An orc boychild - or girlchild prepared to shoulder the Double Duty - who feels drawn to great things can supplicate before the ikons erected to represent the lords of the sky.
These ikons, delicately painted with fine brushes and gilt with gold, depict many-tentacled, boggled-eyed, toothed and re-toothed beings staring at the viewer with a benevolent hunger. An orc might commit himself to the lords, begging them to come forth from the sky on their steeds of iron and light, burning the land, and making it fit only for the growing of potatoes.
Or an orc might commit herself to the lords, begging them to spare the Lands one more year, and give the orcs an opportunity to capture and hold the five fastnesses, push down to Grumluda and reunite the orc race under orc rule for the first time in history.
Either way, the lords of the sky will sometimes hear the begging and make a sign - an eye may blink out of the moon, or an octopus will be birthed by a cow, or all orcs will feel a stirring to stare at the skies.
Hooks
- Are the lords of the sky linked to Alberon’s Spear and Shield?
- Do the lords of the sky exist? Are they connected with the plane of dreams?
