Took a little while longer than I would have liked, but the DM post is up. Now for some OOC stuff.
@BirdboySurprise! It turns out your 5 was enough to get you something after all.
@Guardian Angel HarukiCascade's Natural 20 nets her the following information regarding Gruumsh:
Gruumsh, also known as 'He Who Watches' and 'the Ruiner', is the orc god of storms and war and is the undisputed ruler of the orc pantheon. He created the orcs at the beginning of time. But when he tried to find a place for them in the world, he discovered that everywhere had already been clamed by the races of other gods. When those gods then laughed at him over it, Gruumsh flew into a rage and declared that the orcs' place in the world would be as its destroyers. At some point after that, Gruumsh got into a fight with Corellon Larethian, the ruler of the elven pantheon. The fight ended inconclusively, with Gruumsh missing an eye and the first elves to ever exist rising from the blood that had been shed by a heavily wounded Corellon.
Gruumsh and the rest of the orc gods are said to reside on the Infinite Battlefield of Acheron, where the Ruiner's designs on the total destruction of the world have been halted by the pantheon's forces being engaged in the Eternal War against Maglubiyet and the forces of the goblinoid pantheon.
Gruumsh has laid out three standing commandments that he expects all orcs to follow.
• Ruin. Conquer. Kill.
• The weak exist to be crushed by the strong. Be the strong.
• There are no emotions but fury and joy. The rest are weakness.
Gruumsh differs from other gods in that he does not accept all comers when it comes to worship. While many orcs worship Gruumsh regardless, only orcs that have performed great feats of strength and ferocity in war are permitted to be true worshippers of Gruumsh. Those orcs that are chosen to be inducted into the ranks of Gruumsh's true followers receive a powerful vision or dream that signifies their acceptance. While this alone leaves the orc in question marked for great things, an even higher honor awaits those orcs who willingly gouge out one of their own eyes during this communion. Those who do become Eyes of Gruumsh, one of the most highly esteemed positions within orc society.
Gruumsh often communicates with orcs on the Material Plane through the use of omens. There is a lone orc seated at a nearby table. The setting sun shines through a nearby window and into the orc's eyes. According to orcish tradition, this in an omen from Gruumsh that marks the orc as a former true worshiper of He Who Watches. Few orcs that break from bring a true worshipper of Gruumsh survive doing so for very long.
