They seem like slaves.
Genuinely curious, but is there evidence of human peasants being viciously beaten for not working?
vulpera unlock quest proves that they’re poorly paid people.
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Peasants get paid.
Not sure about peons. They get food, I guess.
Why aren’t you working?
- (First peon) Tools broken. Had to use hands. Now they break too!
- (Second peon) Peons treated like da poop. Never get nothing nice.
- (Third peon) Always been a peon. Never nothing else. Maybe want more?
Do they even want money?
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They’re roughly equivalent. A labor class with very little chance as upward social mobility. The difference being that peasents are born into it, where peons are there on their own merits (or lack there of?).
The child of a peon could presumably take and pass the orcish rites and become a grunt and beyond.
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Orcs probably have a conflict based meritocracy. If you’re not a good warrior or a wise shaman, or a powerful warlock… you are assigned to hard labor. Though, I imagine it’s not always the case. An orc who is just really good at building and fixing things could also find themselves in peon status. But perhaps as task masters.
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Peasants aren’t that much better off than slave labor.
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Peons can progress in life provided they muster up the self-confidence to try and do so, which some do.