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THE IRON UZG

Land of the Horde

“Lup’Krug”

The crimson Scaddernak against a black field

CONTENTS:

        I. Culture

       II. Hierarchy

      III. Military

      IV.City

The orcs of the Iron Uzg are a stalwart people. Comprised out of Uruks, Ologs, Goblins and any other descendants that bring worship to the spirits under the Scaddernak banner. The denizens of the Uzg live with a strong code of strength, honor, and religious zealotism.

Strength: Krug is revered in the Uzg. Father of all orc kind, he is seen as the ultimate role-model for a citizen. As such, the orcs value strength, and many leadership positions are gained through brutal duels and displays of strength. Day to day disputes are handled via fist and blood in honorable duels, where the spirits choose the victor. The orcs value strength in all matters of their life, be it hunting a wild beast or training alongside the Krughai military. 

 A Lur out on the hunt

Religion: The orcs greatly respect the Ilzgul, their brutal deities. The ancestors of all orcs, aswell as the Immortal and Elemental spirits form the religion of the Uzg. Denizens of the Uzg boast their loyalty to the spirits in acts of sacrifice, be it a sheep to the Immortal spirit of war or a familial weapon to a deceased ancestor. Farseers, Lutuaman, Witchdoctors or practitioners of the Haruspex dot the Uzg aswell, offering their worship to the spirits with their mysterious magics.

Honor: Bringing honor to your name and clan is of paramount importance to a citizen of the Uzg, for how else will one travel to Stargush’Stroh, the afterlife of the orcs? This quest for honor will bring the Orc to many challenges, all of which they are expected to handle with nobility and respect to their uruk brethren. Even in times of strive and civil war, deeds of respect and honor were perceived between battling clans.

Small tidbits: The Iron Uzg subforum is full of beautifully done loreposts by our community. From the star readers of the Ilzhonal to the brutal bloodletters of the Haruspex, it is heavily encouraged for every Orc player to look into these posts and discover the best orc they can be. The Iron Uzg is a beautiful ground for quality curated RP.

The hierarchy of the Uzg is simple and ancient, honoring the old way of the first Goths. The Iron Uzg’s government is a stalwart and proud force, dedicating their lives to the bettering of the Uzg always.

REX

Above all is the Rex, Krug’s chosen. They will lead the Iron Uzg with strength, nobility and wisdom. The Rex has the ability to change the Uzg how they see fit, and is the figurehead of all Orcs.

HONOR COUNCIL

The honor council is the main governmental power of the Iron Uzg. They handle all things to do  with the state of the nation. Each Goth on the council has proven themselves to lead their specific part of Orc Life.

Dominus: The Dominus is the right hand man of the Rex, leading the Uzg’s diplomacy and ensuring all the Rex’s policies are enacted smoothly and without struggle. The Dominus is commonly seen as the Rex’s heir if there is no challenge to his claim, and will take Rexdom after an abdication or death. 

Targoth: The Targoth is the leader of the Krughai, the Iron Uzg’s military. They will work closely with the Yazgurtan to ensure the Krughai has all logistical needs it requires, whilst training up Uruk soldiers and leading them in battle. The Targoth is a well respected rank within the Iron Uzg, and is a veteran and battle-hardened soldier.

Yazgurtan: The Yazgurtan is the steward/mayor/logistician of the Iron Uzg. They oversee all things within the city borders, be it housing or district renovation. The Yazgurtan also oversees logistics within the Iron Uzg, and works closely with the Rex to ensure the armories and treasuries are always full.

Motsham: The Motsham is the spiritual leader of the Iron Uzg. They are the voice of the ancestors, immortals and elementals. Usually a wizened old shaman, the Motsham will lead the Uzg in spiritual events and worship.

Huntsgoth: The Huntsgoth is Votar’s chosen within the Iron Uzg. They will lead the orcs in mighty hunts across the Rex’s lands. It is expected of the Huntsgoth to return with trophies for the Goi, and to work closely with the Grubgoth in ensuring the orcs always have meat for their many feasts.

Grubgoth: The Grubgoth is a major cultural leader within the Uzg, and is tasked with maintaining orcish morale with feasts, festivals and other cultural events. They work closely with the Huntsgoth to supply meat to the Uzg’s denizens while arranging tournaments with the Targoth.

  A Lak chieftain 

THE WARGOTH COUNCIL

The Wargoth Council is the voice of the clans, tribes and bands of the Iron Uzg. The leaders of these groups sit on the Wargoth Council to discuss the interactions between the many groups of the Iron Uzg, though different groups hold more power than other based on their prestige and strength. 

Wargoth Clan: A Wargoth Clan is a group of orcs that have gained the respect and prestige of the Rex based on their current power. They have been promoted from a Warchief Tribe and hold more sway over the Uzg than those below them. 

[Requirements for Wargoth Clan:

• 5+ Active members(7+ hrs per week)

• The leader of the claimant group(Wargoth) has hosted an event weekly for the Uzg for three consecutive weeks in a row

• The claimant group is more than a month old]

Warchief Tribe: A Warchief Tribe is a group of orcs that have gained enough prestige to be notable in the eyes of the Uzg. They have been promoted from a Warband and hold more sway than those below them, but less sway than the Wargothdom.

[Requirements for a Warchief Tribe”

• 2+ Active members(7+ hrs per week)

• The leader of the claimant group(Warchief) has hosted an event for the Uzg in the previous two weeks. Once the two weeks pass by and no event has been hosted by the Warchief Tribe, the claimant group will be demoted back to a Warband. ]

Warband: A warband is a group of orcs who have banded together for a common goal. These are commonly beginning tribes or families within the Uzg that wish to make a name for themselves. They are not awarded a seat on the Wargoth Council.

  Armor of the Uruk-Hai

The Iron Uzg has a strong military culture, and it is expected for every able bodied citizen to serve their tenure in the Krughai. Formed by the mighty Rex, Mogroka’Gorkil, the Krughai has always been a staple of Orcish culture. Lead by the Targoth, the Krughai defends the Goi in times of war and leads the assault against the Rex’s enemies.

Proven and seasoned warriors might rise the ranks to become Keshig, orcish knights who defend the Rex and the Uzg until their last breath, fighting thrashing and bloodied up to the end. On the contrary, shamed and dishonorable uruks become Pugged, and every citizen has the right to beat and brutalize the Pugged until they prove themselves once more.

The Iron Uzg lives a cruel life, and the Krughai reflects that. 

San’Velku, Capital of the Uzg

The Iron Uzg prides itself in it’s city, building with brutal architecture in dangerous lands. Ever since the times of Krug, the Iron Uzg has situated itself in the most hostile environments possible, as it is believed the surrounding fauna and flora will harden the uruks into strong and honorable warriors.

From the firelands to the harsh deserts, orcs have had a wide range of capitals. Currently, the Iron Uzg is situated in the city of San’Velku in the western jungles. Within this city, an orc can find the arena, smithy, tavern, haruspex caves and various blargs of their choosing, each decorated with the trophies of the orcs’ hunts and their achievements.

Outside the jungles, the Iron Uzg also holds other members under it’s banner. Haelun’or, Daeland, the Khelites and more are all sworn to fight alongside the Scaddernak banner. Be sure to seek these out!

Thank you on your insight as to what exactly Malinor is, in regards to the 18th being an option we do not accept that time and we will be enlightened to combat you in a field battle on the 25th at the given time of 4PM EST. As per the fortress we thank you for allowing us at the start of this conversation to construct one however in regards to the logistics and "legality" of the fortress that is something that will need to be decided between us and the administration. In our assault upon Elysium, they were granted extended time when we wished to pursue it so we would assume that affect is still in place as we are now on the defensive and request that it be consistent.

It would be unfair for the opposing side to dictate what makes a proper war fortress or not and should something get approved on behalf of administration and the mod team that you do not "like" we want it to be clear that permission to build a fort was already given on your behalf. We are still awaiting a response from the administration or mod team regarding the fortress - we have not received any response or feedback. We are glad that you have come to the conclusion that you are in-fact sieging the academy and the narrative of attacking the defenseless and inactive pirate town is no longer in effect.

Thank you for clarifying that you are separate nation merely fighting under the same banner. With this knowledge we ask that Administrators place respective rules and guidelines on all settlements and nations outside of Celianor considering that is the nation that is declaring war. This means Elvenesse and Nor’Asath will need to pay/account for the following:

- Half of attacking allied tiles are added to the aggressor’s warcost.

- Allies of either defending or aggressing nations must consider troop movement. Your army starts in any tile in your territory and, as the army moves, troops are subject to travel costs:

• 750 minas per water, ocean, and land tile.

Furthermore, we hope that staff will uphold the rules that they have created and ensure that players are not fighting under Celianor on their characters from other nations to loophole this aspect of war costs.

The Academy is the primary source of activity for the tile that you are sieging which has a surplus amount of players including your very own nation members that roleplay inside of it. The fortress itself that you keep mentioning is even within the /rg of the academy. There is photo evidence and logs at this of daily activity with average roleplay sessions spanning between 5-15 players.

A second note that we would like to make is in regards to roleplay. We are curious as to what the roleplay casus belllis is for this war to be started, we are curious as to why you denounced our warfortress and then said that roleplay doesn’t justify its existence on a roleplay server? Another curiosity we have which also comes as a request was to ensure that rolelay was even done with elysium for them to hand off their tile in to even enable this war at all.

In regards to other aspects of the war, is Malinor a physical nation on this server or is this between Krugmar and Celianor. It has been stated rply that celianor is only in the war because of the high prince of malinor and what does malinor encompass? There are elven settlements benefiting from nation perks such as elvenesse which has a green SS pillar and still has their banks and AH from when they were a nation to our knowledge where as they are a settlement and should not have these perks. Another perk applies to forum roles as well. In this statement we speak in regards to fenn and elvenesse which failed multiple activity checks as well as the logistics of who is actually leading this war from the opposing side as you have included not one but two people into this discussion.

In regards to the field battle time, we are not electing to fight in the 18th at this moment as we are allowed 2 weeks time after the post for the warclaim to take place.

To help explain this scenario, it would be as if we declared war on Malinor and instead of you being able to defend Celianor you would be forced to defend fenn. There is no reason as to why the Academy would not be the defending settlement nor why the placement of the warfortress need be questionable as you, as we stated before, quite literally declared a warclaim upon a volcano filled with people who can live inside of it and around it peacefully. There is no need to alter the roleplay or ooc narrative to be in favor of you not having to follow through with your conquest declaration upon the Academy.

The pirate cove is the lesser of the two builds with the main build itself being the Academy of Dragur that has upwards of 3% of the servers activity. This Academy is a fortress in the depths of a Volcano that, even before the warclaim was declared, had deep caverns and a massive room within the bottom of the Volcano. The newly added war-fortress is just an extension of the already built foundations of the Academy that you have declared war upon. In regards to the fortress not being important, we would like to go ahead and have it prepared allowing us to be able to set it in the past moving closer to the warclaim.

A more in-depth view to the Volcano Fortress, it is lead by a group consisting of heralds, and azdrazi including dwarves. RPly the fort was even designed by a Dwarven Character who is a part of the group with avid roleplay playing a part of it's construction as we have done it over the course of a few days in game with roleplay playing a large part of it. Even within your warclaim post you circled the volcano itself as if you meant to siege that in the first place, not the pirate town outside of it. The Academy and the Fortress attached to it are one in the same as it is an active, large-scale roleplay group on the server which is why we see no problems making an extension of what is already a build deep within the Volcano.

Hello, I agree with having the warclaim at 3-4PM EST as that is a perfect time for us to be able to attend as we have many players from different timezones as does the other side. We are uncertain as of right now as to whether we can do the warclaim on the 25th or this weekend, however we are leaning towards the 25th as many wish to see the two week notice for warclaims as well as prolonged communication with the admin team in regards to our fortress. Our current fort has been made by hand and we have made many attempts to reach out to see what is approved and what is not.

Because of this it would lead us little to not time to correct problems with our fortress however we ask the other side to keep in mind that they are infact sieging a mountain hence why we elected a "dwarven-esc" war fortress that uses the exact defenses used by dwarven fortresses prior in hopes of having a "legal" fort. We also are wondering in regards to the recent developments of raid tools such as TNT and Raid Ladders, will they be used in the Warclaim? We hope to have this clarified well before the date of the warclaim should a siege ever happen so that we can prepare accordingly.

One Horde

Issued 11th of Malin’s Welcome, Year 79 of the Second Age

This article serves as formal agreement of the unification pact between the Iron’Uzg, and The Clandom of Daeland-Vistulia henceforth referred to as The Horde.

ARTICLE I : Unification

The two nations will become one, under the Horde’s banner. Under the will of the Rex of the Iron’Uzg, under the will of the spirits, they will thrive and gain in strength. 

They are now one army, one nation, one Horde.

As the two nations are now one, an attack on either The Clandom of Daeland-Vistulia, a citystate of the Horde, or on any other territories of the Iron’Uzg, would be met with extreme violence.

Additionally, the warriors of the Horde, uruk or elven, agree to military correspondence in order to orchestrate joint training and further cooperation within military affairs, working alongside each other to tackle the threats of this realm.

ARTICLE I.II : DECLARATION OF FRIENDSHIP

The Signatories recognise their people’s ongoing friendship and promise to act in good faith when acting on the geopolitical stage, pursuing further cultural exchange with each other in the name of sharing knowledge and mutual respect.

In addition the Iron’Uzg Trading Caravan will set up a permanent space within The Clandom of Daeland-Vistulia to ensure their people are supplied with the finest goods and weapons known to Almaris.  

ARTICLE II : Religion

As the Horde possesses many faiths. So too will the Clansmen of Daeland. They will be free to practice any religion they wish.

ARTICLE III : Payment

As the truest friends of the peoples of the Horde, the great sovereign city state of The Clandom of Daeland-Vistulia will be liberated from any need to pay protections and tributes, as expected in their own society, they will raise their efforts for the common cause of all. May their colonies be the ones who offer the fruits of toil, and always provide warriors for the horde.

ARTICLE IV : Passage and Land

The Signatories will allow free passage for civilians and refugees through their respective territories. When visiting either signatories’ territories, citizens are expected to abide by the laws and customs of that territory, or colony, or embassy. This is enforced fully by the laws of The Clandom of Daeland-Vistulia Law, and the Will of The Rex, all as the Horde. Recognizing their respective lands and colonies as their respective homelands, and theirs by ancestral rites.  

Should an issue or conflict arise which breaches this article, the Signatories agree to handle the matter via appropriate, diplomatic means.

ARTICLE VI : DURATION

This pact will remain in effect for twenty years. The The Clandom of Daeland-Vistulia will be allowed to, in perpetuity, withdraw from The Horde. Initially for a period of eight years, will the two be tied, and after that time is up, a reaffirmation will be held to maintain our strongest of bonds

Llewelyn Ap Fawr, Reig of Daeland-Vistulia, Lord of the Isles, Uniter of the Tribal Highlanders, and Chieftain of the clans

Vojvodz of Daeland-Vistulian Clandom, Vodz Casimir Kovaceski, Piast of Vistulia

Rex Ar-Borok “The Brown” of clan Akaal, Rex of the Blood Horde

Dominus Ixûla of Akaal, Roth of Mohk'Grizh

An orkish diplomat, presenting the terms of peace to the Elysian leader

TO THE KINGDOM OF ELYSIUM, upon this day your people are offered a great mercy on behalf of the Horde of the Iron Uzg. For a time, your people have been endlessly slaughtered, your city has been burned, destroyed, pillaged. Your sun wells have been obliterated and your people cower in fear. However, the race of Orc’s knows mercy, and so the following is offered upon your government and your people.
 

I. The Kingdom of Elysium will hereby be declared as a vassal of the Iron Uzg
 

II. All war crimes and actions committed by Elysium leadership and military will be nullified upon the union of the two nations.
 

III. As a vassal of the Iron Uzg, the Kingdom of Elysium will hereby be protected at from foreign enemies who seek to encroach upon it, placing the Kingdom of Elysium under the Uzg’s protection.
 

IV. The Kingdom of Elysium shall retain all proceedings, processes, and rulership as they deem fit, with the supervision of the Council of the Goths.
 

V. All hostile activities between one another will immediately stop.
 

VI. All wars between Paladins, Mages, and Likewise Enemies will be fought between one another. The governmental bodies of the Iron Uzg and the Kingdom of Elysium will not intervene in such conflicts to preserve peace between the Uzg and its vassals.
 

VII.  Should the lands of either Elysium or Uzg be attacked, both forces will be required to aid in the defense of the land beneath the Horde’s banners.

VIII. Teaching of the one true Path will resume as soon as Elysium will join the Horde, as they did before the war. Shrines will be placed in the city and around it, to protect it and bless it.

IX. The people of Elysium will have the freedom to continue worshipping their deities, such as Kanon, spirit of worship, for Cannonism.
 

X. Should any of these terms be broken, a joint discussion between leaderships of the respective governments will further make amends and justice will be served.
 

XI. Failure to make amends to broken agreements will end to the further slaughter of your people, only if proven no action to come from the Government of Elysium with respect given to time allowing to do so.


 

You have two cactus days to respond with a public decision, a decision that will save your people and your lands from being claimed through the wrath of Krug himself. You are outnumbered, out armored, and your forces dwindle each day. Save yourselves from this, accept our terms of vassalization and allow yourselves to prosper under our arms of protection.

Should you decline, you can not say that we have shown you mercy. We offer you an escape from further slaughter, choose wisely.

Rex Ar-Borok of clan Akaal