As a dwarf, the ork was a well-behaved kobold/house spirit in wine cellars. He may be connected to the figure Orkise in the medieval poem Virginal, about Dietrich von Bern's battle with a vaguely similar being.
The passage suggests that the ork is a creature of folklore, possibly connected to the figure Orkise in a medieval poem about Dietrich von Bern's battle with a similar entity.