The Tale - How it all Began....
A Band of Orcs is the product of Gruesom Grimp's wicked sense of humor. He was out cruising this dimension of the multi-verse when he happened upon a group of kids playing role-playing games. The GM was about to roll for a random encounter. The Grimp feeling a tickle from his ma's side of the family (the gremlin side) thought it would be hella funny if the next encounter the GM rolled actually came through to this side and scared the living' bejeebees out of the gamers.
Player1: "Do we encounter anything?"
Player2: "Yeah, like ogres or somethin'?!?!?"
GM: "Let me see (sound of dice rolling)...you encounter...A BAND OF ORCS!!!!"
Poor kids.
The orcs pretty much slaughtered them, ending their pathetic little lives. But then, as fate (otherwise known as Mother Chaos) would have it, the GM's older brother was up stairs listening to some Slayer in his room.
The orcs ran upstairs, intending to mutilate the poor shmuck, but stood entranced by the demonic sounds of the lords of hell metal. The oRcs of the Gore-Stained Axe Tribe told Jed they would spare his life, if he showed them how to produce such evil, vile, primal sounds.
Jed, fearing for his life, took all the Orcs down to the local Guitar Mart, where the Orcs, of course, proceeded to tear through the store with their battle axes and...well, mostly break stuff...but they did manage to salvage some musical instruments and begin to learn how to play. Jed still lives on in the dungeon of oRc Tower as their music teacher!
The Grimp, always knows a golden opportunity to weave a mighty chaos in the Multi-verse when he sees it, so he signed on to be their manager and, like any evil overlord worth his salt, he plans on using the brute force of the oRcs' music to completely Dominate this frail human realm.
Denizens of oRc Tower
Gruesom Grimp - Chaos Pundit and Band Manager. The Grimp believes he is the most important member of the band, despite the fact that he doesn't play a musical instrument, nor is he even an orc. It was he who while cruising the dimensions happened upon a group of hapless gamers whose GM was about to roll a random encounter. The d100 turned up "a Band of Orcs," and the Grimp, using his infernal powers of mischief made it so. For Real. Of course, the orcs slaughtered the poor gamers when they came through to this side. Oh, well. He has several accolades as a multiversal traveller, trickster and entrepenuer. During his several millenia of lives he has served some of the highest powers of the infernal realms, and moonlighted as a consultant to the divine. Now, he's strking out on his own and is best known as the Architect of the impending Domination. The Grimp enjoys Chaos and making money.
Gogog Bloodthroat - Level 20 Barbarian Vocals. Gogog hails from the Gore-Stained Axe Tribe of orcs. He has killed over 300 worthy and unworthy opponents, including 50 elves. His pastimes include breaking bones, pillaging villages, watching things burn, slapping around the slaves and watching monster trucks crush smaller cars. He prefers fist-fighting to weapons, but uses a two-handed sword in war, when necessary. His moniker comes from the fact that he once took an elf's arrow to the throat. He got better and now screams his way to superior Rock God Status.
Cretos Filthgrinder - Level 20 Warrior Guitars. Filth fought his way into the Gore-Stained Axe Tribe by killing 3 captains in single combat. He also enjoys Breaking' Bones, as well as, grinding' filth on his guitar, fighting in gladiatorial events, and hearing the lamentations of the women. Naturally, his preferred weapon is the battle axe. By some weird quirk of the gods, Filth actually has musical talent, learned how to play the guitar very quickly after coming to your world, and is responsible for crafting most of the bone-crushing rhythms you hear, but his solos are his trademark.
Hulg ElfR.I.P.per - Level 20 Undead Guitars. Hulg ElfR.I.P.per is dead. Obituary.--"Hulg ElfR.I.P.per was fatally electrocuted when after a heated dispute with Cretos Filthgrinder over the band's sound and direction; he took his battle axe to Filth's amplifier. ElfR.I.P.per remains with the band in spirit and in body, as bits of him are still stuck in the band's equipment." Hulg doesn't enjoy much of anything since he died. The Grimp was pissed, because orcs that can play guitar are a fluke. He's currently searching for a necromancer of high-enough level to animate Hulg's corpse before the orcs play their first live show. He hired one dark magician claiming to be competent before the oRcs’ studio recording of the debut EP “WarChiefs of the Apocalypse,” but the fellow turned out to be a fraud, or at least not as high-level as he claimed. Hulg’s arm fell off during the recording of “Bring Out Your Dead” and Filth had to finish the rhythm tracks himself. Masters of necromantic magic interested in helping re-animate Hulg should contact the Grimp immediately.
Gronk! - Level 20 Shaman Bass. Gronk! is the band's shaman and therefore Schizophrenic (he sometimes thinks he's Steve Harris). He uses his spiritual powers to level-up the band for shows and battle. He plays only on genuine dwarfgut strings, because he believes anything else unlucky. When not casting low-level spells, he likes to drop things from high places and watch them splat against the ground. He never takes off his helmet, because it is magic and he doesn't want any of the band members or Skeleton Krew to steal it. He prefers to wield a warhammer and spells in battle.
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