Orcs

Orcs are one of the races found in SotE. While the body of elves has an energy budget geared toward longevity and and self repair, an  orc's energy budget is geared toward disposability and immense physical strength. Orcs require significantly more protein and calories than humans, but possess immense strength and constitution. This combination often results in orcs quickly overpopulating the regions in which they dwell. When no other civilized races are nearby, orcs tend to live pastoral or low level agrarian lives that aren't excessively disposed toward violence. If other intelligent, resource rich races like humans are nearby however, their unique comparative advantages towards violence strongly encourages them to adapt cultures that subsist on marauding and looting. Orcs are capable of developing advanced, civilized societies, but with a life span, gestation, and maturity that are half as long as humans, intellectual pursuits are significantly less rewarding to the average  orc. When orcs do live a "Civilized" existence alongside other developed races, they tend to exist as a martial, mercenary class to those races. Orcs are capable of creating developed societies on their own which don't rely on conquest or looting, but it is exceedingly rare.