Worldbuilder Spotlight:

Orcish wardrums are amazing pieces of art, despite their often unsavory pasts and associations.

Orcish Wardrummers are relied on to inspire troops, to record events, and to provide communication. In turn, they are master drum-makers. Each Wardrummer has his own set of custom-made drums, that he modifies over times as they see battles and are used, often with booty or even bones or hair from the fallen. They are given names as if they are children.

Over time they become completely unique pieces of folk art, often with historical associations. They are greatly prized by independent collectors.

Depending on which Orcish ethnicity made the drums, their quality and design can vary greatly. Western Orcish drums, for instance, are wonderous pieces of art, often very ornate and (in those that have been preserved well enough) possess a wonderful sound that lingers in the air and seems to refuse to die away.
Northern Orcish wardrums vary in size more than other Orcish drums do, and are often very practically designed instruments with a deep, lively sound.
Night Orcish wardrums are practically indestructible, unlike Western and Southern examples but in common with Northern works they sometimes use steel to build the drum bodies. However, many find Blueskin drums to have an "inferior" sound compared with works by their bretheren, sometimes described as "loud but lifeless" or just plain tinny. They are still considered worthy art, especially for their sturdyness.
One might think that nothing coming from the Southern Orcs could possibly hold any aesthetic value, yet their huge drums with their thundering sound that spurs their warriors into a frenzy and chills down the spines of their enemies are sought after by collectors and considered to be excellent spoils of battle.

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