I can't help but break some branches and crush some plants as I walk, in the past, things such as these would have been a miracle to be found and entire clans would have given their lives to poses these lands.

Lands where the water was clean, the plants were green and healthy, the animals plump enough food for everyone, enough food to feed the young, the elders and those that have yet to come to this world.

Indeed, had someone told me of such a land, I would have thought them mad and killed the liar by tearing out his tongue and I would watch him choke on his own blood.

I can hear the creatures both native to this world and those brought by the humans moving, their sounds are strange, not in the sense that I haven't heard similar things to them before, but in the fact that there were just so many.

I can still remember seeing the looks in the eyes of the men as they dug into the soil, it was rich with nutrients, the land was healthy.

Truth be told I can still taste the Trex we hunted together, its meat was the tastiest I've ever eaten, in fact despite the fact I have eaten other beasts the only thing comparable, were the first pieces my mother gave me as a boy and the pieces I ate when I hunted my first lion.

These feelings and memories are the very reason why sending the runts away was so difficult, we had all of this abundance and yet we still failed to prevent them from becoming what they are.

Perhaps if the humans had arrived sooner or if whatever drove thems here had done so sooner, maybe the runts would have become valuable members of the tribe.

My mind drifted perhaps guided by the spirits, perhaps my weakness at work but the memory of the brief truths all clans, and in the great migration to these lands, as well as the alliance we had formed with both the Ogres and the Draenei, as well as all other clans.

Truth be told had we not done such a thing the restoration of our world could have stopped and these lands would have eventually been lost, consumed by all of the fighting.

The ground salted with all of our blood.

I can see the younger orcs waiting for me, their powerful bodies have already surpassed my own, yet they lack experience both in war and in the common.

Normally I would be on guard, surrounded by so many orcs who are younger and stronger than me, but as I am now that isn't the case.

Whatever power the humans are saturating the land with has strengthened me, so much so that I feel as if I was back in my youth, back to the time when I was at my strongest.

The young men had their scars, proof of them having gone through the trials, yet none of them had the mark, none of them have proven themselves capable.

The mark is so important to an orc of our clan no our tribe that seeing outsiders without it makes us elders look down upon them.

The mark is proof that if something were to happen as long as one male and one female lives, our traditions, our histories won't be lost.

One can have children, one can have a mate, but not all could have the mark, the test was given to everyone, but almost no one succeeded.

We walked back to our camp our new territory, I have to admit that after living four so many years without much of anything settling down and creating a proper settlement seemed odd to me.

While true some tribes do this, they were few and far between.

I can already see the fires keeping the dark away, some little ones are still awake, but don't wander off too far from their mother's side.

"So did they take them in?" a young boy said to me, I look at the boy's brown skin, it's already tightening soon his muscles will grow properly, I can see the wide smile on his face even as he says those words to me.

The boy is barely growing his tusks, but I can already tell, he will have a strong jaw.

"Yes, what happens to them now, is no longer our problem" I said to the boy, I recognize him now, his sister was amongst the runts, I can't fault him for missing his sibling, but such feelings need to be abandoned if he is going to survive.

"I can smell the food" my chief man says to me.

"Not much meat" I answer him and for a long moment, we both became quiet, before bursting into laughter.

"If it was up to you, there would only be meat, nothing more during our meals!"

We soon fell into silence.

"There's something you have to know, the Exli leader agreed to allow us to enter their lands as long as we don't cause trouble and have their escorts with us"

I can see the indignation form on the face of the chief.

"The barrier, you know how it strengthens us and everything else, even now you can feel the energies flowing from it."

"We entered it when we were taking the runts into the settlement, my body has lost all of the weight of its years, I don't know how long it will last but, I'm as strong as I was when I took both my wives from their father's side."

The boy had long since left and it was a good thing he had, this was information that couldn't be allowed to be known so freely.

"This isn't good, we're already hearing about wandering tribes arriving, those that were too far from here, they didn't see what we saw, and some even believe that the life-givers are just stories."

"If they hear about the power within the barrier, there will be no stopping war from happening"

He looks at me his brown eyes displaying his years, they seemed so tired, yet so powerful.

"Could you feel the other one?"

"Yes, I think the barriers are containers, meant to keep the powers, the energies under control, otherwise why would the humans need to build walls to protect themselves."

"..."

"..."

"I can't believe I'm saying this, I want you to go to the Draenei and offer truths, in exchange for food, they will pay with their weapons and armors"

"Perhaps one day we can all unite under the same banner, but for now we must prepare ourselves, none of us is prepared for war, its the only reason it hasn't happened yet."

We parted ways after that, we both needed to sleep, thankfully as I entered my tent, both my wives greeted me, they were both carrying young.

After the world around us became green and filled with life, it was as if the spirit of life had entered us all, and all of the women went into heat, and already the signs of a once uncertain future could be seen clearer than ever before.

I felt their hands as they welcomed me and we embraced, until exhaustion.