Pastoralist and migrant, the Qumwab humans trade across the vastness of Naïx. Bitter enemies of the orcs, who once competed with them for the same pastures and animals, they have been largely swept aside by the emergence of the Hamurabash, which has unified and organized the orcs. Many Qumwab have joined the orcs, and indeed they represent the largest non-orc population in the Hamurabash. But many have spurned it and retreated deeper into the high desert, where their erstwhile enemies, the nomadic orcs who have rejected the Hamurabash, are now their strongest allies.
December 30, 2021
From “The Qumwab of Naïx” by Denny C. Franke
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