Are Orcs inbred in Elder Scrolls?

The orcs of orcish strongholds across Tamriel practice a much higher degree of inbreeding than the other cultures on the continent. Following the Code of Malacath, the only orc permitted to mate in any stronghold is the chief, making sibling marriages within strongholds commonplace.
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How are Orcs born in Elder Scrolls?

According to most accounts, the Orcish race was created when their patron god Trinimac was transformed by Boethiah. He became Malacath and his faithful became the cursed folk, or 'Orsimer', and were henceforth known as Orcs.
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Are Orcs technically elves?

Orsimer (Pariah Folk in Aldmeris), called Orcs by humans and Ornim in their own tongue, are a race of elves that was created from the Aldmer after the Aedra Trinimac was corrupted into the Daedric Prince Malacath. Trinimac's followers and kin were transformed into the first Orsimer.
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What religion are Orcs in Elder Scrolls?

Mainstream Orcish religion is fairly unique to Tamriel in that it is monolatrous. Most Orcs revere Malacath, the Daedric Prince of Curses. The orthodox belief among Wrothgarian and Wood Orcs is that Malacath is a broken Trinimac, transformed by Boethiah after he in some way stole the former Champion of Auriel's form.
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What is the racial trait of the Orcs in Skyrim?

Berserker Rage: Orcs have the “Berserker Rage” racial power, which they can use once per day. This ability allows them to deal double damage while only taking half damage from enemies for 60 seconds.
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Are Orcs inbred in Skyrim?

The orcs of orcish strongholds across Tamriel practice a much higher degree of inbreeding than the other cultures on the continent. Following the Code of Malacath, the only orc permitted to mate in any stronghold is the chief, making sibling marriages within strongholds commonplace.
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Can you marry a male Orc in Skyrim?

You're free to marry anyone of any gender or race. Male Orcs can marry female Dark Elves, female Bretons can marry female Redguards, male Imperials can marry male Argonians. It's all good!
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What are Orcs descended from?

Especially in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, orcs appear as a brutish, aggressive, ugly, and malevolent race of monsters, contrasting with the benevolent Elves. They are a corrupted race of elves, either bred that way by the Dark Lord Morgoth, or turned savage in that manner, according to the Silmarillion.
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What language do Orcs speak Elder Scrolls?

The language used by orcs is called Daraktan by the orcs and Orcish by any other race. It's a guttural language derived from Hulgorkyn which is also the root of language of goblinkind and giants.
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Who created the khajiit?

She was given permission to take one of Nirni's children, and reshape them to her own liking, so long as she made them the fastest, cleverest, and most beautiful of all creatures. Azurah chose a group of forest dwellers among Nirni's children, and from them, she formed the Khajiit.
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What is the lifespan of an orc?

They were considered adults anywhere between 11 and 14 years of age, middle-aged at 17, old at 23, and venerable at 35 years of age. The average orc seldom lived longer than 40 years, even if it managed to avoid violent death. It was unheard of for an orc to live longer than 45 years without magical aid.
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How did Morgoth make orcs?

Compiled and published posthumously by Tolkien's son Christopher, it says that “little is known of a certainty,” but it was “held true by the wise” that Morgoth made the orcs “by slow arts of cruelty” performed on elves captured in the dark days before the Valar were able to find them.
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Are there female orcs in LOTR?

Are all the Orcs in Middle Earth females? Nope. The characters portrayed in the book are all males (Grishnak, Ugluk, etc); females do not appear in the story but they exist since Orcs reproduces in the same manner as the Children of Iluvatar.
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What were Orcs before Elder Scrolls?

Trinimac and Malacath

Like all elves in The Elder Scrolls, the Orcs trace their ancestry back to the ancient Aldmer. It's not clear exactly when the Orcs split from the other races of Mer, though it occurred before the first era. These ancient proto-Orsimer worshiped the High Elven god Trinimac as their primary deity.
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Why are Dunmer dark?

The Tribunal's actions, either in using the tools to become gods, or in murdering Nerevar, caused Azura to curse the Tribunal and the Chimer people, turning their skin to ash and their eyes red, making them the Dunmer.
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Why don't orcs speak Elvish?

Orcs have no language since their creation by Melkor Morgoth. In First Age they repeated things their master teached them. In Second and Third Age they used Black speech of Mordor, which they learned from Sauron. Black speech is created from Adúnaic language and some words are elvish, but it is not elvish dialect.
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What is the Orc word for yes?

dagga: yes/I agree.
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Why do orcs speak common tongue?

Various tribes of orcs had their own language, so it was difficult for the different tribes to communicate with each other. When that happened they would use a debased form of Westron which was the common language of Middle earth.
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Who killed Morgoth?

Nevertheless, according to the Second Prophecy of Mandos, Morgoth will come back and attack Arda. He will fight in the Last Battle against the Valar and their allies, but will ultimately be slain by Túrin Turambar, the Man he cursed.
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Are Orcs corrupted Elves?

Shortly afterward Saruman tells his Uruk captain about the origin of the Orcs. "They were Elves, once," the White Wizard says. Taken in untold ages, the Dark Powers tortured, corrupted and bred the captive Elves until they became the vile Orcs.
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Are there white Orcs?

White Orc, also known as the Korzenka, is a subrace of Orc from the Korzenka tribe in the Badlands of Kalkatesh on Verum.
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Are there any Orc wives in Skyrim?

There are two female Orcs you can marry. Ghorza gra-Bagol lives in Markarth, in the Blacksmith Shed. The other is Borgakh the Steel Heart, who you'll find in Mor Kazgur. For the former, you'll have to complete a task for them, for the other you'll have to agree to take her as your follower.
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How many wives can you have in Skyrim?

You can only have one spouse. So, once you decide to marry, it's forever even if that NPC dies.
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Why can't I marry Hroki?

Hroki happens to be wearing one of the game's most revealing outfits - this automatically makes her ineligible for marriage.
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