>>56736128I'm disappointed that no one has posted this yet.
It's also technically on topic. Weeping Orc is clearly a merchant with an established place in society that could be informed by his race but isn't defined by it.
When dealing with classic fantasy/Tolkien races, go against Tolkien and don't have race and nation be the same thing in every situation. Maybe the standard empire is mostly human, maybe it isn't, but either way you can have the nation itself have a culture rather than Stereotypical Elf Nation being next to Stereotypical Dwarf Nation which get raided by the Stereotypical Orc Tribes.
