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* {{Expy}}: The Greenskins are supposed to be one to English FootballHooligans. The Black Orcs in particular are pretty clear [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Uruk-hai]].

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* {{Expy}}: FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Greenskins are supposed to be one to English FootballHooligans. The Black Orcs in particular are pretty clear [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Uruk-hai]].soccer hooligans.
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* AndroclesLion: The way Skarsnik got his Squig companion, Gobbla.
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* BloodKnight: To such a degree that even his own army is afraid of him. If he goes a day without a fight, he'll pick a fight with you as soon as you get within hearing range. After two days without a fight, he kills your ass if you do anything even slightly irritating, like stand too close to him or breathe where he can find out. At this point, people pick fights with ''him'', knowing that a quick death on [[NamedWeapon Gitsnik's]] edge is infinitely preferable to what happens on the third day.

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* BloodKnight: To such a degree that even his own army is afraid of him. If he goes a day without a fight, he'll pick a fight with you as soon as you get within hearing range. After two days without a fight, he kills your ass if you do anything even slightly irritating, like stand too close to him or breathe where he can find out. At this point, people pick fights with ''him'', knowing that a quick death on [[NamedWeapon Gitsnik's]] edge is infinitely preferable After three days... no-one knows. People usually volunteer to what happens on the third day.fight him rather than find out.
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* BloodKnight: To such a degree that even his own army is afraid of him. If he goes two days without a fight, he kills your ass if you do anything even slightly irritating. And you don't want to know what happens after three days...

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* BloodKnight: To such a degree that even his own army is afraid of him. If he goes a day without a fight, he'll pick a fight with you as soon as you get within hearing range. After two days without a fight, he kills your ass if you do anything even slightly irritating. And you don't want irritating, like stand too close to know him or breathe where he can find out. At this point, people pick fights with ''him'', knowing that a quick death on [[NamedWeapon Gitsnik's]] edge is infinitely preferable to what happens after three days...on the third day.
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* BadAss: He actually overcame his racial fear of elves, and he was so inspiring he quenched the phobia that other goblins felt of them as well.
** He also manage to force orc tribes to serve him, which is almost unheard of for a lowly goblin.
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: How he became the Goblin Warlord of the Eight Peaks and how he's retained that position (it also helps that he's always near Gobbla, who has a sense of smell that detects any assassins before they get too close to Skarsnik).
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* SurroundedByIdiots: He's smarter than most Goblins (being able to count a decent amount beyond five for example as well as speaking at least three languages). His commanders often don't share his intellect, leading to much frustration when they don't understand his commands, or don't realise that maps shouldn't be upsidedown.
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* TheHorde TheHorde: The greenskins take to this trope more than any other faction. Rampaging hordes of bloodthirsty savages are the only "societies" they ever form.
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* GeniusBruiser: Black Orcs are bigger, meaner, and tougher than the rest of their kind...and combine that with an intellect capable of matching most human soldiers, and a calm enough temperament to be vaguely disciplined. Needless to say, it's a good thing they're relatively rarer.
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* BloodKnight: To such a degree that even his own army is afraid of him. If he goes two days without a fight, he kills if you do anything even slightly irritating.

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* BloodKnight: To such a degree that even his own army is afraid of him. If he goes two days without a fight, he kills your ass if you do anything even slightly irritating.irritating. And you don't want to know what happens after three days...

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* {{Expy}}: Aside from the general fantasy orc characteristics, the Black Orcs in particular are pretty clear [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Uruk-hai]].

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* {{Expy}}: Aside from the general fantasy orc characteristics, the The Greenskins are supposed to be one to English FootballHooligans. The Black Orcs in particular are pretty clear [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Uruk-hai]].



* OurOrcsAreDifferent: Big, green, tusked, dumb, [[OneGenderRace mono-gendered]] {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s who leave the thinking to the goblins.
** Black Orcs, meanwhile, are smarter, more focused, more organized, and generally pretty brainy in comparison. Fortunately, they're also rarer, so they tend to be tribe leaders rather than hordes of their own.

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* OurOrcsAreDifferent: Big, green, tusked, dumb, [[OneGenderRace mono-gendered]] {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s who leave the thinking to the goblins.
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goblins. Black Orcs, meanwhile, are smarter, more focused, more organized, and generally pretty brainy in comparison. Fortunately, they're also rarer, so they tend to be tribe leaders rather than hordes of their own.






* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Got one from a Runefang which led to his downfall.


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* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Got one from a Runefang which led to his downfall.

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\n* PetMonstrosity: The Giant Cave Squig Gobbla.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Skarsnik is last seen leaving Karak Eight Peaks after Gobbla is killed by a Clan Moulder beastmaster. Oddly enough, even after being declared the avatar of Mork by Wurrzag, he is not even mentioned in the final battle when Grimgor Ironhide (the avatar of Gork) moves against Archaon's forces in Middenheim.



!!Grimgor Ironhide

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!!Grimgor IronhideIronhide, Incarnate of Beasts



* AxeCrazy: Even other orcs thing Grimgor is a fight-crazy savage.

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* AxeCrazy: AxCrazy: Even other orcs thing Grimgor is a fight-crazy savage.savage.
* AnAxeToGrind: Wields the monstrous enchanted axe known as Gitsnik.



* AnAxeToGrind: Wields the monstrous enchanted axe known as Gitsnik.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Wields EmpoweredBadassNormal: The Wind of Beasts chooses Grimgor as its master after it flies away far to the monstrous enchanted axe known as Gitsnik.
east after the Great Vortex is unravelled.
* TinTyrantTinTyrant
* ToBeAMaster: Exploited by Malekith. When Grimgor shouts 'GRIMGOR IS DA BEST!' after Malekith surrenders to him, he tells him that there's a guy named Archaon who thinks that HE'S Da Best and is in need of Krumping. Grimgor then leads the greenskins against Archaon's forces.
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* {{Expy}}: Aside from the general fantasy orc characteristics, the Black Orcs in particular are pretty clear [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Uruk-hai]].
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Its precise level of canonicity varies from edition to edition, but Black Orcs are this. They were created by the Chaos Dwarfs to be a superior strain of orc, and thusly make better slaves, and they succeeded in creating orcs that had superior strength, intelligence, patience and control. The Black Orcs promptly used those gifts to start a slave rebellion against their masters and escaped en-masse.

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* GoneHorriblyRight: Its precise level of canonicity varies from edition to edition, but Black Orcs are this. They were created by the Chaos Dwarfs to be a superior strain of orc, and thusly make better slaves, and they succeeded in creating orcs that had superior strength, intelligence, patience and control. The Black Orcs promptly used those gifts to start a slave rebellion SlaveRevolt against their masters and escaped en-masse.

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* EnemyCivilWar the orcs are in a constant state of this. Which is often stated to be the sole reason they haven't conquered the world... yet.

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* EnemyCivilWar ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Some editions indicate that Savage Orc warpaint is powered solely by their belief in it being lucky.
* ConfusionFu: Will that unit pull off the flank charge you intend to do, pivot on the spot to engage a closer but less dangerous opponent, or throw weasels at the nearest friendly unit? Will that Squig Herd trample that unit or break and explode into a savage whirlwind of teeth? Where the hell will that Fanatic go?
* EnemyCivilWar:
the orcs are in a constant state of this. Which is often stated to be the sole reason they haven't conquered the world... yet.yet.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even the Common Goblins, who will cheerfully eat each other when the chips are down, think the Hobgoblins are treacherous bastards and will shoot them on sight.



* GrievousHarmWithABody Goblin Doom divers. They fire goblins. With catapults. Then they use wings to steer themselves...

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* GrievousHarmWithABody GrievousHarmWithABody: Goblin Doom divers. They fire goblins. With catapults. Then they use wings to steer themselves...



* ImpossibleThief: The Goblin warboss who styles himself the Great Grif, Snazgit Nosepicker, once defeated the chariot-heavy Bonerattlerz tribe by stealing or sabotaging every wheel in their army.



* MonumentalTheft: The Little Waaagh! Lore attribute allows Goblin shamans who succeed at casting spells to steal ''dispel dice'' from the other army on a roll of a 5+.



* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: How he became the Goblin Warlord of the Eight Peaks and how he's retained that position (it also helps that he's always near Gobbla, who has a sense of smell that detects any assassins before they get too close to Skarsnik.


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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: How he became the Goblin Warlord of the Eight Peaks and how he's retained that position (it also helps that he's always near Gobbla, who has a sense of smell that detects any assassins before they get too close to Skarsnik.

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* AxCrazy: They live to fight

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* AxCrazy: They live to fightfight and are only really happy when they're having a punch-up. They exist only to crack skulls and don't care whose very much.



* EnemyCivilWar the orcs are in a constant state of this. Which is often stated to be the sole reason they haven't conquered the world... yet.
* FunetikAksent: most orc-speech is rendered thusly.



* GoneHorriblyRight: Its precise level of canonicity varies from edition to edition, but Black Orcs are this. They were created by the Chaos Dwarfs to be a superior strain of orc, and thusly make better slaves, and they succeeded in creating orcs that had superior strength, intelligence, patience and control. The Black Orcs promptly used those gifts to start a slave rebellion against their masters and escaped en-masse.



* FunetikAksent: most orc-speech is rendered thusly.
* EnemyCivilWar the orcs are in a constant state of this. Which is often stated to be the sole reason they haven't conquered the world... yet.



** Black Orcs, meanwhile, are smarter, more focused, more organized, and generally pretty brainy in comparison. Fortunately, they're also rarer, so they tend to be tribe leaders rather than hordes of their own.



** Inverted by Snotlings, who are smaller than Goblins but barely even sentient.


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** Inverted Averted by Snotlings, who are smaller than Goblins but barely even sentient.

sentient.
** Inverted with Black Orcs, who are bigger ''and'' smarter than regular orcs.
* ShoutOut: The Black Orcs are a subtle one to the Uruk-hai of Literature/TheLordOfTheRings, being magically created Orcs designed to be bigger, stronger, smarter, more disciplined and all-around more dangerous.

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* UnwittingPawn: To Nagash, due to the crown. Subverted, as he had enough willpower to fight the crown's influence at times.


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* UnwittingPawn: To Nagash, due to the crown. Subverted, as he had enough willpower to fight the crown's influence at times.

times. This gives him the Stupidity rule - not because he's an idiot, but because he often gets distracted arguing with the spirit of Nagash.

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* AxCrazy

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* AxCrazyAxCrazy: They live to fight



* KlingonPromotion
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent
* OurOrcsAreDifferent

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* KlingonPromotion
KlingonPromotion: The way the Greenskin army hierarchy works.
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent
OurGoblinsAreDifferent: Small, green, devious, and shamanistic; most get pushed around by Orcs. Forest Goblins ride spiders, Night Goblins live underground and enter a berserker rage by drinking mushroom brew. Related to [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Mongol-esque]] Hobgoblins, Ogre-abetting Gnoblars, and tiny expendable Snotlings who are so pathetic most players appear to have sympathy to these guys.
* OurOrcsAreDifferentOurOrcsAreDifferent: Big, green, tusked, dumb, [[OneGenderRace mono-gendered]] {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s who leave the thinking to the goblins.



* PsychopathicManChild: An entire species of them.

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* PsychopathicManChild: An entire A species of them.



* TheBeastmaster: Commands the dreaded Gobbla, a monster squig capable of devouring just about anything that ticks Skarsnik off.

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* TheBeastmaster: Commands the dreaded Gobbla, a monster squig capable of devouring just about anything that ticks Skarsnik off.
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* GuileHero: By Orc standards.

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* DecapitationPresentation: Has the head and crown of the last Emperor of Solland on the trophy rack on his back.
* GuileHero: By Orc standards.From the perspective of Orcs and Goblins. This caught his enemies unaware as they were expecting a stupid thug.





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* GuileHero: By Orc standards.





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\n* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: How he became the Goblin Warlord of the Eight Peaks and how he's retained that position (it also helps that he's always near Gobbla, who has a sense of smell that detects any assassins before they get too close to Skarsnik.

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* BloodKnightBloodKnight: They're perpetually angry if it's not a fight. So it's safe to say they're the happiest race in Warhammer.
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* GiantSpider: The forest goblins ride giant spiders as mounts, and have the monstrous Arachnarok which is the size of an elephant.
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* ArmorAndMagicDon'tMix: Averted, in part because of his magical power stemming from his crown.

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** He also manage to force orc tribes to serve him, which is almost unheard of for a lowly goblin.
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** Inverted by Snotlings, who are smaller than Goblins but barely even sentient.

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!!Gorbad Ironclaw
Perhaps the most infamous of all the Orc warbosses to ever threaten the Old World.

* AnAxeToGrind: Morglor the Manglar, his enchanted axe.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: As is traditional for Orc warbosses.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: Rides the giant war boar, Gnarla.


!!Azhag the Slaughterer
An Orc warboss who lead his army with unprecedented mystical might and tactical skill, thanks to wearing the Crown of Sorcery, a relic once worn by Nagash himself.

* ArmorAndMagicDon'tMix: Averted, in part because of his magical power stemming from his crown.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority
* HorseOfADifferentColor: Rode Skullmuncha, a wyvern.
* MagicKnight: A powerful Orc warrior granted with potent magic thanks to the Crown of Sorcery.


!!Wurrzag
A legendarily powerful Savage Orc shaman, known as Da Great Green Prophet for his close connection to the Orc gods.

* BalefulPolymorph: His unique spell, Wurrzag's Revenge, turns its victims into squigs. He keeps a former rival shaman he transformed into a squig as a pet, which helps him channel magical energy.


!!Grom the Paunch of Misty Mountain
Legendarily bold, cunning and obese Goblin warlord, who once beseiged Ulthuan itself.

* AdiposeRex: Legendary for his fatness.
* AnAxeToGrind: Wields the magical Axe of Grom.
* BadAss: He actually overcame his racial fear of elves, and he was so inspiring he quenched the phobia that other goblins felt of them as well.
* BlessedWithSuck[=/=]CursedWithAwesome: After foolishly eating troll-meat on a bet, he's stuck with a shapeless mass of troll-flesh endlessly regenerating inside his stomach. This is why he's so fat, and it also afflicts him with constant pain and flatulence. On the upside, it increases his strength and gives him a troll-like HealingFactor.

!!Skarsnik
The Night Goblin warboss known as the Warlord of the Eight Peaks, Skarsnik rules over the ruined upper levels of Karak Eight Peaks despite internal dissension, attacks from below courtesy of the Skaven, and the efforts of the dwarfs to break free or rescue their trapped brethren. He does this with cunning, cruelty, and the vicious protection of his pet Giant Cave Squig, Gobbla.

* TheBeastmaster: Commands the dreaded Gobbla, a monster squig capable of devouring just about anything that ticks Skarsnik off.
* BladeOnAStick: Wields Skarsnik's Prodda, a crude spear that can project blasts of magical energy.


!!Snagla Grobspit
A legendary Forest Goblin chieftain, who roams the world with his loyal spider riders, offering his aid to any horde that will take him.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: Rides a giant spider.


!!Gitilla da Hunter
A famous Goblin wolf rider.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: Rides a giant wolf, Ulda.


!!Grimgor Ironhide
Legendarily savage and belligerent Black Orc warboss.

* AxeCrazy: Even other orcs thing Grimgor is a fight-crazy savage.
* AnAxeToGrind: Wields the monstrous enchanted axe known as Gitsnik.
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->''"I'm gonna stomp 'em to dust. I'm gonna grind their bones. I'm gonna pile 'em up inna big fire and roast 'em. I'm gonna bash 'eads, break faces and jump up and down on da bits dat are left. An' den I'm gonna get really mean."''

Standard fantasy greenskins. Orcs are big, tough and vicious but rather stupid, while goblins are smaller and weaker but much more cunning.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking goes both ways. The most powerful orcs tends to become the leaders, but they also absorb more Waagh! energy ''because'' they are the leaders, and grow bigger because of it.
* AxCrazy
* TheBerserker: Night Goblins. They imbibe fungus-potions that turn them into raving madmen.
* {{Badass Boast}}: "I'm gonna stomp 'em to dust. I'm gonna grind their bones. I'm gonna burn down dere towns and cities. I'm gonna pile 'em up inna big fire and roast 'em. I'm gonna bash 'eads, break faces and jump up and down on da bit dat are left. An'den I'm gonna get really mean" Grimgor Ironhide, black orc warboss and considered to be the manifestation of Waaagh itself.
* BloodKnight
* GrievousHarmWithABody Goblin Doom divers. They fire goblins. With catapults. Then they use wings to steer themselves...
* FunetikAksent: most orc-speech is rendered thusly.
* EnemyCivilWar the orcs are in a constant state of this. Which is often stated to be the sole reason they haven't conquered the world... yet.
* TheHorde
* JunkieProphet: Night Goblin Shamans, as well as being Junkie Wizards.
* KlingonPromotion
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent
* OurOrcsAreDifferent
* PowerIncontinence: Orc shamans are prone to this.
* PsychopathicManChild: An entire species of them.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: Goblins are marginally more intelligent than Orcs. However the trope isn't played entirely straight; while Goblins are smarter than Orcs, in many ways their minds are [[WeakWilled much weaker]], reflected in the game partly by their woeful leadership and partly by their lack of psychic strength (on the battlefield Orc Shamans can draw mental energy from the massed Orc troops while Goblins' minds provide far less power.)
** Inverted by Snotlings, who are smaller than Goblins but barely even sentient.

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