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The People of the Rainbow

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An orc clan
Founded DR 843 (877 years ago)
Founded in Amberglow, the Feywild, Multiverse
Based in Xurkhaz, the Garamjala Desert, the Desolation of Cha’mutte, the Drankorian Hinterland

The name for the orcs of Xurkhaz who have lived free from Thark’s curse for many generations.

History

The People of the Rainbow trace their origins to the Golden Age of the Drankorian Empire, when their ancestors were freed from Thark’s chains by the gift of an archfey known as the Cloudspinner. In those days, the People of the Rainbow grew and prospered in the Feywild domain of Amberglow, under the Cloudspinner’s protection, and safe from Thark’s reach.

As they grew, the People of the Rainbow wished to free their brethren from Thark’s chains, so with the Cloudspinner’s blessing and the gift of the Cloak of Rainbows to protect them, they ventured back to the material plane.

However, rumors of the unchained orcs and the Cloak of Rainbows and its power grew in Drankor, and eventually attracted the attention of Apollyon, the emperor, who attacked the People of the Rainbow, and stole the Cloak of Rainbows for himself.

For the next five hundred years, the People of the Rainbow lived a hunted existence, scattered in small groups trying to avoid the ever-watchful eyes of Thark and the violence of his servants. Until after the Great War, when Uzgash, the leader of a small tribe of orcs hiding in the Nashtkar, discovered the long-lost Cloak of Rainbows in a ruined Dunmari fort. Using the power of the cloak, he founded the kingdom of Xurkhaz. The People of the Rainbow have lived in Xurkhaz ever since, under the protection of the Cloak of Rainbows. Over the years, as rumors of Xurkhaz spread, lost tribes of the People of the Rainbow hiding in distant places have begun to return when they can.

Now, the People of the Rainbow are thriving in Xurkhaz, and perhaps in other hidden pockets of the world.

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