A year ago, a host of Ossium orcs arrived in Skarsind, guided by the Freeborn to new homes far away from the Druj who once ruled them. A number of the orcs had already become Imperial Orcs by the time they reached Skarsind, arriving not as people fleeing the horrors of the east, but as people coming home at last to a homeland they have never known. In the seasons since, more of them have found a place not only in Skarsind, but as part of the nation. There are three very obvious exceptions, however. Three of the largest septs of Ossium - the Ethengraw, the Illarawm, and the Yerende - maintain their own cultures and traditions in the face of ruthless Druj oppression. They have a strong identity of their own, one that they are not keen to abandon now that they are "free" once again.
