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For the chapter with the same name, see Chapter 9.

Orcs (オーク Ōku?) are a race in the manga Delicious in Dungeon.

Appearance and Biology[]

Orcs are fairly broad in build, with porcine features such as a snout-like nose and tusks.[citation needed] They have a different number of toes to tall-men.[1] They are a demihuman race that seems to be cross between humans and boar-type monsters. Their bodies are covered with short, tough hair.

They appear to use scent to identify people.[2] Tall-men apparently have a different scent to orcs.[1]

Despite their large physiques, orcs do not have much body fat, and are extremely muscular. When young, their fur is fluffy like a baby boars with stripes on their backs, but as they grow older it becomes thin and bristly and the stripes fade.[3]

Culture[]

Orcs have a custom of inserting shards of monster bone underneath their skin, which heal over and appear to look much like the horns that oni have. This is done as a way to show their status within a hierarchy: the more powerful and influential an orc is, the more horns he is allowed to have.[3]

The chief orc in a tribe of orcs appears to take multiple wives.[4] Orc communities have strict hierarchies, their rank determines their number of wives.[5]

Orcs often are found with wargs in their company and are commonly thought be keeping them as pets. In actuality, the two simply coexist.[1]

In the dungeon on the Island, the current third generation of orcs are extremely hostile towards all adventurers they come across. In order to prevent dead adventurers from being resurrected, the orcs will even feed their corpses to wargs.[3]

Since orcs were driven from their areas by long-lived races, their populations are extremely localized. Aboveground, their villages are seen in the mountains of the Eastern Continent and Southern Continent and in the north of the Western Continent. The majority live in dungeon and abandoned mines.[3]

History[]

Orcs are generally reviled and feared by other races as they are seen as raiders.[6][7] Due to their people having been slaughtered and their land stolen from them by tall-men and elves,[8] they feel great animosity towards any tall-man or elf they come across.[9] When driven from the surface they moved into caves, but their caves were lit on fire,[6] so groups of them relocated into dungeons.[10]

Known Orcs[]

Zon AB Profile
Zon's son
Leed AB Profile
Zon Bahay Leed

Trivia[]

  • Orcs have a different standard of beauty to tall-men[4] and consider elves to be ugly.[11]
  • They have nicknames for the different races: elves are 'long-ears' (耳長 miminaga?)[12], dwarves are 'depth-dwellers' (地底人 chisokojin?), half-foots are 'midgets' (小人 kobito?) and tall-men are 'long-legs' (足長 ashinaga?).[13]
  • They keep chickens.[14]
  • Orc stripes are mentioned when fighting, sharing memories like when Senshi talks about when he met Zon, or during sweet moments like between spouses.[15]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Miscellaneous Monster Tales -4-
  2. Delicious in Dungeon Manga: Chapter 30, p. 5
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible, p. 146
  4. 4.0 4.1 Miscellaneous Monster Tales -2-
  5. Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible, p. 147
  6. 6.0 6.1 Delicious in Dungeon Manga: Chapter 9, p. 17
  7. Delicious in Dungeon Manga: Chapter 9, p. 20
  8. Delicious in Dungeon Manga: Chapter 9, p. 16
  9. Delicious in Dungeon Manga: Chapter 9, p. 10
  10. Delicious in Dungeon Manga: Chapter 9, p. 18
  11. Delicious in Dungeon Manga: Chapter 9, p. 11
  12. Delicious in Dungeon Manga: Chapter 30, p. 3
  13. Delicious in Dungeon Manga: Chapter 30, p. 4
  14. Delicious in Dungeon Manga: Chapter 9, p. 15
  15. June 5th, 2022 post from Ryoko Kui's personal hobby blog.
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