“Orcs reproduce through spores, which shed from them throughout life and are given off in large quantities upon death. The spores grow into a plant-like womb underground that nourishes the orc untill he is fully grown. The origins of these spores and how exactly they came to the Old World is unknown, although they could have been unwittingly transported there by the Old Ones. Orcish reproduction makes them notoriously difficult to get rid off. Once you have killed an orc, you must burn its body and the ground it fell upon or new orcs will eventually rise.”

Is this from actual Warhammer Fantasy lore or is this from Warhammer 40K lore? I mentioned how Orcs come from mushrooms in a previous podcast and a listener mentioned to me that this info is from 40K but assumed to be the same in Fantasy.

By Ted on Jan 29, 2008