Orcish

Orcish
In early history, the original Orc tribes were stagnating, and all but mostly petered out as time passed. A few tribes, however, remained resilient and strangely conniving. These tribes rode the coattails of the elfen kingdom's Elvish uprising, throwing themselves into a position where they could take disputed towns and capitals from the weakened elves, and quickly set up their own residence inside.

The elvish didn't take this matter too fondly, but didn't have enough stable footing to dispute the orc tribes taking the very capitals they just pillaged. This eventually ended up with the orcs declaring the abandoned capitals is their land and renouncing their previous ties to the orcs like the elvish did to elves, and promptly declared themselves as the "Orcish", a new race of orc men and women who live in the elfen capital. The elvish and the orcish resided in their new home peacefully. They weren't exactly allies, but it was easier to live and let live for the time being.

Eventually, when colonization of the western frontier began and the White Embassy started drafting men and women for their own colonization effort, the orcish ended up tagging along with to make a presence in the southern reaches of Heidhelm, though not as prominently as humans or elvish.

Physical, Mental and Magical ability
The Orcish are a strong, hardy people. They lack magical ability and for the most part are considerably a simpler-minded race. They make up for their bluntness by being tactical, resourceful and ultimately more community-oriented than the other major races in the frontier. Strangely enough, the orcish are naturally adept to driving automobiles.

Relations to Other Races
The elvish and the orcish are neighboring races from the same kingdom, so naturally they have the most history together. The orcish wouldn't exist without the interference of the elvish, so ultimately most orcish at worst tolerate the elvish people.

Orcish and humans don't mix, to simply put it. Humans think of the orcish like dumber, more blunt variants of the elvish and usually the two races don't interact much.

The orcish and Scalefolk get along quite well, despite their odds. Scalefolk and orcish both come from tribal roots, and they share much in common as far as ancestry goes. Usually that's where what they both share in common ends and both races usually don't have much to do with each other.

On the other hand, orcish tend to absolutely detest dogfolk. When it comes down to it, the orcish seem the most outwardly hostile toward the canine people and often times instigate conflict with them. Nobody really understands why, however.

The idonites have no common ground with the orcish and pretty much have no relations whatsoever. The orcish tend to think of the idonites as weak and strange, so they avoid each other.