Throughout all the realms of men and manlike creatures exist one enemy that can unite even the most bitter of foes together on the battlefield, for their savagery and lust for war is a threat to peace and civility everywhere. They are known in the common tongues as Orcs, creatures of war and violence that seek to conquer all the realms and plunder all the resources that the lands can offer. Like boogeymen of a dark fairy tale, they appear on the horizon of a stronghold, castle, or town, their war-cries piercing through the air as the bang of their drums march them onward to destruction.  It is not known where they come from or even what foul magic may have created them, all that is known is that their seat of power in the Black Lands is among the most dangerous place in all of the realms. Scavengers that strip the land bare, their domain is ash and soot and craggy rocks, sulfur belching from the ground and pits of fire burning uncontrolled in the wasteland.