Can you be an Orc in Skyrim?

The Orsimer (or Orcs) are one of the 10 playable races that the player can pick in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for their character. The Orcs seem like a stereotypically simple and aggressive race that could have been lifted out of any other piece of fantasy media, but their history is deeper than one might expect.
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Can you join an Orc tribe in Skyrim?

Unless the Dragonborn is an orc, they won't get access to orc strongholds right away. Instead, players must become Blood-Kin to get permission to enter these strongholds and speak to the orcs who live there.
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Is The Orc a good race in Skyrim?

In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the Orcs have a unique racial passive skill that makes them particularly well-suited for focusing on physical combat: Berserker Rage: Orcs have the “Berserker Rage” racial power, which they can use once per day.
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Is Orc a good class in Skyrim?

The variety and extent of their skill bonuses make Orcs arguably the best pure warriors in the game. Two popular game play roles are as Tank or Blademaster, obviously focusing on use of heavy armor and respectively on shields and dual wielding over an Archer, Assassin or Mage-type role.
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Who would an Orc join in Skyrim?

Orcs are an elf species (orsimer) but they wouldn't take the side of the imperials because they aren't part of the Thalmor. Lore-wise they wouldn't take any side. They would just stay in their strongholds largely ignoring the war.
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Can you marry an Orc 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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Is Orc a playable race?

The gray orc is presented as a player character race for the Forgotten Realms setting in both Races of Faerûn (2003), and Unapproachable East (2003). The mountain orc and orog (deep orc) also presented as player character races in Races of Faerûn.
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What is the most chosen race in Skyrim?

There's no way to tell how accurate this chart is or how the numbers were reached, but some may not be too surprised to see that the Nords make up the majority of the population. Nords are one of the most popular races in Skyrim, with their long blonde hair and thick Scandinavian-style accents making them stand out.
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Who is the best Orc to marry in Skyrim?

Best Orc to marry in Skyrim?
  • Ghorza gro-bagul.
  • Borgakh the Steel Heart.
  • Gat gro-Shargakh.
  • Ghorbash The Iron Hand.
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Can an Orc be a werewolf in Skyrim?

Orcs serve as excellent werewolves thanks to their racial skill! Unlike Khajiit, whose unarmed bonus doesn't stack with the werewolf form, Orcs can use their Berserker Rage ability while playing as a werewolf, and wreak havoc on everything around them.
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How long does an Orc live in Skyrim?

Orcs: 50-ish they seem to have Human life spans, but die around middle age due to Cultural reasons, one might say the same thing about a good chunk of Nords too, dieing in battle and such though Nords are less…
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How do you become a blood kin to Orcs in Skyrim?

The Dragonborn can become Blood-Kin by completing an assortment of tasks or by completing the quest "The Forgemaster's Fingers." If the Dragonborn asked for this title before doing any quests, the reply would be, "Trust like that is not freely given." If the task is completed, the chief of one of the Orc Strongholds ...
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How do you befriend the Orcs in Skyrim?

Talk to Durak after completing "A New Order", from the Dawnguard questline. After reaching level 10 and reaching Largashbur, you should find Orcs fighting a giant. Help them and you will get a questline and entrance for Largashbur. Complete the questline and you will be considered Blood-Kin.
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What are the benefits of the Orc race in Skyrim?

Skill Bonuses
  • Block: +5.
  • Enchanting: +5.
  • Heavy Armor: +10.
  • Smithing: +5.
  • One-Handed: +5.
  • Two-Handed: +5.
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What race makes the most sense for Dragonborn Skyrim?

That being said, generally a legendary heroic figure like the dragonborn will be from the culture the developed that legendary tradition, so it would make sense for them to be a Nord.
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What is the smallest race in Skyrim?

The male Bosmer, or Wood Elves, got the short end of the stick in terms of height — quite literally. Their males are the shortest in all of Tamriel standing at only 0.98, or roughly a hair below 5'9" or 1.74 m in real life. Interestingly, Bosmer women stand at 1.00, a bit taller than their male counterparts.
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Can any race be Dragonborn in Skyrim?

In Elder Scrolls, can anyone of any race or gender have a chance of being a Dragonborn? In terms of being the Last Dragonborn, then any of the ten playable races, male or female, can be the Last Dragonborn.
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Can you play as a full orc?

So you can just be a full orc but play and introduce yourself as a half-orc, and be completely in line with the lore.
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Who can orcs breed with?

Half-Orcs: As orcs will breed with anything, there are any number of unsavory mongrels with orcish blood, particularly orc-goblins, orc-hobgoblins, and orc-humans. Orcs cannot cross-breed with elves.
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Can there be a good orc?

Tolkien stated himself in a few letters that orcs are absolutely unredeemable and are absolutely evil. In my story I do not deal in Absolute Evil. I do not think there is such a thing, since that is Zero. I do not think at any rate any 'rational being' is wholly evil.
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Can you have 2 wives in Skyrim?

Can you get remarried in Skyrim? No, marriage in skyrim is forever.
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Who is the Orc girl in Skyrim?

Ghorza gra-Bagol

She's an Orsimer (Orc) smith in Markarth who sells weapons, armor, and crafting materials. She also trains an apprentice — a man who is a remarkably terrible smith, named Tacitus Sallustius. Ghorza will even train the player in the craft (if they've got the cash for it, of course).
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What races can you not marry 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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