Orc

  The Orc/Ork is a fantasy race that are often twined with Goblins. They are humanoid creatures that come in many shapes and sizes, often with bowed legs and long arms. They are generally ugly and filthy, with prominent fangs and facial features tending toward the grotesque, their skin is typically a shade of green, grey, black, brown and sometimes red.

 Their temperament matches their looks. Ugly, aggressive and cannibals to boot, often eating their own kind. They are used for soldiers, mostly cannon fodder because of their low intelligence, strength and violent by nature, they will fight ferociously if compelled or directed by a guiding will, but tend towards more chaotic behavior if left to their own devices.

  Old English glossaries record the word OE orc matches with the Latin Orcus, deity of the Underworld, and Synonymous with thyrs "ogre" as well as "hell devil".
  The word ultimately comes from the Latin, the demonic Roman god of death, who should not be confussed with Pluto, the god of the underworld and has transformed by several stages from the meanings 'underworld', 'hell', 'devil', 'evil creature' to 'ogre'.

 They have been portrayed through fairy tales and fantasy for a long time, but the most famous has to be J.R.R.Tolkien's reinvention of them in his stories the most famous being the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Where they have a some thing like a culture of their own and their own language.