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Liberty's Edge

I read this book, it was about a fantasy detective.
He had this barbarian lady that worked with him; she was 1/3 orc, 1/3 elf, and 1/3 human.
I know that's impossible, but that's what the book said she was.
All this ballyhoo about 1/2 orcs got me thinking about this book.

Scarab Sages

Heathansson wrote:

I read this book, it was about a fantasy detective.

He had this barbarian lady that worked with him; she was 1/3 orc, 1/3 elf, and 1/3 human.
I know that's impossible, but that's what the book said she was.
All this ballyhoo about 1/2 orcs got me thinking about this book.

A quick google search suggests that the Thraxas series of books may be what you are looking for.

Liberty's Edge

Bingo!!! Thanxs!


Heathansson wrote:
...she was 1/3 orc, 1/3 elf, and 1/3 human... I know that's impossible, but that's what the book said she was.

It strikes me that a little bit of incest might pull it off. We are talking orcs, after all :P

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Tatterdemalion wrote:
Heathansson wrote:
...she was 1/3 orc, 1/3 elf, and 1/3 human... I know that's impossible, but that's what the book said she was.
It strikes me that a little bit of incest might pull it off. We are talking orcs, after all :P

I vote for some kind of grafting situation. Maybe her top third is 100% elf, and her bottom third is 100% orc.

You know—it's like what happens when you go hunting with Dick Cheney.

The Exchange

Vic Wertz wrote:
Tatterdemalion wrote:
Heathansson wrote:
...she was 1/3 orc, 1/3 elf, and 1/3 human... I know that's impossible, but that's what the book said she was.
It strikes me that a little bit of incest might pull it off. We are talking orcs, after all :P

I vote for some kind of grafting situation. Maybe her top third is 100% elf, and her bottom third is 100% orc.

You know—it's like what happens when you go hunting with Dick Cheney.

Huh-huh, he said Dick..huh.


Heathansson wrote:

I read this book, it was about a fantasy detective.

He had this barbarian lady that worked with him; she was 1/3 orc, 1/3 elf, and 1/3 human.
I know that's impossible, but that's what the book said she was.
All this ballyhoo about 1/2 orcs got me thinking about this book.

What ballyhoo?

Liberty's Edge

Oh, people were saying 1/2 orcs wouldn't necessarily be as prevalent as they appear in the D&D game.


Well, I have 1/4 gold dragon in my line. Plus, My great, great, great grandfather had an intimate relationship with a certain female red dragon. I think that is where our family temper comes from.


ok; hehe, my darn education overwhelmed me; am here now making grafts on how to come up with a full 1/3 bloodline; hmm, guess I am having a geek moment.


ok; with 3 groups of 3; each group having one of the races females; after 3 generations of controlled breeding you could get one offspring of say 6/16 orc/ 5/16 human 5/16 elf; which is pretty close to a third each; with more generations you could get even closer. At the 4th generation of these offspring you could get a person only .0104 or 1 percent from being a full third of each of the three races, certainly with genetic variation being what it is; this is close enough to consider this person 1/3 of each race and write a book about them; certainly a genetic oddity.; well, I graphed it all out; was fun.


Heathansson wrote:

He had this barbarian lady that worked with him; she was 1/3 orc, 1/3 elf, and 1/3 human.

I know that's impossible, but that's what the book said she was.

Gilgamesh was one-third god.

Liberty's Edge

I think i figured it required that the human parent of the half-orc was also the grandparent of the half elf...

Liberty's Edge

Dragonmann wrote:
I think i figured it required that the human parent of the half-orc was also the grandparent of the half elf...

OMG--Deliverance banjo time.

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