Post by DM Leverage on Mar 22, 2012 8:07:59 GMT -5
The Thousand Maws
These widely dispersed caves are the homes of the Thousand Fists orcs. There are about one hundred caverns in all. Some of the largest caves, such as Arraggar (where sixty-odd orcs dwell) and Oltho (home to some seventy tuskers) are linked by crudely hewn back-tunnels. Most are isolated from each other, spread over a dozen peaks and many miles of travel on narrow, winding mountain trails. The tribe posts sentinels with warning horns overlooking many of the trails, to warn of any intrusion or of the approach of possible prey. Some of the caves are given over to growing mushroooms, or to prison-pens for hapless thralls forced to labor until they're good for nothing more than the Thousand Fist cookfires.
Since the Morume dragons began scouring the high meadows, the Thousand Fists no longer graze or try to breed captured livestock. Food is growing scarce as the strength of the tribe swells again - soon it will be time for the Fists to go to war once more, just to fill their bellies.
Source: Forgotten Realms - The Silver Marches 3.5, pg 14
These widely dispersed caves are the homes of the Thousand Fists orcs. There are about one hundred caverns in all. Some of the largest caves, such as Arraggar (where sixty-odd orcs dwell) and Oltho (home to some seventy tuskers) are linked by crudely hewn back-tunnels. Most are isolated from each other, spread over a dozen peaks and many miles of travel on narrow, winding mountain trails. The tribe posts sentinels with warning horns overlooking many of the trails, to warn of any intrusion or of the approach of possible prey. Some of the caves are given over to growing mushroooms, or to prison-pens for hapless thralls forced to labor until they're good for nothing more than the Thousand Fist cookfires.
Since the Morume dragons began scouring the high meadows, the Thousand Fists no longer graze or try to breed captured livestock. Food is growing scarce as the strength of the tribe swells again - soon it will be time for the Fists to go to war once more, just to fill their bellies.
Source: Forgotten Realms - The Silver Marches 3.5, pg 14