What place does a cleric of Yurtrus, or Shargraas hold in an orc tribe?

The clergy of the Silent One are for the most part a fringe element in orcish society. They are both feared and secretly reviled by the orcish populace at large - for obvious reasons, given what they and their god represent. Unlike the clergies of some powers of death, the followers of Yurtrus do not focus on the positives of the end of this worldly existence, but instead revel in describing its drawbacks. They are not above speeding the process along either, especially for those orcs who disagree with or oppose them in some way; and bringing death to non-orcs, although not exactly a central tenet of the faith, is still somewhat pleasing to the Silent One as all death is good in his eyes. If they feel that their god isn't getting the worship and propitiation due him, they do not hesitate to show his and their displeasure by raising the number of deaths, either by outright (though usually secret) murders or (more usually) by encouraging the spread of disease. Usually, these actions rapidly tend to have the intended effect, quickly increasing offerings and prayers to White Hands to stay his wrath.

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Publicly, the clergy of Shargaas is not large, for very few of his priests advertise their status. Many work in the shadows or at night, secretly and quietly advancing either the Night Lord's or the Unblinking Eye's agendas. Only the most powerful of the clergy freely admit that they follow the Lord of Secrets, and these only go out in public protected by large numbers of undead guards. For the most part, they are mere rumors in orc society; shadows in the night, stories told by orc mothers to frighten their children.

Because of portfolio disputes with Luthic, Ilneval, and Yurtrus, relations between their clergy and that of the Lord of the Secrets are quite tense; but as Shargaas' clergy does not typically operate in public view, open conflict between his followers and the others is relatively rare. On the surface, the followers of Gruumsh share this dislike, but in secret often employ the nigh-well untraceable clergy of Shargaas to due to their dirty work for them. The secrecy in which this whole relationship rests suits both groups.

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Seriously though, that about nailed it.

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