Desert Orcs are Orcs that live in the desert, they love the heat, they are much less nomadic than other Orcs, they have a brown skin tone, kind of a sandy color, and usually don't have hair.
Name: Desert Orcs
Average Height: Slightly Taller then Average Orcs
Weight: Typical Orcish Weights
Hair Color: Typical Colors of Orcish Kind, However sometimes they will dye it.
Eye Color: Brown to Green
Traditions:
[X] More likely to more permanently settle than normal Orcs
[X] Have a loosened code of honor, are more spiritual than their normal cousins
[X] The few migratory groups prefer the jungles to the deserts, but however belong to the same sub-race
[X] Typically are less violent than their traditional cousins, appoint Shamans to lead their villages
[X] Worship the Elementals deeply.
[X] Are known to affiliate with the surface Elves
Preferred Climates:
[X] Desert
[X] Jungle
Lore: Desert Orcs are unusual, they often form permanent villages, those that do migrate, are those that haven't secured a steady water supply in their traditional settling grounds. Some venture into the jungles during the summers, when the heat of the desert becomes too intense to bare even for the hardy Orcish People. Desert Orcs came into existence when a practice to exile traitors of the Orcish People was still around, later fading into obscurity, but regardless formed a society in the fringe regions of the world, the deserts. Desert Orcs are known to have dealings with the surface Elves. Despite the normal Orcs existing in the desert, Desert Orcs Lafitte with it directly and have a deep spiritual connection to it.
Summary Note: Desert Orcs are a tempered version of normal Orcs, less violent , and more tribal shamanism is used to govern their society and they're known to practice acts of healing and alchemy as their primary magical studies, though their warrior-mages can employ magic associated with the Elementals. Groups of migratory Desert Orcs are known to move into the Jungles for most of the year, but move back to the desert to visit sites of holy pilgrimage.