Warlords of Machis (Egorcs)

🐗 ORCS: THE HORDE OF ANCESTRAL METALLURGY In the universe of Warlords of Machis, Orcs are far from being mindless destroyers. They form a deeply pragmatic society, guided by Observational Science and absolute respect for the cycles of matter. While other races squandered resources building new technologies from scratch, the horde thrives through raw ingenuity and the resurrection of metal in the Forges of the Eternal Cycle. Their cities and encampments are fortresses of rough-hewn stone and palisades integrated with monumental structures, where rivers of molten iron flow day and night. For the Orcs, war is not merely about territorial conquest; it is the fuel that drives their evolution. 🗺️ The Answer to the Tech Race: Metal Purification Faced with the encroaching advance of neighboring nations, the Orcs did not lag behind. They forged their own path to balance the scales on the battlefield: Scavenging Human Steam and Dwarven Engineering: Orcs view Human steam technology and Dwarven crystal machinery as rich sources of raw material. Instead of copying these complex inventions, they gather mechanical wreckage from the battlefield and haul it to their forges. There, enemy metal is purified, transmuted, and riveted into thick, modular armor and brutal weaponry. Resisting Elven Magic: To counter the Elves' bio-harmonic weapons and ethereal designs, the horde relies on the sheer thickness of its reprocessed alloys and the overwhelming power of its scrap-metal blunderbusses—capable of shattering organic defenses with massive blasts of shrapnel. Symbiosis with Great Beasts: While other races rely purely on gears, rotors, or living plants, the Orcs master the most hostile ecosystems. They created and blinded colossal land and aerial monsters—such as Wyverns and giant boars—transforming wild fauna into organic extensions of their own war machine. 🔨 Orc Faction Characteristics Modular, Recycled Metallurgy: Orc armor and weaponry are heavy, irregular mosaics of reprocessed