Grunts

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A linguistic slur has it that Orcish is a monosyllabic language because orcs have difficulty memorising more than one syllable at a time. This is not true. Many Orcish names consist of as many as three, or even four, syllables. They are pronounced as follows:

Ashnak — ASH-nak

Barashkukor — BA-rash-KU-kor

Chahkamnit — Chah-KAM-nit

Dakashnit — Da-KASH-nit

Imhullu — Im-HUL-lu

Lugashaldim — LU-gash-AL-dim

Marukka — Ma-RUK-ka

Razitshakra — RA-zit-SHAK-ra

Shazgurim — Shaz-GUR-im

Varimnak — VA-rim-nak

Zarkingu — Zar-KING-u

In the tower of the nameless necromancer it is always cold.

The big orc’s breath smoked odourously on the air. He pulled the buckles of his breastplate tighter around his muscled body. Frost sparkled on the laminated black armour sheathing his shoulders, arms, and bowed thighs. The sorcerous cold bites into orc-flesh as no ordinary winter can.

“I come,” he rumbled.

He slung the war-axe and warhammer from his broad, hairy shoulders and pulled the winged iron helm with its nasal spike more firmly down on his misshapen skull. Even standing to attention he slouches forward; his knuckles hang down beside his knees.

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