In the recent years since Malog, founder and leader of the Yar clan, has been on and off of various pilgrimages, he has developed a series of runes for use by the orcs of his clan. These clan runes generally serve two different functions. Some serve merely as a means of shorthand communication between the Yars who come across them. Others are more spiritual in nature, used almost as a form of non-verbal prayer to be tattooed on skin, carved onto walls, or etched into weapons, armor, and shields