» Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:57 am 'On Orcism'
By Lugk Agumbuk
Published by The Ink and Quill Publishing House, Cyrodiil, 4E 201
Welcome, most gracious reader, to a book that covers a subject that I hold dear to my heart -
the discrimination of the Orsimer by the other races of Tamriel. This is a subject that is
barely touched upon by both fictional and historical writers. The reality of that fact makes
my soul weep, weep to the its very core. Such a misunderstood race that has been savagely and
relentlessly discriminated against since the beginning of recorded history. This is why I have
written this humble book.
It may have already occurred to you that I am indeed an Orc, and I expect that those of you who
are narrow-minded have the belief that all Orcs are illiterate, infant-murdering, blood-crazed
daedra worshippers. I'm sorry to break this to you, but it simply isn't true. An example of
this perception being not absolute is the case at The Collage of Winterhold in Northern Skyrim.
While we are staying on the subject of daedra and the worship that surrounds them, the
stereotype that surrounds them is dispersed like the wind from the Sea of Ghosts when
it hits landfall. This is no new concept either, no. Back in the time before the so-
called "Warp of The West", the King of the Orcs, Gortwog, believed that Malacath is
simply a demon and that the great Trinimac lives still. Go stuff that in your Skooma
pipe and smoke it, (as I heard from a group of drunken Bosmer cursing as they were
being thrown out of the Library that I researching for this book.)
During the Imperial Simulacrum and the Warp of The West, the Orcs were considered evil
Indisputably by every single race - even the 'civilised' Imperials - on the preface of
the Orcs that were responsible for the pillaging and assault that endured in these
periods of instability. The reality of what was then transformed into the stereotype that
continues to exist - what was once is not what is now.
At some point after the events of The Warp of The West, but before the Nerevarine Prophecy,
there was some change socially. It is evidence that Orcs joined the expanding ranks of the
Imperial Legion - and this is backed up by archaeological proof that many Orcs
occupied the Fort Darius in Gnisis. A change, but that didn't stop the growth of the
stereotype. The Nerevarine may have even been an Orc.
Although there is not supporting evidence that the Orsimer were ridiculed like the
Bosmer or Argonians (through the numerous amount of jokes created by the common
people of the land), they could not simply shrug off discrimination. Even in the
turmoil of the Oblivion Crisis, the Orcs were generalised by the Orum family of
Cheydinhal yet another place where I spent time gathering my research delving
through the minimal amount of references that remain mostly unscathed by time.)
Yet, I digress, again, the Champion of Cyrodiil (also known as the Hero of Kvatch
for the first record of the closure of an Oblivion Gate) may have been an Orc.
Also, the Orc people are no longer scattered sparsely across the land.
No. Here in Skyrim (where I sat down on with my research watching the
sun set over the smokey mist of the Falkreath forests),
Orcs have four little slices of Orsinium at their doorstep -
Mor Khazgur, Dushnikh Yal, Largashbur, and Narzulbur. Yes, they are governed by
the Code of Malacath, but they aren't savages, they are just proud and isolated.
Dear reader, the end is almost upon us. But there is one thing I want you to do
for me. Be the dawn in this night of discrimination. Share this message with your
fellow Mer and Man:
"We, the Orsimer, accept we are not perfect, but we are not evil. Whether you worship
Malacath or believe Gortwog's theory. Mage or Merchant, Warrior or Witchunter,
Thief or Thane - Nobody bests an Orc."
So I bet you a farewell from the forests of Falkreath where I abode and hope with all
my heart that you embrace and actively encourage the spread and the study of
Orsimerism.
