Norker Vagabond (Basic Lore)

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Norker Vagabond (CR 2)

Norker Vagabond
Chaotic Evil - Small - Humanoid (Norker)
Norkers are a degenerative subspecies of orc, sometimes known as orklings. They are fierce and cruel, but not as organized as orcs. They generally travel in packs, dominated by a single strong leader. The packs are rife with internal power struggles and petty bickering, but when confronted with a common foe, they all fall into enough order to make a reasonable nuisance of themselves.

They frequently travel with any orcs willing to take them in, and will eagerly follow orcs around like mean, feral puppies. Orcs tolerate norkers because they're so easily dominated, useful in a fight, and are easily overruled when it comes time to divvy up loot.

Norker Vagabonds are norkers who have managed, generally through stupidity and greed, to get themselves driven out of orc society. Even for norkers, vagabonds are not impressive specimens, and they frequently wind up wandering in feral packs alone, getting into deadly mischief, or take up with tribes of the lesser races, such as kobolds or goblins. The lesser races don't exactly welcome norker vagabonds, but at the least they are fairly obedient if beaten enough, and willing to fight. A home is a home, after all.