They are supposed to be grown from spores, so what use are ork nipples?
You see this discourse come up from time to time in other fantasy settings. I remember there being quite a stir over whether lizardfolk in other media should have breasts.
I’m not deep into the Warhammer lore, but there’s a few things I know about orkz:
- They grow from spores like a fungus
- They were manufactured by some other race as a sort of guardian caste
- They have potent psychic powers that manipulate reality around them
My theory is that the folks who created the orkz had nipples themselves. Impressionable young orkz saw that their creators were fully grown and had nipples, so maybe they thought they ought to get some as they mature. If they believe that should happen, then it’ll find a way to happen.
Later orkz would have seen that the previous generation of orkz had nipples, so they would continued growing in this way.
So they can be milked, obviously.
I have nipples, Greg.
“I have nipples, Grelnak, can you milk me? It may sound like sarcasm, but it’s a genuine request. I’m getting quite swollen”
This one right here, commissar.
Well they’re an evolutionarily manufactured race, so likely the base template had them originally but post intervention they remained as a vestigial organ.
So… A lazy creator? That tracks.
I mean, what exactly would be the point of dedicating the effort to removing them?
Fair point. GW is notorious for the least effort possible, and then clawing for more from their willfully blithe fanbase. 🤷🏽♂️
Lore hasn’t clarified it officially but I suspect their nipples are just a specialized form of squig.
Where do you think orc milk comes from?
Same place you get bull milk.
Maybe they’re not mammal nipples, but happen to look like it.
Is there a lore reason why that mushroom has a nipple?
If Batman and Robin can have nipples, orks can have nipples too!
Which Ork models have nipples?
I can’t say my knowledge of the current range is exhaustive, but I can’t think of a single model that has one from the 1998 - 2016 era. There’s a runtherd with a piercing where a nipple would be, but no nipple.
Because they collectively agreed that they should have them.
what if the spores get thirsty?
