Bruce McKnight
Troubadour
I'm looking to add a little more personality to my POV orcs and want to think of what (probably derogatory) word they would call humans.
I mean, I can use the word human, because they probably have a standard word for whatever "human" means and it would likewise translate, but I'm looking for a good slang word.
"Pinkskins" is an old standby and I really liked when Jonathan French has his half-orcs call them "frails" in The Grey Bastards, but I'm looking for something else.
My orcs live above and below ground in rocky lands on the other side of the mountains from the humans, who dwell in green pastures and woodlands. They're physically superior to humans and naturally better warriors (pretty standard) and I'm looking for what slanderous or offensive terms they might call humans.
Any ideas?
I mean, I can use the word human, because they probably have a standard word for whatever "human" means and it would likewise translate, but I'm looking for a good slang word.
"Pinkskins" is an old standby and I really liked when Jonathan French has his half-orcs call them "frails" in The Grey Bastards, but I'm looking for something else.
My orcs live above and below ground in rocky lands on the other side of the mountains from the humans, who dwell in green pastures and woodlands. They're physically superior to humans and naturally better warriors (pretty standard) and I'm looking for what slanderous or offensive terms they might call humans.
Any ideas?