About this episode
Keith and Kristian venture to the outer regions of Khorvaire to study the various cultures of orcs and half-orcs. Time Markers 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:00:17 – Readings Dragonmarks: Orcs and the Gaash’kala Dragonmark 3/19/14: Orcs, Mean Streets and More The Dragon Below Trilogy The Binding Stone The Grieving Tree The Killing Song 00:01:28 – What Sets the Orcs of Eberron Apart 00:06:00 – Specific Orc Subcultures 00:06:21 – Shadow Marches Orcs 00:08:50 – Tribes, Clans, and House Tharashk 00:13:14 – Player Motivations 00:14:25 – Half-orc Status 00:18:32 – Cults of the Dragon Below 00:19:48 – The Jhorsh’tar 00:23:05 – Droaam Orcs 00:26:48 – Orcs in the Demon Wastes and the Ghaash’kala 00:27:06 – New Chapter 00:35:04 – Why Orcs are Great 00:36:30 – Meme Reference: Gatekeeper vs. Valenar 00:39:00 – Half-orcs: The Bridge between Worlds 00:40:30 – For Players 00:43:50 – Designing the Orcs of Eberron 00:46:40 – Ghaash’kala and the Prophecy 00:48:58 – Oracles of the Draconic Prophecy 00:50:43 – Alternative Gatekeeper Seals 00:54:24 – Wrap up Special thanks to Joseph Meehan for his assistance with capturing and submitting time markers on this episode.