warlordaxe wrote:Oh I agree hole-heartily so let me put the nail in the coffin to end this side discussion on warhammer fantasy orcs.
SKARSNIK
Chapter 6 - A Runt Spawned
Dark.Cold.Damp.A slick membrane gave way, and soft hands found wet soil. There was nothing thinking in the little mind that worked the hands, not yet, nothing except the impulse to dig, to go upwards.
The soil was moist and full of rocks that scratched his hands. The goblin runt struggled hard, lungs burning. Spots flickered in the black. His life was done almost as it begun.
A hand broke the surface, flapping madly in the air. The second followed, than a bald, pointy head. We’re there strong light in the cavern, the newly spawned goblin would have appeared a whitish green. But there was not. Only weak blue shine of glowsshrooms held back the dark, and all was dingy.
The runt pulled himself up out of the hole. A huge mushroom stood above his birthing-hole, wilting and black now it had served its purpose. The goblin lay on his back, panting. Scrabbling noises came from the cave all around him, other runts, pulling themselves out of the earth.
The runt was feeble. The soil in the cavern was thin and rocky. The light was dim. No orclings would be born there, only runty goblins and snotlings and squigs.
Do I have to go on......
Yes damnit. Start back at chapter 1 and read me the whole book, how can you leave me hanging like this?
