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.
A dwarf, in a kobold/house spirit role, within wine cellars, an ork might be connected to the figure Orkise from the medieval poem Virginal, about Dietrich von Bern's battle with a similar being.