Discovering the Ancient One

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The San’Torr arena bustled with activity as Orcs came together around mid-day to settle some neighborhood conflicts inside of the arena. The Uruks shouted back and forth at one another, talking trash and working themselves into a sort of combative fervor. Just before the first klomps¹ would begin, the ground began to tremble beneath the arena. At first it appeared to be a small earthquake, nothing unfamiliar to the Orcs living in the Mesa, however soon the ground shook violently as entire parts of the ground ripped open with an incredible crashing sound ringing out from the north, beyond the arena.

The Rex², Drokon’Ugluk, climbed up to the top of the arena and observed a massive cloud of dust raising itself over the mountaintops to the North. With a whistle, the klomps in the arena came to a halt and soon the Orcs, as well as a few honoraries and visitors from foreign lands, joined the Rex on a sort of expedition to find out why so much dust was thrown up in the North. Roughly 15 Orcs followed the Rex most of whom were very lightly armed and did not appear ready for any sort of confrontation. Little known to those Orcs marching North, they would meet a daunting task once they found the source of the rubble.

After a few hours of marching and hiking over steep rock faces, the Orcs found themselves looking at the mouth of a massive cave. One of the younger Orcs, Prauta, noted that there was extensive surveying done prior to the construction of the new capital and this cave was not here, at least not before the capital was built. Curiosity washed over the group and soon, the Orcs found themselves all descending into the cavern which appeared to be a sort of massive underground glacier, the last remnants of an ice shelf that once covered most of Tahn. As the Orcs descended into the cavern one of the younger honoraries, a directly adopted child of the Rex, Teal’Ugluk, let out a shout and pointed wildly at one of the massive structures of ice. The Orcs began to gather around, and each attempted to hold back their disbelief. Inside of the ice structure, the outline of an Orc could be seen!

Immediately, the Orcs set to work to free their frozen brother. With some quick thinking from the young goblin Xem Feetsie, the Orcs decided to all light torches and hold them over the top of the strucutre untl it melted. This was more favorable than going after the ice with a pickaxe for the Rex as well as his Keshig³ feared that doing so would harm the ancient Orc. Once the ice melted, the ancient Orc, contrary to what most assembled believed would happen, woke up. Frozen in time, the Orc began to speak in the tongue of the first Orcs, Black Speech. Luckily, the Orcs brought with them their High Shaman, Malog Yar who could speak the tongue and communicate with the Ancient Orc. After some discussion, the Orc revealed that he was from the year 900 and was a native of Axios. This Orc acted as proof that there were Axionite Orcs⁴, the first inhabitants of the Mesa and Deserts of Tahn. What wiped them out is unknown, but now that this ancient Orc has been discovered, many of their secrets could be answered.




As the Orcs made their way out of the cave, monsters appeared from nowhere as the ancient Orc began to shriek. Whatever darkness was afoot swarmed the cavern, nearly overwhelming the Orcs and wounding most of those assembled, especially the less experienced in combat. As the ancient Orc’s shrieks died down, so too did the amount of monsters until finally they disappeared. What followed was another massive earthquake that brought about the beginning of the collapse of the cave, so the Orcs began to quickly make their way out. In order to escape the cave though, the mouth of which had collapsed, the ancient Orc made his way to the front of the group and utilized ancient Elementalism, a sub-branch of Shamanism, and manipulated the stones and ice to make way for the Orcs to escape. Low on energy, the Orc quickly collapsed and was nearly left for dead by the Orcs. Not until Rex Drokon’Ugluk hoisted the Orc up from the ground and carried him out, just before collapse, were all the Orcs successfully saved.



With the Orcs out of the cave and everybody safe, Drokon advised his Keshig Nob Gurak’Yar to take the Orcs back to the arena while he and Malog took the ancient Orc to the Shaman Temple of San’Torr. After another few hours of hiking, the Orcs returned to San’Torr while Drokon and Malog continued to the Shaman Temple. Once there, Drokon carefully set down the Ancient Orc by a fire, offering some blankets and cushions to him. When the Orc was comfortable, Drokon took his leave and commanded the High Shaman, Malog’Yar, to find out what he could about the Elder.

 

[[OOC: This was an IN-GAME Event led by DivineJustice, was a lot of fun and got a lot of players involved, thank you! This was also a part of Divine’s MAKE AN ORC WEEK, which I advise you guys who’ve ever wanted to make an Orc to try it out. Free skins are being given out as well, made by tristan7x.]]

1 - Fight in Orcish, Klomps are traditional duels that prove strength and honor in Orcish Culture
 

2 - The Rex is the Ruler of the War Nation of Krugmar, comparable to a Human King or Elven High Prince.
 

3 - The Keshig are the Rex’s personal body guard and the most elite soldiers in Krugmar.
 

4 - Axionite Orcs are the original inhabitants of the Mesa and Desert of Tahn, were originally only
rumored to have existed but this discovery proves their existence. Some say that ruins were found during the construction of the capital, however the Rex has chosen to keep these discoveries quiet.

[Mitz 53]

Heckin good event

[Panashea 3326]

Glad everyone enjoyed it! More events to come this week.

[Daisy 9738]

Moved to The Great Library. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.

 

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