Vile Rune Warband

Led by the goblin shaman Rak Gnomeshooter, the smallest of the orcish warbands live in Shadowyarn Mountains near the Gnarley Forest at the northern end of the Hollow Highlands. Unlike many of their brethern, the Vile Rune warband lives almost entirely in caves built into these hills. They rarely send troops into battle, as they are constantly searching the caves and digging tunnels to find buried dwarven treasure. The Vile Rune orcs were granted warband status by Gruumsch because of their alliance with the great wyverns that live in the northern Shadowyarn Mountains. These great winged beasts are used by Gruumsch as scouts and spies, a service for which they are repaid in human food. It is thought that Rak has some supernatural hold over the wyverns, although the nature of this magic is unknown.