Half-orcs are the product of a union (usually rape) between an orc male, and a human female. Half orcs are hairier than humans, have a low, skulking forehead, and muscular, yet disgusting bodies. Where Half-elves are accepted in the villages of their related offspring, Half-orcs are shunned at best, sometimes ridiculed, stoned, killed, lynched, or eaten. On rare occaisions, Half-orcs are permitted to band with their Orcish bretheren, provided they look "Orcish" enough to pass for one. Half-orcs make effective thieves and fighters, but the relatively slow wits they inherit from their Orcish parent (sometimes their human parent as well!) tend to inhibit them from pursuing other, more meaningful professions. Half-orcs are stronger than their human parents, and quite unruly. Oft this has led to an early dismissal from their parents homes. They are ill-tempered creatures, and the results of the poor social position they are forced into at birth tends to cloud their wits. Half-orcs can see in darker places than most humans, but normal daytime sunlight tends to hurt their eyes.