PART FIVE:
THE DESTROYER’S RAGE

My mother often spoke of a dance called the Destroyer’s Rage, which speaks to the savagery that lies beneath the otherwise civilized state of the orcs of Many-Arrows.

A particular war chief took her and some of her soldiers captive, but instead of torturing or executing them, he stripped them naked and forced them to take part in a violent dance of orgiastic aspect. The dance culminated in bloodletting when the blades came out.

From this, my mother was fortunate to escape with her life.

Rhyn Venkyr
Arya Venkyr, the Lion of Everlund:
A Memoir of My Mother,
Published in the Year of the Secret (1396 DR)