Originally Posted by
DeadmanWalking
In the first books the Orcs talk about how the tribes, having no common enemy, have turned against one another as young orcs seek to prove their worth to their own tribes creating a spiral of never ending war among orcs and how the best solution would be to find new enemies on the other side of the portal. So no, Orcs are not a peaceful race. Tauren are a peaceful race, they just want to live in harmony with the earth mother. They typically do not seek out war with their neighbors and if they can't find any they don't go about killing one another.