Grimtusk the Tyrant

Old, vast orc warlord who holds the Sered Spur by out-killing every chief who would not kneel, notching his cleaver once for each.

Grimtusk won the name the only way orcs grant it — by being the last one standing. He has driven the goblins off three warrens and the Stoneborn off two fords and reckons the whole Spur his by the only law he respects: the strong take, the weak give ground. He is old for an orc, which is itself a threat — it means every challenger for a decade is dead. He carries a two-handed cleaver the size of a cellar door, notched for each chief he unmade, and he does not raid from need. He raids because a war-band that is not pushing outward is dying, and Grimtusk does not intend to die.