gone native' in the belief that the 'old ways is best'.[3a]
Appearance
Savage Orcs are not physically different to the great mass of Orcs, but they are none-the-less quite distinct. They live in their own tribes and have their own ways of fighting which make them easily distinguishable.[1a]
Savage Orcs eschew armour in favour of warpaint, tattoos[1a][2a][4a] and lucky charms. Many of these charms take the form of teeth and bones removed from evidently less lucky creatures. These grim tokens are work around their necks or pushed through their lips, ears and noses.[2a][4a]
A Savage Orc's clothing (if any) is made of animal skins, which adds to their wild appearance. The Boneklubbers tribe favours tiger pelts, while the Snakeskinz famously wear the brightly patterned hides of enormous serpents.[4c]
Culture
Over the long years, the Savage Orcs, as they are now known, have kept to the 'old ways'. These Orcs wear little or no clothing and their grunt-heavy language is significantly cruder than other Orcs (which is saying something). When they cannot get their limited thoughts across, Savage Orcs resort to wild gesticulation or even scribble simple stick-figures in the mud or upon cave walls.[4c]
Savage Orc tribes observe all manner of odd rituals and include many Shamans.[4c] These are renowned for their extraordinary powers and their ability to make magic potions[1a], salves and stews, using bones and skins as ingredients (as each one retains a small part of the animal's spirit and flavour),[2b] and make sure the tribes continue to sing the praises of the boisterous Orc gods Gork and Mork in their barbarous fashion, holding midnight feasts to consume gallons of brew and to fight each other under the watchful eyes of their crude idols.[1b]
Thus, the superstitious Savage Orcs observe even more rituals, and put up with even more bone-rattling, feather waving dances by their mumbo-jumbo chanting Shaman than most Greenskin tribes. However, as the Shamans provide the magical warpaint that protects them, such activities are generally accepted. If there is any kind that the magic ju-ju will work, the Savage Orcs will put up with any amount of shamanistic prancing.[4b]
Their unusual appearance, Shaman-led rituals and superstitious nuances often earn Savage Orcs ridicule from other Greenskins. It is easy to be ostracised by others when you only wear loincloths. For these reasons Savage Orc mobs stick to themselves in camp. Once battle begins, however, Savage Orcs fight with a ferocity that more than earns them the right to whatever oddities their Shaman can dream up - even the embarrasing bat-flapping dance.[4a]
Because their ways are so simplistic, there are many tribes made up primarily, if not exclusively, of Savage Orcs. In these groups they can practice their drum-thumping, bone-shaking rituals free of scorn. Even Giants that latch onto such savage tribes are given a fresh coat of warpaint come battle time.[4a]
It isn't just their appearance that is wild, for Savage Orcs drum and chant themselves into a bloodthirsty rage before a battle. While other Greenskins might find their backward customs odd, all agree that Savage Orcs are ferocious fighters.[4c] Savage Orcs are wild fighters, whooping and screaming as they attack, calling upon Gork and Mork to help them as they crash into the enemy ranks.[1b]
Once engaged in combat, Savage Orcs beat foes enthusiastically with hefty clubs and stone axes, or stab at them with flint-tipped spears. Some Savage Orcs use bows, firing stone-tipped arrows to fell enemies from afar. Savage Orcs are also known to employ a Big Stabba, a two-Orc team carrying a log-sized spear. This, traditionally, has been used for hunting since the lands were full of enormous reptilian beasts. Back then, Savage Orcs like to recall, 'Orcs wuz Orcs and beasts wuz big!' Some tribes can boast of a mob of Savage Orc Big 'Uns, the fiercest fighters who are often marked with the most outlandish warpaint or bear a larger amount of shrunken heads, bangles or other fetishes.[4c]
Some Savage Orcs ride to battle upon mighty war boars, one of the few creatures in the world as bad tempered as the Savage Orcs themselves. Unsurprisingly, Savage Orcs and war boars get on famously well, sharing as they do an almost identical worldview and personal hygiene regimen.[3a][4d]
Warpaints
When the Savage Orcs go to war their Shamans mark them with tribal tattoos or warpaints[1a][3a][4c] using a strong magical concoction.[1a]
The combination of the magical markings[1a][1b] and their strong belief in the power of Gork and Mork[1b][3a][4c] covers them in an aura of self-generated arcane power that actually does deflect enemy arrows and sword blows.[1b][3a][4c] This is a wondrous thing and confirms the Savage Orcs' belief in their old ways.[1b][4c] Other Orcs are completely puzzled by this, but the Savage Orcs maintain it is due to their undivided attention to the tried and tested Orc way of life and the veneration of their ancient gods.[1b]
In battle, the bare flesh of the primitive Orcs and their striking tattoos is a disturbing sight. Some tribes, like the Bone Clubz, use patterns smeared across portions of their bodies, while others use pictograms, like the lightning bolt glyphs borne by the Ooogah Ogaz tribe.[4c]
If a Savage Orc Shaman is with a mob of Savage Orcs then the power of their tattoos is enhanced still further, while the wild energy of the mob increases the Shaman's own power.[1a]
Current distribution
The hunting grounds of the Savage Orc tribes are often found in some wild or remote region of the world.[4a]
In the Badlands, tribes of both Savage and Common Orcs intermingle.[2a] The Top-knotz tribe, famous for their bone-pierced coifs and their shields made of Giant Razorclam shells, stalk the coastal region of the Black Gulf. The Boneclubs and their rivals, the Snakeskinz tribe, dominate the steaming jungles of the Southlands. Some, like the Headhuntaz tribe, are widely nomadic. They are led on winding paths by their Shamans, guided by inner voices and the very will of the Greenskin gods. Or so they say.[4a]
The most comprehensive accounts of the Southlands are those pieced together by Tilean explorers. Few expeditions ever return from those jungles, and those that do rarely bring anything other than reports of Savage Orc tribes whose principle diet consists of each other supplemented by the occasional Tilean explorer. According to these tales the greatest tribe in those lands is known as the Waaagh-Waaagh, whose language is based solely on the single word "Waaagh", the actual meaning of which varies only according to the volume and determination with which it is voiced.[2c]
Wargear
Savage Orcs fight in mobs of at least 10 warriors, one of which can be a Boss, another a musician and a third a standard bearer. They may be armed with simple hand weapons, spears or bows, and they can carry shields. Some of them can also form teams to wield Big Stabbas. Only one mob in the army can be formed of Big 'Uns.[4e]
Savage Orcs do not usually wear armour although they sometimes obtain it as war booty or trade it from wandering Goblin tribes, while their shields are often made from animal hide. A Savage Orc without body armour will be protected by his unshakeable faith.[1b]
Canon Conflict
In 6th Edition, the reason for the primitive outlook and behaviour of the Savage Orcs was changed to be the "addling effects of heat and strong sunlight on the Orcish brain"[2a] that made them live "in a permanent state of muddle-headed rage that makes them amongst the most bad-tempered Greenskins of all".[2c]
This contradicted the earlier version of the 4th Edition, which was reinstated in 7th Edition[3a] and 8th Edition.[4a]
