The Jykki are orcish ethnic group who live in the hot interior of Danona. Known for millennia by the civilized countries to the east, the Jykki Orcs are more familiar with many of the benefits of civilization, but capable of the same savagery as their cousins throughout the World of Asdar. The Jykki are humanlikes and encounters between them and humans have procreated the half-jykks who are well-established themselves in Danona.

The Jykki have developed means of surviving the harsh, barren climate of the Danonan Interior.The Jykki are some of the shortest of the full-breed orcs. Male Jykki are on average 5'10" (1.78m) tall compared to other orc ethnic groups many of which are well over six feet tall. Their smaller bodies require less water and food. They spend their daytime in caves and typically only make journeys during the night time. While similar to orcs elsewhere in the world, the Jykki find the night time also delivers them from the harsh and relentless sun of the day time. They are familiar with caves and tunnels of the Great Jawachi Wastes

The various Jykki tribes are subject to a powerful overlord who is known for his violence in personal combat and cunning savagery as their supreme commander. The overlord can be challenged by other powerful generals and overthrown. The Jykki believe that only the strong should rule.

The Jykki have traditionally worshiped the gods of the Orcish Pantheon, ancestral gods peculiar to their people, and desert gods whom they believe can deliver them from its ravages. A minority of Jykki have adopted human religions such as Incarnandism or Imzaha. Like other orcs ethnic groups, the Jykki believe that they were brought to the World of Asdar by the dragons before the Great Flood.

During the historic empire of the Overlordship of Gorcorumb, the Jykki were obliged to serve the Geddamin as mercenaries. The Jykki presently have arrangements of peace with Oliblish due to the consequences of the Fourteenth Isbajath.

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