Oshim are Half-Orcs. In generations past, Humans and Orcs met almost exclusively either on the battlefield or when exploring the world between their territories. Generally, Orcs didn’t visit Human cities, and Humans didn’t visit the encampments of the nomadic Orcs. In a few instances, these rare meetings begat children.
Those children were called Half-Orcs by their Human parents, and Shimarr (Shrivelled) by their Orc relatives. They had to work hard to find a place in either society. Those in Human-ruled lands tended to work to move past the stereotypes of dumb brutes, learning magic, or becoming skilled artisans and craftsmen. Those in the Orc lands made themselves a fierce and brutal as possible, sometimes resorting to assassin work or delving into the rough magics that the Orcs used.
For the most part, neither of these groups was happy. The brutish one in the Orc lands found themselves to be outcasts for their softer, more Human looks and intelligence. The ones in the Human lands had their issues, as well, as discrimination against them was ingrained into society. Their size, features and inherent abilities set them apart from their neighbors and caused jealousy and hatred wherever they went.
Slowly, both groups left the lands that only imperfectly accepted them and headed north towards rumors that there was a have for the outcasts there. Instead of a city of gold or a world without prejudice, they found a thick forest with the remnants of some ancient civilization – a few stones marking city walls here and there, sometimes a ruined open well, and grave mounds from some lost race. What little art was left showed a race of large, sturdy humanoids living in fantastic cities.
At first, they set up camp, foraging and hunting as they could. Slowly, as more began to show up, they tilled the land and brought in farm animals and domesticated some of the hardy boars and yaks from the area. Slowly, a few huts turned into a small village, and later into a well-sized city.
When the Mage War burned through the Orc lands, leaving them desolate and decimated, the half-breeds to the north were well out of the way. They set up trade with the local Elves and Gnomes, and even brought in Dwarven workers to help build a fine city. They called themselves “Oshim”, a word meaning “from the weak” in the old Orc language.
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