NRGVerse Villain: Orcs (Patreon)

And now for another new rare treat, a new generic grunt villain for the greater NRGVerse- the Orcs, savage barbarians who prey on the homeless population of Earth realm to feed their people.

ORIGIN

After the fall of the primordial, titanic beasts, the Age of Gods began in which the gods took their domains over the gifts they brought to reshape the earth following the great battle. And in doing so they populated the earth with their own creations dubbing them “mortals”, who took the form of such races as elves, dwarfs, gnomes and humans. But though the titanic beasts had been defeated, their own monstrous offspring still populated the earth, and soon the spawn of both immortal races were at war. Desperate to keep the earth at peace, the gods used their immortal magic to create different physical plains within Earth known as Realms, and offered each of the mortal races their own domain where they could thrive. Only on rare occasions could these realms exist on the same plan at one time, otherwise only those with great magic learned from the gods could cross over into the different realms.

Throughout history these realms held different names, and in one such realm was home to races such as Dark Elves and Dwarf. A dark, desolate realm comparable to an eternal dusk, it was here the Dark Elves kept to themselves, hoping to outlast the Orcs as they burned through much of their resources to fuel their forges and feed their clans. By the modern time of humans, resources for the orcs had become thin, and in desperation the orc clans slowly began turning on each other to feed their people and forges. But when a mighty orc warlock named Lobus made contact with a human from the Earth realm, a deal was struck that would allow the orcs to feed their people and forges… by feeding on the humans of the overpopulated Earth.

So, I've already gone over in Lobus' origins why the Orcs are antagonizing the superheroes of NRG, namely to feed their people and fuel their dying realm. Here I really wanted to let you guys learn a little bit more about the lore behind the Orcs as well as some of the other Fantasy species that will be popping up in some of NRG's Superhero books.

So, what I've kinda of done is pulled from the mythological origins of Hades to establish how the Orcs and other fantasy creatures came to be. Essentially, creatures like humans and elves are creations of gods like Hades, and all the more monstrous creatures like Orcs and Giants are offspring of the Titans that the gods defeated long ago. Since a lot of fantasy is tied to mythology and many different cultures and writers have their own connecting loops, I felt I would do the same here. Fantasy and Mythology are really two-interloping sides of the same coin when you think about it so... I kinda went into this with that in mind.

The biggest thing I pulled from mythology was the use of different realms found mainly in Norse Mythology, sort of a way to tie everything together about how all these different species could have existed throughout history but only encounter each other sparingly. So Hades and his fellow gods used their magic to "split" the plains of Earth into different realms for which different offshoots of the gods and titans could exist where they fit best. These realms have had different names throughout different cultures of history, so while they were probably called things like "Neflheim" in norse mythology, they were called something else in say Aztec mythology. At some point I'll problem delve deeper into the lore and come up with my own names for the realms to go along with my take on mythology, magic and fantasy for NRG. I also like to imagine that while these realms are separated, those with magical abilities or means are able to traverse across them while also there are rare moments where random portals will open up and creatures from other realms will cross over.

Whew, that was a lot to get into for lorebuilding. I hope you guys like learning more about the Fantasy side of NRG, as well as the design for NRG's generic orc grunt designed by TonyTempest. Give him a follow if you are able and maybe a commission to get your own characters drawn! And as always, let us know what you think of this new NRG character with a comment below!

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Design by TonyTempest

Art by David Cassonato