LO, praise the might of the powerful

Orc empire, feared by all, conquered by none.

Its King an ancient ruler of renown, strong

of sword and magic.

But behold, the King

has succumbed to the Unseelie madness.

His brother in blood and First Lord strove

to save the empire by honorable

challenge.

J’roth lost, the penalty death.

But the King’s council intervened, knowing

that to lose the bloodline of Lord J’roth

would spell disaster for their people.

And so it was that for his crime of treason,

Lord J’roth, First Lord and General of the

mighty Orc empire, was cast out, he and his followers

and his newborn son, Korgath, with him.

For one hundred and twenty days and nights they

sailed, coming soon upon the shores

of a wild isle.

They set to conquer the isle; the centaurs

and the creeping human settlers.

But J’roth was betrayed, and the

question of leadership of the outcast hoard

became a matter of bloodshed.

For ten decades the Orcs retreated to their

newly claimed forests and mountains

and warred.

From the wars, seven fearsome Kings

emerged, among them the Truthseer

Korgath, son of J’roth, undefeated

in battle.

The Six Kings bent the knee to J’roth,

and thus the new Orc empire

has now turned its attention again to

the wild centaurs and the creeping

human settlers. . .

. . .humans who have watched,

and conspired, and built their

defenses.

Humans who are now a worthy

foe.

The Orc Kings set out to conquer the

isle, but find there is hidden strength

and mysterious beauty secreted

among the ranks of the mortal

vermin.

Among the ranks of its women.

We begin with the story of Korgath,

son of J’roth. . .