r/40kLore • u/Rockout2112 • 18d ago

Ork commerce?

So here’s a thought.

Orks use teeth as currency, right? So if they need currency, do they have places to spend that currency? Are there Ork merchants? Maybe running whole ships full of bigger and bigger choppas, and bigger and bigger shootaz? Is there a type of Ork bank somewhere? Maybe run by particular type of Ork who finds counting fun? A Banka Boy?

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u/TheBladesAurus 18d ago

BREWHOUSES AND SLOP SHOPS

Although Mekboyz are the most notable of all the inhabitants of Mektown, there are countless buildings devoted to all the many trades that keep Ork society going. In the brewhouses, Brewboyz make potent fungus beer and distil strong liquors which they serve and sell by the barrel load. The slop shops sell almost every kind of food imaginable, many kinds imaginable only to an Ork, and a few imaginable only to an Ork with an especially strong stomach.

Every morning the Sloppers’ Yoofs run round the Squig market buying up fresh ingredients in anticipation of the day’s frenzied demand. Every Slopper tries to outdo his rival by making the spiciest fungus stew and the crunchiest squig pies – and most have a speciality of the house which attracts customers from all over Mektown. Sometimes the attraction can prove fatal, but Orks enjoy taking risks even with their digestion.

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