Lifemates And Clans Both Are Fur Life

[Jutra 51]

Su me grunk alot abut sum tings dat wut be affecting me cubbies az day grow up and dis iz me questions dat neb answers. Me might hab asked befur but me nub remember dey answer and aniwayz we shud hab it out in open fu all ta peep.

Su ash off me and Jarkarll hab dis discssion about lifemates - see in dat story we all gruk growing up iz say in da story (agh me quote..)

A new tradition had been passed into existence, and did not merit celebration, only acceptance. The Warlord spoke again however "Make no mistake Karthun, son of Roktor or Mira, daughter of Mrok'thra, If you take each other as life mates, than the same force that protects you from others also protects others from you. You will mate with no one else less you take them too as life mates. For every new life mate you wish to take, your challenge shall be that much harder. Only the strongest can have many mates to themselves!"

Noticed da part me bolded - ib lat hab a lifemate den lat only mate wid lifemates - lat can hab more lifemates but lat and ONLY MATE WITH LIFEMATES. So me lib wid orcs fur many season now and diz nub what Jutra observe orc duing - me see lifemates have lesser mates and me see orc wid lifemates having fun wid slaves and others frum odder races, etc. Me wunt tu know if da rulz changed? Me neb tu gruk su me tell Jaur and future cubbies da tuth about lifemates.

Udder ting me peep in orc culture dat is different den da lore iz lifemates. Me dun gruk anyorc dat jiz haz mates. Most orcs hab lifemates but des is zuppose to be rare ting that goes agains orc nature. Me tink da lore doesn't match our orc reality. Me tinks either da orcs hab changed alot sinze da lore was handed down or Da lore is wrong. Eidder ash diz either neb to be addrezzed or we aknoldges dat orc lifemate is nub rare but is typical orc nature.

Now about clans - Clans iz fur life but wut happenz ib Jaur find a lifemate dat frum anudder clan.

Dere nub be anyash frum lur clan currently dat me gruk ob dat wish to be her mate or lifemate so id peep dat she will hab tu peep outside our clan - we nub want to loz Jaur to udder clan and her future cubbies.

Ash orc who is interested in her az mate say to Jutra, Jaur stay lur and her cubbies stay lur but me stay wid my clan. Diz sound Ukee until or ib Lur clan and dere clan git into clan warz den which side du dey take?

Dis concern me we need clear cut ruling on how dis iz to be done.

Su dese things Jutra want anzers on pleez su me can gruk my cubbies hosh.

Rulgs,

[Blawharag 277]

((Due to the nature of some questions, I will answer in OOC, it just makes it easier on my part.

Those who have lifemates and mate with non lifemates are doing it wrong. Simple as that. Blawharag looks down on them for breaking Orcish culture and attempts to make them become lifemates (remember, Orcs do support strong individuals having multiple lifemates) via a duel, since he cannot force them to break their ties with their current lifemate (it's for life after all).

We also have a large number of Orcs who are maybe too fond of the human system of marriage and jump the gun on the lifemate thing. Many do not realize how extremely out of whack it is supposed to be. This is exaggerated when people take non-Orcs as lifemates and the non-Orc proceeds to treat the relationship as a marriage. Orcs mate with the people they see strong, stick close to those they love, and don't necessarily connect the two as a human would. Yet for some reason our current generation of Orc likes saying "Ooo I like this person, Lifemate." Without so much as a second thought. When I wrote the lifemate story I deliberately made the person half-human to highlight how out of whack this is. Didn't work I guess.

As for Clans, Lifemating would be a situation where one could potentially change clans. Either can choose to join the clan of the other or stay where they are, often a simple klomp could resolve the issue. If the parents choose to remain in separate clans, the children are considered "Clanless" at birth and are free to join (or remain disassociated) from clans as they please. Most commonly the children will choose one of the parents clans. Prior to adulthood (the time at which a Clanless would choose to join a clan) the child's group training (Lifemate children are trained by the parents until 5 years of age, at which point they join their respective clan's normal children in group training for the last three years of childhood) will take place in the clan of the parents choosing, usually the one that produces stronger warriors. The child almost always chooses to join the clan in which they participated in group training with almost no exceptions.

In the event of clan wars where Lifemates are on opposite sides, the decision is left up to the Lifemates. Because the bond is sacred, the Lifemates cannot be made to fight each other. However it is expected that they will war with the opposite clan, so long as their actions do not directly affect their mate. Now here is where wording is important: They are expected to fight the opposite clan as I said above, but not expected to fight each other. Regardless of this, most Lifemate pairs would prefer to fight against each other as a show of Honor to the other. It relates back to them choosing to remain in separate clans. They would do this because they see each other as equals in strength. Under this pretense they respect each others strength and when the time comes, the best way to show respect for their strength (and show appreciation for the respect they have towards you) would be to fight them. So while they are not expected to fight, odds are they will anyways out of respect for each other.))

[Jutra 51]

Ukee -me gruk dis hosh anzers tuu me quezions. Rulgs fur da blah.

when me peep orcs duing tings wrong me will point dem at dis blah, den hab lat klomp dem :)

[Sultan 3953]

(This should not be even posted in rp, as your character in sense would not even know of this folktale in rp without being told in character.

Although the only way in Orcish culture to set right and wrong is threw a Kloomp, :3.

Mogroka has had, 2 lifemates in his lifetime and 133 females part of his Harem, is that wrong or right, I dont know personaly I did not read the part were it was included you must only mate with your lifemate and if you wish other mates you have to make them your lifemates.

Are Harem included in that, I do not think so.)

[Blawharag 277]

((Eh, Mogroka is old and losing his memory of the oomie tongue. Who honestly is going to call him out for mating with random people? I think we stopped caring who you mated with when you brought home Loth lol. Prior to that any one of us would have scolded you for mating with an elf. You know, back before we actually started acting upon the fact that we had an alliance with them))

[Aislin 4354]

((Goldrim sodomized my girlfriend, does that break Orc culture? I did charge him, though.))

[Aryon 679]

[Aislin...I honestly...Just...Wait...WHAAAAT!]

[Danny 2232]

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