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Why immediately "Slave"? It's more like "Indentured," although with that physique... Orcs respect strong muscles. So, both fat and skinny Orcs could be slaves.

I picked up the word "невольник" in Battle Brothers; there, weak Barbarian units in poor armor were called "невольники."

I specifically avoided the word "раб" because, at least for me, that word evokes associations with Black people on cotton plantations, but this is hardcore slavery – industrial slavery. My "невольники" don't produce anything; they simply fell into dependence on stronger Orcs. Now they chop wood, cook food, and perform minor tasks... and maybe even watch over slaves of other races.

Of course, there might be a couple of cities in the Orcish faction with plantations, where "невольники" work like real slaves, but these are exceptions to the rule.

I think the Orcish slavery system has a certain religious undertone. In my idea, retraining is a kind of ritual that endows warriors with strength. So, it turns out that any "невольник" can become not just a free warrior, but even a shaman or a giant – quite a career climb.

Then the question arises: do all Orcs start as slaves? No, many wild Orcs start at T2 – as hunters. In any case, Orcish hunter tribes encounter and take prisoners. These prisoners become "невольники," and after earning trust, they become hunters again. But sometimes, these "невольники" are simply sold to a mountain city, where they receive an upgrade (armor) and are assigned to a combat unit. And then, again, it is possible to transition to archers... if a city experiences a food shortage due to overpopulation, some groups of Orcs will leave it and become new hunter tribes, and the whole process will repeat.

then I suggest you use a stone atronach and Zahar's golems - both neutral and factional.

I spotted the word "bondservant" in Battle Brothers; there, weak Barbarian units in poor armor were called bondservants

I specifically avoided the word "slave" because, at least for me, that word evokes associations with Black people on cotton plantations, and that is hardcore slavery - industrial. My bondservants don't produce anything; they simply became dependent on stronger orcs, now they chop wood, prepare food, and perform minor errands... or maybe even look after slaves from other races

Of course, there might be a couple of cities in the horde with plantations where bondservants toil like real slaves, but those are exceptions to the rule

I think the system of orcish slavery has a certain religious tone; in my design, retraining consists of rituals that grant warriors strength. Thus, it turns out that any bondservant can become not just a free warrior, but even a shaman or a giant - quite a climb up the career ladder

Then the question arises - do all orcs start as slaves? No, many wild orcs start at T2 - with the rank of hunter. One way or another, tribes of hunter-orcs clash and take prisoners; these prisoners become bondservants, and having earned trust, they become hunters again. But sometimes these bondservants are simply sold to a mountain city, where they receive an upgrade (armor) and are assigned to a combat squad, and then a transition back to shooters is possible... if there is a food shortage in the city due to overpopulation, some groups of orcs will leave it and become new hunter tribes, and everything repeats

You could use "Ilots" - it's from Greece. It seems to fit the concept.
That is, the Ilots in Sparta were essentially the working class.

Hooray! We've gathered 5 Orcs, now there are two paths:

- create Dragons and Wyverns on Tier 7 and Tier 4
- create upgrades for the Orcs

I'm leaning towards the second option because I have some ideas.

Wanderers? I think "archer," "hunter," or "ambusher" would be more fitting.

This is purely an aesthetic mod – now, the Barbarian heroes have different paths to their models, meaning the mod affects the heroes themselves and will be incompatible with other mods that change Barbarian heroes. However, you can easily extract the model from the mod and insert it into your own.

I think your mod for replacing the Barbarian hero doesn't work. I checked the contents and in the game.
*Or is it just the resources, and do you need to manually link everything to make it work? (In the files for Heroes 1-9, the first links still point to the Barbarian heroes and animations, and only the last ones point to the new ones - the Cultists) 🤔

finally, something decent came out. In principle, it can be left as is, but I'll think about which shade to use... or maybe just brighten the unedited version... but the color is so nice, I don't want to change anything.

finally, something decent came out; in principle, it can be left as is, but I'll think about which shade to use... or maybe just brighten the original... but the color is so nice, I don't want to change anything.

I used to play with it, and it worked.

But basically, it doesn't matter now because the mod is already packed into a larger mod.

The first links to animations and the model are useless; they only work if a Character isn't defined for the map, but it always is because it contains a list of models for different player colors. Until recently, I even thought this was a remnant.

Awesome! By the way, has the mirror effect been added to the metal or not?!

*I especially want to thank you, because by analyzing your mini-mods and developments, I was able to better understand the structure of the data and, accordingly, rewrite my previous developments for normal use, while also fixing old shortcomings (such as the Dragon bones falling out of the Undead).