Navkadrak
Navkadrak isn’t really a “Pre-Rend” society other than the Orks that live there live in the same spot as Orks in the Pre-Rend times. Otherwise, the society and culture are entirely different. Nakvadrak is a nation that exists on the tumultuous Hilt Peninsula, although there are certainly some settlements outside the official borders of Nakvadrak.
Most of Nakvadrak’s food comes from fishing and what their farms can produce during the warm months of the year. The Orks of Nakvadrak are very skilled with boat building and usage (navigation, I guess? I’m honestly not sure what the term for “good with boats” is) because almost any village exists close to the shore. The middle of the peninsula is dried out, cracked earth from when the Orks and Dragons first clashed long before the Rending. Although Nakvadrak is counted as one of the nations of the world, it is almost never united on anything. There is constant infighting and civil war between various factions that rise and fall as the political landscape shifts (normally due to leaders being killed).
The only thing of any real value in Nakvadrak is the magical obsidian that is mined from the otherwise ruinous middle region of the peninsula. Unlike actual/normal obsidian which is very brittle and shatters easily, this obsidian, when tempered properly, becomes as durable as steel while also maintaining the incredible sharpness of obsidian. (I’ll expand more on this later)
Ork smiths have learned how to work with this material and guard the secret jealously. The only trade that comes to the Hilt is for the weapons they make. There are a few towns that are more welcoming to outsiders and have come to semi-rely on the trade themselves. The rest of the peninsula is filled with Orks that will raid and sink ships that don’t fly their faction’s colors and symbol.
While this violent behavior does give somewhat of a bad name to the Orks and Half-Orks of the world, there are Orks and Half-Orks that exist in many other societies, so seeing one is not cause for concern or excitement (basically, you can play a Half-Ork character without fear of everyone being a dick to you).
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