Half-orcs

Half-orcs are hybrids between humans and orcs, and are every bit as burly and strong as their orcish parents, standing between 170 and 185 cm tall as full-grown adults. Their skin colors are similar to those of orcs, but often a few shades paler, and their hair colors range from black to light brown (though many half-orcs choose to shave their heads completely). Males often sport robust facial hair, despite the fact that full-blooded orcs can't grow any at all. They tend to have longer faces than their orc parents, but still retain the orcs' short nose and blade-like ears. Some half-orcs have orcish tusks, but they are generally less pronounced than in full-blooded orcs.

Contrary to popular rumors, half-orcs are only extremely rarely the products of pillage raids from the orc tribes living in the mountain passes of central Valorith. Much more commonly, they are born when a wandering orc joins and mingles with a group of human barbarians. Such relationships have even been known to flourish in the heart of human civilization. They tend to either prefer the lifestyle of their human parents and flock to other humans, or attempt to discover their orcish heritage and seek out orc tribes. Thus, half-orcs generally hail from northeastern Baietours but can show up any place where there are humans, and sometimes are found in the company of orcs. They are generally welcomed as family among groups of barbarians, but are also often distrusted and feared just as much as true orcs by other Baietoursian commoners, while orcs only learn to respect them if they prove themselves in physical contests.

Half-orcs in Orthonia have the same racial traits as in the PHB.