A proud race of warriors and, sadly often, also marauders and raiders. Known for their huge personalities and anger, as well as their strong adherence to their own, often bloody, culture, rites and belief systems, orcs are often avoided by most other races, barring humans who sometimes think making alliances with orcs is a great idea. Granted, if a clan of orcs becomes friendly with a Human community, they often make valuable allies and loyal friends... even if they're very prone to anger. These friendships, more often than not, may result in the creation of shared communities with many Half-Orcs in them.
Most of the more evil-leaning orcs worship the evil deity Gruumsh, who also is considered to be the creator of their race, while orc-tribes that are more aligned with human communities sometimes lean more towards other, more honorable deities of war, like Tempus or even Tyr.