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Monday 13 July 2020

Linguistic Archaeology: Orcs of Greyhawk

Orc names
1. ag
2. aug
3. bad
4. bag
5. bakh
6. bash
7. baz
8. blag
9. brag
10. brog
11. bruz
12. dag
13. dakk
14. darg
15. dob
16. dog
17. drab
18. dug
19. dur
20. gash
21. ghaz
22. glakh
23. glaz
24. glob
25. glol
26. gluf
27. glur
28. gnarl
29. gnash
30. gnub
31. gob
32. gokh
33. gol
34. golk
35. gor
36. grakh
37. grash
38. grath
39. graz
40. grot
41. grub
42. grud
43. gud
44. gut
45. hag
46. hakk
47. hrat
48. hrog
49. hrug
50. khag
51. khar
52. krag
53. krud
54. lakh
55. lash
56. lob
57. lub
58. lud
59. luf
60. luk
61. molk
62. muk
63. muz
64. nar
65. ogg
66. olg
67. rag
68. rash
69. rogg
70. rorg
71. rot
72. rud
73. ruft
74. rug
75. rut
76. shad
77. shag
78. shak
79. shaz
80. shog
81. skar
82. skulg
83. slur
84. snar
85. snorl
86. snub
87. snurr
88. sod
89. stulg
90. thak
91. trog
92. ug
93. umsh
94. ung
95. uth
96. yakh
97. yash
98. yob
99. zahk
100. zog


Popularity of Use
A          %          E          %          I           %          O           %          U           %
44         44%     0          0%        0          0%        25        25%      32         32%

B          %          C          %          D           %          F           %          G           %
18        18%      0          0%        14         14%     3           3%        54         54%

H          %          J          %          K           %          L           %          M           %
30         30%     0          0%        21          21%    23         23%      4            4%

N          %          P          %          Q           %          R           %          S           %
9           9%        0          0%        0            0%       35         35%     22        22%

T          %          V          %          W           %          X           %          Y           %
9           9%       0           0%        0            0%       0            0%        3           3%

Z          %
9          9%

Popularity of use
54% G:
44% A, G: Ag,
35% R, A, G: Rag,
32% U, R, A, G: Ug, Rug, Aug,
30% H, U, R, A, G: Hrug, Hag,
25% O, H, U, R, A, G: Rorg, Rogg, Ogg, Hrog, Gor,
23% L, O, H, U, R, A, G: Olg, Gol, Glur, Glol,
22% S, L, O, H, U, R, A, G: Slur, Shog, Shag, Rash, Lash, Grash,
         Gnash, Gash,
21% K, S, L, O, H, U, R, A, G: Skulg, Skar, Shak, Luk, Lakh, Krag,
         Khar, Khag, Hakk, Grakh, Golk, Gokh, Glakh,
18% B, K, S, L, O, H, U, R, A, G: Lub, Lob, Grub, Gob, Glob, Brog,
         Brag, Blag, Bash, Bak, Bag,
14% D, B, K, S, L, O, H, U, R, A, G: Sod, Shad, Rud, Lud, Krud, Gud,
        Grud, Dur, Dug, Drab, Dog, Dob, Darg, Dakk, Dag, Bad,
9% N, T, Z, D, B, K, S, L, O, H, U, R, A, G: Zog, Zahk, Shaz, Uth, Ung,
        Trog, Thak, Stulg, Snurr, Snub, Snorl, Snar, Rut, Rot, Nar,
       Hrat, Gut, Grot, Graz, Grath, Gnub, Gnarl, Glaz, Ghaz, Bruz,
       Baz,
4% M, N, T, Z, D, B, K, S, L, O, H, U, R, A, G: Umsh, Muz, Muk, Molk,
3% F, Y, M, N, T, Z, D, B, K, S, L, O, H, U, R, A, G: Yob, Yash, Yakh,
       Ruft, Luf, Gluf,
0% E, I, C, J, P, Q, V, W, X

Name length
No. Letters       2                3               4              5
%                        2%           35%            53%        10%

Conclusion: Between 23% - 4% is an unprecedented growth period for orcish culture.




The Orcs of Greyhawk

Over three Centuries ago Creativity in naming is on the rise, plenty of protein in their diet to produce healthy offspring, a bountiful time with a halfling in every cooking fire. None of that fatless elf meat that tastes better on the way up.
Two hundred years of actual Orc Kings... not Chiefs sitting in their own faeces... Kings though they dont have the letter I. Twenty-six of the smartest horrifyingly cunning Orcs you ever met in ambush.

Orc History
-166 CY The Logs of Snorl 
K'ng Snorl whose intelligence came with a +1 bonus taught his army to swim, and in a raid on a Port seized fifty ships without a fight and sailed off. Out in the Ocean he lashed them together and created a floating Island that drifted with the currents. All that is remembered of the greatness of K'ng Snorl is the story of Snorl and his warriors who stole logs and lashed them together to make a big raft only to drift out to Sea.

-74 CY Burnt Umsh
The last of the Orc Kings, K'ng Umsh besieged the city of Greyhawk by lashing a wheatfield to their backs with Tar and thus camouflaged crawled fifty miles along the banks of the Nyr Dyv only to meet a bad end. Orcs still seek the crown melted to his skull, thought buried in the mud in sight of Greyhawk or mounted to some Necromancer's staff. Burnt Umsh is now a common term for cooked Orc-meat (something fed to dogs).

But now, Orcs are a shadow of themselves...

The Modern Orc
Not all the old alphabet is in use anymore when it comes to Orc names. The last seventy-five years have seen a significant contraction in Orc Culture.

                 Modern Orcish Name Generator (-75CY-1CY)       
               Name                     Common Phonetics
1d10     length      1d10     Prefix       2d8     mid    1d10     Suffix
01-04         3            01           U-          02-06   -u-       01-03      -h
05-10         4*        02-04        M-         07-08   -s-       04-05      -k
                               05-07        Y-          09-10   -o-       06-07      -f
                                 08           R-          11-12    -a-         08         -t
                                 09           L-          13-14    -l-          09         -b
                                 10           G-           15        -m-        10         -z
                                                                16        -k-                               
*Roll twice for a mid letter.



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