Half Orcs

Half orcs, or often referred to by their own as Orcish, are around as common as city elves. Physically larger than most other races by about a foot, half orcs are typically muscular, have small tusks, and have skin in a variety of tones - both normal skin colours with a hint of green, yellow or grey, and fully green, yellow or grey - the half orcs with these latter skin colours have more orc heritage than human, elf or other race they're mixed with. There are not many full orcs left in all of Astoria and next to none in the city, so half orcs have become a standard race of their own. They live to around 75 years as standard, although some have been known to live as long as 110.

Half orcs were created by full orcs mixing with other races during the development of civilization and have existed for thousands of years. The reason Orcish folk are still considered a unique race is due to the Orc genetics being more dominant than most others, meaning whatever race they mix with, the Orcish child is likely to have more Half orc physical traits than otherwise.

Echor City has a population of around 20,000 Half orcs out of a total of 150,000 citizens.