Ork cult

Considering the way Ork Hunters "go native!" </bad british accent>, I'd not be surprised if Orky cults existed. It could be instigated by something like the von Strab incident on Armageddon (a political alliance of convenience), for which you can see in detail in Annihilation Squad, or some sort of feral respect and imitation thing (anyone remember the Power of the Aaaagh!? ...and of course, the humans from GorkaMorka...).

And, Ciaphas Cain, iirc. However, the "reasons" for that one were slightly different, as the humans were imitating something they thought to be superior and more enlightened, culturally. Any Ork "cult" would probably be something violent, survivalist, or something developed by obscure political maneuvering.

But, before the Imperium you say? That could end up with some truly bizarre relationships.

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Did you have something specific in mind, or were you just fishing for thoughts? Would the humans on this particular planet be advanced to the point that they could forcefully integrate themselves into orky society above slave level, or would they just be a slave farm "content with their lot"? Or something else? Merely some personality cult where an Ork warlord operates as the leader of the humans on that world? Something else?

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Or were you just looking for validation? ;D

Or it might have gone up, if it's been a part of the orky empire since before the Imperium and its pre-Imperial civilization was on the decline. With relics of the DAoT all around the place, I'm sure Meks would love the place and probably consider it sent by Gork (or Mork) to further their arcane xeno techno-sorceries. Since the humans have known nothing other than the lash of the Ork (if lashed at all!), it's quite possible that they would know very little of humans on other worlds who aren't under orkoid domination. I'd imagine a few of those "infiltrator" sisters would be about preaching the Imperial cult, though, attempting to raise trouble just on general principle, so you'd probably find some "terrorist cells" who are against "orkoid oppression." So while it might have originally started out as worship of a "savage, enlightened, and kunning superior being," it's probably little more than cooperation by this point thanks to the sabotage efforts of the Adeptus Sororitas (if they're doing so, of course). Just a thought for that last few sentences....

Maybe this is a human world which never has been liberated by the Imperium. So the humans live there might be very savage, and worship the Orks. All very similar to the Diggas in GorkaMorka.

Maybe they are in very high numbers, so what they lack in strenght and toughness, they compensate with high numbers. Maybe they have a similar fate as the WFB Goblin? "Inferior" to the Orks, but more cunning.

But erm CELS....shouldnt this thread be somewhere else? like on the Ork section for example?

But do Gretchin also have the greedy trader thingie that WFB goblins have? I mean that they would have slave-caravans for example? Maybe you could see these humans as Ferengi from Star Trek (yes yes I had a Star Trek phase a long time ago...and Im not proud of it)

Is this human cult going to be part of the "Ork Empire" thingie we have in the sector? Maybe they would worship Warlord Morzkraga Barkharg as a god, creating temples, statues in his name. Perhaps the strongest and most usefull of these humans have the honour of going into war alongside the Orks? They might hate the Imperium for worshipping "the Emperor" instead of "Da Warlord". This could be cool. They would after having encountered the Imperium hate them and want them all to worship "Da Warlord"

Well that could be cool! But would both worlds work freely for the Orks? That advanced world for example...wouldnt the betray the Orks when they have the chance to?

But these Ork-worshippers could be a cool idea. perhaps Morzkraga would send them on suicide missions, dealings with pirates, mercenaries and smugglers for them to get there.
Maybe similar to Jihad warriors who blow themselves up in busses. Terrorism could be a tactic used by Morzkraga, it sure fits the Blood Axe profile I think.
While these humans commit these actions out of worship for their Warlord, Morzkrage uses them to demoralise the Imperium and make small attacks on them.

He would of course also send these human suicide groups to militiayr installations and to logistical targets, blowing up fuel depots for example.

I'm thinking that the advanced world not like the orks and struggle to preserve their own culture. Just because they don't like the orks though, doesn't mean that they'd want to rebel. After all, they've probaby not had any contact with the Imperium, since they were conquered by Blood Axes before the Great Crusade and never found by the Emperor's forces since they were hidden within an ork empire. For all they know, they're the only humans in the galaxy. To rebel would mean certain destruction. A small fleet of ork ships might constantly orbit the planet as a silent threat. Whenever the world has tried to build ships intended to escape the system and search for other humans, the orks might have hunted them down and punished the human world severly, executing thousands and thousands.

I don't know if the primitive ork-worshippers would be usable as spies and saboteurs. They might not even speak Low Gothic, having totally converted to 'orkdom', and even cut their teeth sharp. Why bother hanging on to Imperial culture if they find ork culture superior?

Guys and (possibly, not seems not the case) gals!
Do you want to see angry Kage – prompt Ork-worshipping Eldar
Seriously though, I cannot understand why high-tech civilisation will worship ones, who are known for brutality? Even if they are isolated. Look at ancient Greeks – they never even thought about admiring barbarians, I don’t say worship. They may admire orkish courage and be in like with those guys with the power of Aaargh! but becoming oomie-grots? Maybe make them not high-tech but techno-barbarians, akin to Caliban guys?


Corrected the spelling...