The Savagelands

Orcs are not naturally occurring beings in nature in Cyrafrin, many years ago the race of Orcs was created to provide cheap, strong and obedient warriors, builders and craftsmen. In the beginning, only male Orcs were created. The wizard Yorkannen, known as ‘The Beastmaster’, used them as slaves and sold them to countries and mercenaries and whoever would buy them. He grew them in the slave fields of Allehandra in the area that is now the beastlands. The first great Orc revolt took place when the male workers in the nearby fields took up arms and marched to the wizards' tower and knocked it down, they kidnapped the wizard and forced him to make Orcish women so their lives would be less miserable. He obliged and the female orc was created and were sold as warriors, builders and sex slaves. The second through ninth orc revolts tried to outlaw the sale of women as sex workers but all failed until Yorkannens son was kidnapped and killed, but he did not care, he continued to sell them in that manner for a number of years until the market dried up. The ninety-seventh great orc revolt finally killed Yorkannen and they were finally free but slavery remained legal and orcs were still enslaved elsewhere. The last artificially created orc was born and was declared the king of the Savagelands, Savage in orcish means freedom translating to the free lands. Yvelda Orach is the current queen of the Savagelands and the queen of the Orcs. Their countries capital is Grumieth, the farthest possible location in their country form the slave fields where they were born. It is more of a camp of sorts, filled with very large huts and dining halls. It is all semi-permanent meaning it can be moved if needed. The land is barren and full of fields and farms. The orcs were once violent people but have evolved into a very peaceful race, focusing on farming and agriculture.