Vor’Ruk Cea’Zer Oc’Tavious (Zunder, varous)
After the treaty to end the Great Forest War, Vor'Ruk was unsure of what to do. The orcish legion's mission was now over in the forest. They had accomplished their mission of preventing the wugs and their allies from overtaking the forest. But now, where do they go? Firk Tuskenhammer 3rd, he and the other officers debated. They had some time, as per the treaty to leave the field. Delaying would jeopardize the peace. It was decided that the army would head back to the empire and stop at the once abandoned positions east of the Boiled Forest. As many soldiers as the treaty allowed would remain at outposts on the border between Scalehome and the Southern Coalition. Vor'Ruk warned all that he left at the outposts, "When victory looks inevitable, look in the shadows for assassins."
Moving a legion takes time and the road back through the Boiled Forest was no easy, even if the treaty allowed them safe passage through it. A year after the treaty had been signed, the legion was secure in its positions on the western front. Now Vor'Ruk would return to the empire and meet with the Emporer. The last meeting had not gone well and he could only hope that the success of the mission would ease the anger. Again, he left the soldiers to head east. This time, going to each Centuris, he pointed to the forest, noted a Wug, and said, "Where there is one Kobold, there a many, many more Kobolds"
Stopping in Lynkeed, which for now was an independent city, Vor'Ruk heard word of Iott. Reaching the empire proper, word was that the Marshall of Iott had visited the emperor. It is unlikely that meeting went well. The emperor had never impressed Vor'Ruk, which was a terrible thought to have, but truth was truth. He was not an orc of action, he was not forward thinking, but he was stubborn. When he reached the capital, word came that the empire had reached an agreement with Iott. It seemed the meeting had gone so well, that Vor'Ruk and his legion were absolved of any punishment. The emperor had no need to meet with him. Having traveled all that way, at the gates of the palace, Vor'Ruk turned to Rompei, "Sometimes it’s the most passive Orzarvu which is the hardest to break...but sometimes not."
When he arrived back with the legion, he told them of the emperor's new allies. He asked if any of the legion would like to return to the empire. The only ones that said yes did so because they had family. Firk allowed them to leave with no ill will. Over the next few years, the 3rd legion became the headquarters of the empire in exile, gaining the allegiance of many from afar, especially among the Tuskenhammers.
Three times, champions of the emperor came to challenge Vor'Ruk, Larton, and Firk. Thankfully, the emperor's champion did not come, for he would have surely beaten them. The others failed. The Octous Legion, famed for their counterspellers and combating magic users, joined Vor'Ruk in 795. He worried that that civil war was near. Then a visit gave him hope, in the unlikely form of a military dressed gnome named Gneon.