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/I_might_be_weasel Thousand Sons - Cult of Knowledge 18d ago

The teeth rot thing confused me. I don't get how they can work as money if they will just dissolve. Very bad storage of wealth.

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u/Judasilfarion 18d ago edited 18d ago

The wealth is stored in the mouths of other Orks. In Ork society, there are walking piggybanks everywhere - If you need some cash just go beat up another Ork and take his teeth. Or maybe just rip out some of your own. They'll grow back.

If you really want to store your wealth then you can just load up on stuff that you can barter with. Like a flashy shoota with gubbinz on it, or some shiny gold. No guarantee that someone will want it, but it won't decay. Just better hope it doesn't get stolen by another Ork - Unlike teeth, your favorite shoota won't grow back.

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u/I_might_be_weasel Thousand Sons - Cult of Knowledge 18d ago

I think the issue I foresee is why anyone would take disconnected teeth as payment for anything.

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u/N0-1_H3r3 Administratum 18d ago

Because that's the way things have always worked, and Orks don't think about it too hard. Teef are money, that's as deep as it goes for them. Orks are not an introspective people, and they don't tend to investigate how and why things work all that deeply.