Orcs

Overview
Orcs were originally High-Elves, however Dark-Elves drained them of their magic and experimented on them to make them their slaves. As a result, they have an accelerated muscle growth, got their skin turned green and lost most of their hair. They lack magical abilitys on their own, however that does not make them completly incapable of using it as they draw their magical power from the surroundings or other beings.

History
After the great war, when Dark-Elves started to appear again, they were hunted to be extingt completly. As a response the Dark-Elves defended themself with their powerful magical gifts. Many High-Elves were killed in the fierce battles as a result, but some suffered an even more cruel fate then death. Survivors of the battles were taken captive and got their magic drained out of them. After that, they undergone multiple horrible experiments, which not only killed most of them but also tortured them in unimagineable ways. The experiments however were not primerly designed inflict suffering on them, but to create mindless slaves that would fight their own kin. The fruits of their labors were the creation of Orcs, a race with extreme physical might and violant tendencies. Fighting the war for the Dark-Elves, the High-Elves were forced out of Mamorek as they could not withstand the raw might of the Orcs.

No longer needed as weapons the Orcs were soon instead of being slaughtered used as more literal slaves, doing any physical work that needed to be done, from plowing the fields to building up towns. Over time, the bloodlust of the Orcs began to fade and they returned to a state more alike their old selfs before undergoing the experiments. As they regained their own will, they began demanding their freedom. The response was foreseeable: Any complaining Orc got executed and shown to the others as example.

But instead of creating fear, killing their kin only made their blood boil and reawaken the rage residing within. Wooden stakes with heads of Dark-Elves were marking the roads and despite possessing great magical gifts, the Dark-Elves could do little against the orcs as they were overwhelmed by their sheer number, each of them willing to die and keeping on fighting even with the gravest of wounds. The Dark-Elves had no other choice but to abandon Mamorek and so the orcs regained their freedom and founded their own nation.