The Orcish race is often views as being green, this is because most of the northern villages, countries and Kingdoms have only seen the Green Waaagh! A sea of green forces coming toward a village fill peoples hearts with fear. However, the same can be said about the Southlands Red Waaagh! The Red Tide as it has become known as.

Little is known as to why the Orcs Of the Drakensberg region have developed Red and sometimes purple hued hide. There is speculation that this has to do with the intense solar radiation and their skins have developed a natural pigmentation to protect it. This would explain why the Night Goblins have remained their traditional green colouration. Another rumour as to why the red hued Orcs and the few females that exist is Warpstone.

The existence of Warpstone in the mountains is from a meteor impact in the area some time in the distant past. As the meteor blazed its path through the sky, it calved and broke up into chunks that landed throughout the region. Much has been collected by local groups of Skaven, but the smaller bits, the dust-like molecules, still coat the area.