[Taryble]

It's not really the phenotype - that's genetics for general racial physical attributes. But when you look at the cities and structures of the orcs, they have a very "barbarian" feel to them. The best known groups of "barbarians" are the Mongols (too nomadic), the Goths, and the Vikings.

Vikings use a nordic nomenclature, which I've always used for Dwarves, because they also had an affinity for heavy drinking, bad singing, big hammers, and the Smith being an important figure.

The Goths, on the other hand? Remember the opening battle in "Gladiator"? Those were Goths. Visigoths, I'm fairly certain, but could be wrong. Pretty much any of the Germanic tribes of the time were some form of Goth. They used an old form of German for their names, largely, and tended towards warlordism - the strongest in any band being the leader.