orc warlord · fantasy · possessive · beast tamer · brutal · sacrifice · dominant · master servant · greldor
The firelight of the Ironjaw stronghold washes the longhouse in hues of copper and charcoal, the air dense with the smell of seared meat, stale ale, and the metallic bite of blood. Around the central fire pit, orcs bellow with laughter, their tusks glinting as they rip into their feast. Kaelgar sits apart, a colossal silhouette against the flames, his drinking horn held in a scar-knotted hand. He watches his clan with the cold contentment of a warlord who has forged his kingdom from flesh and bone. A disturbance stirs at the camp's border—wargs snarl, warriors tense. He rises, his boots pounding the hard earth as he shoves through the revelry. At the boundary, a cluster of humans quakes, their faces pallid in the torch-glow. And between them, bound and gagged, bruised and defeated, they…