Sui Xiong has never had a good impression of the orcs.
This is not some kind of racial discrimination - as a jellyfish, Sui Xiong doesn't discriminate against recognized lower creatures such as goblins, so how can he discriminate against orcs with a splendid civilization? The reason why he doesn't like orcs is mainly due to two reasons.
The first reason is that the orcs are keen on killing and offering sacrifices.
Slaughter and sacrifice are a very common method of sacrifice, but the orcs are particularly fond of it. In their culture, it is natural and commonplace to invade others and capture captives as sacrifices. This kind of massacre not only happens between orcs and other races, but also between various orc races, and even among the same clan, such cruel things often happen.
In contrast, regardless of whether humans, elves, dwarves or dwarves, although they often use killing methods to offer sacrifices, they will never launch a war specifically for the purpose of offering sacrifices, let alone kill their own race as sacrifices. .
Sui Xiong felt that a race that could launch wars and kill its own people for sacrifices was actually fundamentally different from the races he was familiar with and recognized. Although it sounds strange to say it, he really has a feeling that the orcs are "not one of his kind" and has always shown an alienated attitude.
The second reason lies in the belief of the orcs.
Regarding the issue of faith, Sui Xiong is an unwavering "faith liberal". He believed that everyone, and even every intelligent creature, had the right to freely decide on his or her own beliefs. Believe in or not believe in a certain god, believe in this god or that god, or believe in a certain idea, or even believe in nothing... All of these are the sacred and inviolable freedom of the individual, and outsiders are not required or allowed to dictate. thing.
He made this view one of the basic national policies of the Northwest Republic. In this country, no one has any choice but to attack other people’s beliefs for any reason or in any way. Various religions and thoughts can question each other and debate, but they are never allowed to declare that "anyone who does not believe in me is guilty." It is not allowed to declare that "such and such belief is sinful".
In this country, no matter what god you believe in, you can believe in any god. Even if the god you believe in is hostile, the believers will not fight against each other because of it - at most, each other will think that the other is pitifully stupid and need to find a doctor for treatment.
For this reason, Sui Xiong once carried out heavy rectification. Many churches have been rectified. Both the churches of evil gods and the churches of good gods have been rectified.
The result of the rectification is that it is the only country in the world where priests of hostile gods can be seen walking side by side without any offensive words or deeds other than rolling their eyes at each other.
This situation is unique to the Northwest Republic, and Sui Xiong does not expect other countries to be as enlightened as himself. But he couldn't tolerate the "if you don't believe in my God, you are a sinner" approach.
… This is precisely the mainstream thinking of orc society.
The orc society is a deformed society. In this society, "belief" is a natural chasm that distinguishes the right and wrong of "citizens". Only those who believe in the orc gods can be called citizens of the orc empire. Otherwise, no matter how long they have settled here, no matter how much tax they pay, no matter how much they contribute to the country, they cannot be regarded as citizens.
"Ten generations of my family have lived here" - No!
"I paid more than 10,000 gold coins in taxes" - No!
"I shed my blood for my country" - No!
For these "non-nationals", the Orc Empire has introduced various discriminatory policies, so that except for border areas with weak governance, there is almost no trace of them in the hinterland of the Orc Empire.
It’s not that they can’t get there, it’s that they simply can’t survive there.
If that was the case, maybe Sui Xiong wouldn't be too disgusted. But the problem of faith in orc society is not just that. While they use faith to distinguish "nationals" and "non-nationals", they also use faith to distinguish "upper-class people" and "lower-class people."
Specifically, those who can be inspired by the orc gods and whose prayers are answered are the upper-class people; those who cannot be inspired and whose prayers cannot be answered are the lower-class people.
Again, nothing to do with what they did.
The response of the orc gods to faith is very clear. They will only respond to believers whose blood and thoughts are controlled by them. Regardless of blood or thought, as long as one is out of control, they will no longer respond to it.
This is also the origin of "orcs".
Half-orcs are not necessarily a mixture of orcs and other races. As long as they cannot be inspired by the orc gods and their prayers cannot be answered, they will immediately become half-orcs.
As for an individual, whether he cannot be controlled because of his innate bloodline or whether he escapes control due to acquired awakening, he will become a half-orc.
The group of orcs is huge and numerous, but their status in the orc empire is very low. No matter how much they contribute, they will still be discriminated against and persecuted. They do the hardest work, but receive the least reward, so that most orcs are tortured to death, and often do not even survive middle age.
Because of the persecution, half-orcs often fled in groups. There were many half-orcs who fled in the Northwest Republic.
They risked their lives by crossing the vast Gobi Desert, not to get any benefits, but to seek a place where they could live peacefully.
Sui Xiong's friend "Iron Lion" Morani is a half-orc. Over the years, he has gathered many fleeing half-orcs and gradually spread his faith among the half-orcs. Because of his status, it was easy for him to gain the faith of the orcs. According to the current trend, maybe in a few decades or hundreds of years, there will be an additional "orc" in his priesthood.
By then, he will be the god of the Orcs, and his pantheon may also be renamed the Orc pantheon.
Of course, Sui Xiong could not agree with the Orc Empire's persecution of people who did not believe in the orc gods, let alone their persecution of half-orcs - it was simply unreasonable to be discriminated against and persecuted just because they were not recognized by the gods!
He is an emotional person. If he likes something, he likes it. If he doesn't like it, he doesn't like it. Reasonable? There are so many truths to be said in the world!
Since he doesn't like the culture of the orcs and their attitude towards faith, how could he like the orcs
Therefore, he has no favorable impression of the orcs as a group and the orc empire.
Because of this, he is willing to help elves, dwarves, and even other races, but he is not willing to help orcs!