Paying tribute

No town or village cheer when the orcs raid them. Some decide to take up arms against them, whilst others consider that foolish. One orc is far stronger than a human. To be certain to avoid any bloodspill some towns and villages pay tribute, and simply give the orcs what they want. This way there will be no destruction and little unrest. Other places deem that to just give up and surrender the power of the world to the orcs. They therefore refuse to meet them armed or pay tribute, instead just allowing the orcs to walk around. Few lives are lost, but the property damage can be severe.

If one town or village stop paying tribute, the orcs will get less resousrces they need that they can't make on their own. If they are in dire need of such resources they will raid, but this isn't the only reason they have for raiding. This can be seen by the humans as a collective punishment, making the town in question target of much hate and other consequences such as less trading.

The tributer
Ougrah's settlement only have one tributer. While the humans could overpower that lone orc when they come to take their things, they rarely do. They know that if their village kills one of the orcs, especially one who comes during what the orcs see as a peaceful situation to honor their agreement, the orcs will be merciless. The human village can refuse to give tribute, and if they have a wall, refuse to let the orc in. The tributer must then return empty handed to the village. Later, they will return with many more orcs, ready to fight. Such a large force will likely give the village more of a fight that they hopefully were ready for. The loss of life, orc but predominantly human, is high. If it escalates it could turn into a sack of the city, but this rarely happens if the human village didn't kill one or more orcs.

Kind of tribute
The tribute consists of alcholol, mainly beer, since that is what the orcs have fallen the hardest for. It also contains spearheads and other weapons the orcs can't make themselves. There are also, for example, vegetables, cloth, medical supplies, sewing supplies, and rope.