ruedyn said:
Derek_the_Dodo said:
Anruin noticed the necklace, "Is that yours?"
Urgal had ignored the question up until now, just staring at his drink. He took the amulet off from around his neck and showed it to Anruin. He figured it couldn't hurt. "The amulet is of my clan, but it's my brother's, Kaglar, since you asked. Best archer I've ever seen. Our father exiled him from our stronghold over a decade ago for breaking the code of Malacath, that was the last time I saw him. I went searching for him shortly after, but Tamriel... Tamriel is a big place. I don't know if he's dead, turned bandit, or... or what." Urgal sighed and took another swig.
"The Code of Malacath may seem strange to other races, but it's what we are. Malacath made us, we will die with his honour guiding us and die before we break our honour. Orcs are a race of exiles, to be an Orc is to be an outsider, and the code is all we have to guide us. Without it, we may as well be goblins, or ogres. Only in the past hundred years or so have we even been regarded as anything more."
"I regret that Kaglar broke the code, I realise that now. But he did what he thought was best, he probably saved my life, and he is still my brother. Still an Orc. I will find him again. One day."