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ok here's the lowdown.

i've noticed that most of the Black Library books for 40k revolve around Humans, i thought it would be cool to write one with an Ork as the main character.

here's the outline for the start, Orks on a space hulk, come out of the warp on top of an imperium planet, the hulk gets shot down by planetary defences and the waaagh gathers on the planet to assault the ground forces, meanwhile the main ork (and grot slave) who is older and bigger than all the orks that were on the hulk is hiking thru the desert to catch up with the waaagh, he stumbles upon a catachan jungle fighter who has been ambushed by a pack of feral gaunts, the catachan becomes poisoned and almost dies, the ork feels he should save the fighter and stops the poison by using his own ichor mixed with the catachans blood (the ork doesn't know that he has psychic abilities but later revealed in the novel).

it's going to be a mix of comedy and action-packed

i'm not going to give anymore away but this is my question which is about the Catachan and Imperial Guard.

"For those that have read all the books and know about Imperials/catachan, is there a family/house or something similar that can make someone honor bound to anyone that saves thier lives?"

i would hopefully like to make this work. i require details.

thanks for your time fellow 40k'ers

First off, let me commend you on your choice of topic. Orks need a novel, and I for one would love to read one.

However, I think you are stretching the established fluff a little too far for most of the fans of 40k. While an ork character in an ork novel would be great, I don't think having an ork take pity on a poisoned human (and the two of them running around together?) is very in tune with the established fluff.

Alas, I can't answer your specific question, but it makes me think that you are leaning towards having a Catachan and an Ork running around together. While I think it might be funny for a spoof story, I think you might have some trouble getting the idea published.

That being said, I think your core idea (a novel about orks, maybe even an ork with some kind of psychic power) is very nifty. If you actually get it published, I will happily buy a copy.

I can imagine an Ork and a Catachan fighting alongside for a moment, and even have the ork respecting the fighting skills of the Catachan, and it would be an interesting moment. But that's it. Just a moment. The ork would quickly want to fight the human warrior (just to show who is bestest), and [u]certainly[/i] wouldn't be running around together. He might help the Catachan get better, but only so he could crump him at full strength.

Ghazghkull thought Yarrick was a good fighter, respected him, even let him escape. But only so that he would have the chance to "smash 'im good and propa" later on.

A catachan would never be honor bound to an ork, and probably would kill the gak out of him while dying

I was talking about the ork.

As you can see here...
http://eatatau.smackjeeves.com/comics/836662/kawaii/
...You simply don't mess with Catachan.

i've been looking around the world of 40k and there's a lot of nobles so i thought the catachan can be from one of those and be honourable, even to someone he hated.

as for the ork, he's spawned from a wierdboy and doesn't kill the poisoned catachan because something in his head tells him not to (lets just say another psychic is involved plans upon plans)

thanks for your comments btw

An ork boy saving a catachan? Really?

Hmm I actually say go ahead and do it. You will be walking on thin ice so youll have to do it well.

I am not really a fan of some of how alot of people see fluff. Alot of things people see is really watered down. Like Slaanesh being all about sex even though in reality its much more then that. Or Followres of khorne being blood hungry brutes. That isnt the case ether. Some have alot of honor and codes they follow while in combat. The same goes for orks that they are all half slowed savages. They can easily be shown to have some code of honor.

A Matter of Pride wrote:Hmm I actually say go ahead and do it. You will be walking on thin ice so youll have to do it well.

I am not really a fan of some of how alot of people see fluff. Alot of things people see is really watered down. Like Slaanesh being all about sex even though in reality its much more then that. Or Followres of khorne being blood hungry brutes. That isnt the case ether. Some have alot of honor and codes they follow while in combat. The same goes for orks that they are all half slowed savages. They can easily be shown to have some code of honor.

It could be that the Catachan is trying to prove himself to the Emperor by besting the Ork in combat, whereas the Ork is trying to prove dat he can hob-nobb anyfink da Humie can.

So it's not a friendly relationship, but a competetive one, as if the Ork challenged the Catachan to a contest, and the Catachan doesn't want to lose to a "savage Xenos"

S_P

Space_Potato wrote:

So it's not a friendly relationship, but a competetive one, as if the Ork challenged the Catachan to a contest, and the Catachan doesn't want to lose to a "savage Xenos"

S_P

That's more realistic. Although there would have to be some sort of goal that both are trying to get to. ...I have no idea what it could be so *shrug*. Go for it.

you are right about it being a competitve relationship, i have written upto where the catachan wakes up and finds himself next to a fire with a make shift intravenious drip attached to him, he's about to blow a casket and attack the ork but he's still too weak, the ork will knock him down and point out it's not a fair fight, theres going to be in depth plans and an uneasy truce between orks and imperials to fend off a small tyranid tendril.

thats the plot of the story, the best bits will be kept until i finish it, if it ends up not getting published i'll post it on here for people to read at their leisure.

and thanks for you are help guys.