Bonekeepers

Prompt: A profession related to spirituality or philosophy

Loosely tied to the cannon Pathfinder lore on Orcs and Dwarves which is referenced in the article

When it comes to Orcs, most everybody has experienced their religion at the end of a weapon. But even in the war hungry centers of Orcish populace, there are locals that are unquestioned in their wisdom of words. Those individuals are the Bonekeepers

Their position was named after the infamous Battle of Scattered Bone. The orcs were in such desperation in their fight against the dwarves who were pushing them to the surface, that they resorted to necromantic magics to attempt, unsuccessfully, to push the dwarves back. This was such a stretch from the values of the orcs that even the Dwarven king at the time saw their desperation, eventually resulting in the king abjucating their thrown once the dwarves' Quest for Sky was completed.

The Orcs for their part, were ashamed for what they had done. Even as they began to battle everything that breathed on the surface of Onil, they felt lesser for what they had done. They sought answers and eventually certain individuals rose up to give it to them. The Bonekeepers became people of age and wisdom. When one was unsure if they had strayed from the simple but powerful Orcish edicts of honesty and power, a Bonekeeper could ease they're mind.

Bonekeepers are not the peacemakers of the Dragonborn to be clear. More often then not their advise still results in the spilling of blood. Bonekeepers are actually rumered to be the main factor in the continued hostility toward the dwarves after all these centuries. They will however, also be one of the few that will skeap affirming words to a young orc who finds their own power in creating art, planting a farm, or creating a business.

They are present to give balance. A hundred chiefs might reign over a clan during the presence of one Bonekeeper.

From the outside it might seem that the Bonekeepers are the weakest of any orcish community. Much the opposite, the trials that a potential bonekeeper must pass are harder than even the clan chief. On top of learning histories that all but the other Bonekeepers wish to ignore, they are instructed to go to the origin place of the Orcs to understand the history first hand, that they might have the wisdom to advise on the future. A Bonekeeper must travel to and dwell in the Darklands for a year, alone.

The individuals that make it through will have seen no shortage of bloodshed, no shortage of desperation, isolation, nor the rage that only an orc can feel. They also covenant to never seek leadership of their own, but to serve their clan for their preservation.