Liyer

A brutish Race that had fallen from grace.

The Liyer were created ages ago by the god of man to act as guardians to humanity. The god imbued this race with strength and physical prowess to protect humanity. An orc warrior crowned leader of his race was tasked with stopping a raid on a human village by beastmen. The orc instead decided to join the beastmen and betray the god. He enslaved and destroyed early human civilizations, conquering as much of humanity they could before the god of men put a stop to it. The god cursed the orcs with color changing skin which would expose their true intentions so that the race of orcs, now dubbed Liyer (Liar) would never be able to deceive the god again with their intent. To give humanity a chance at fending off the Liyer horde, he halved their physical ability, shrinking them. Though they are still vastly superior to humans in strength. Though their intelligence and reproduction cycles were also slowed. Not all Liyer subscribe to this lore, and there are several hundred other stories that define their history.

The god may choose based on orcish behavior, to imbue thelotic arts users with their original orcish form. They would be considerably stronger than base orcs as they hold the original, untainted form of the orc race before they descended into Liyer.

Though in actuality the orcs, while indeed an ancient culture co-existed with humans and were likely much larger in prehistoric ages and would definitely bud heads with the humans in their regions. Their color changing skin takes years to manifest based on hormones. Orcs that live more aggressive lifestyles typically turn darker shades of red, while more mellow and civilized orcs may become lighter tones such as blue. This is actually a colorful display of lifestyle to mates. Their perceived ‘slowness’ is caused by their tendency to live extreme lifestyles such as absolute barbarians or stoic academics with little to say making them appear either vulgar and loud or stupid and quiet. As orcs are more physically powerful than humans, they simply take longer to gestate. In the early years of AC all BC history was simply lost outright, destroyed by the collapse of all things. In the modern world, culture defines ethnicity in the most literal way, Orcs will change skin color based on lifestyle. Much like how humans in different regions different physical attributes Orc’s of one culture have would be a different culture than those of another and treat each other as a different race entirely in the worst cases of misidentification.

## Psychology

Liyer were formerly orcs, created to be protectors and fighters. They have a very distinct instinct for combat and conflict, however the mental state for each orc is dependent, and can even be figured out by anyone who looks at their skin. As the Psychological state of a Liyer reflects on their appearance.

## Anatomy

They are much larger than humans and have fitting strength and durability. A human besting an Liyer in a fit of strength is outright impossible. However, their mental function seems to be dulled at the cost of this increased strength. They do not have the same thought power as other races. As their "wisdom" teeth grow in, the entire structure of the rest of their teeth changes, causing it to look jagged and disgusting. This doesn't disrupt them too much, but can be a startling sight for other races.