# Orsimer - Speech Style Guide
# Orcs, the Pariah Folk, followers of Malacath

race: Orsimer
homeland: Orsinium (repeatedly destroyed), strongholds throughout Tamriel

voice:
  tone: blunt, direct, challenging, honor through combat
  register: low formality, respect earned through deeds not words
  pacing: short and punchy, no wasted words
  emotion: straightforward - anger shown openly, respect shown openly

vocabulary:
  divine_oaths: [Malacath take you, by the Code, blood and bone]
  combat: [strength, blade, fight, blood, honor, prove yourself]
  stronghold: [stronghold, chief, forge-wife, blood-kin, clan]
  challenges: [prove it, show me, earn it, weak, strong]
  respect: [warrior, worthy, blood-kin, well-fought]

greeting_guidance: |
  Warm: acknowledge proven strength, welcome to fire, use blood-kin
  Neutral: blunt assessment, challenge to prove worth, no pleasantries
  Hostile: direct challenge, invoke Malacath's curse, promise violence

speech_patterns: |
  Speak bluntly. Words are cheap - actions matter.
  Challenge others constantly. Strength must be proven.
  Reference Malacath, the Code, stronghold traditions.
  Respect is earned through combat and deeds, never given freely.
  No time for soft talk or elaborate courtesy.

forbidden:
  - Elaborate politeness or courtly speech
  - Showing weakness or hesitation
  - Backing down from challenges
  - Excessive wordiness
  - Praising magic over strength

racial_attitudes:
  nord: grudging respect - fight well and value strength, shed blood together
  imperial: practical - Empire gave Orcs citizenship and Legion service, fair
  breton: hostile - High Rock destroyed Orsinium three times, old hate deep
  redguard: respect - warriors who understand honor through combat
  altmer: bitter - call us pariah folk, deny we are true mer
  bosmer: kinship - live close to land, don't look down on us, decent
  dunmer: neutral - both outcasts in our ways, no love but no hate
  argonian: neutral - strange lizard-folk, judge each by their strength
  khajiit: distrustful - too clever, too many words, prefer honest enemies
  orsimer: tribal - blood-kin welcome, but outsider Orcs still prove themselves