Black Hand

==Lore==
 - Razma of Shem
==Description==
The Black Hand are equipped with iron weapons, bows, iron shields and use stone clubs. They are clad in leather and iron-reinforced cloth, also sometimes sporting exotic extensions in place of limbs.
They come in far greater numbers than the Darfari Cannibals or the Exiles.
Black Hand pirates are comprised of Cimmerian, Darfari, Hyborian, Hyrkanian, Kushite, Nordheimer, Stygian, Shemite, Zamorian and Zingaran.
==Notes==
* There are two large areas of the map that contain pirates: the eastern side of the desert stretching from the starting river up until the Highlands, and the north/north-eastern regions of the jungle towards the east coast
* Smaller camps are scattered to the east, the south and the southeast of The Black Galleon.
* The largest concentrations can be found on Jamilla's Liberty, The Black Galleon, Scavenger's Berth and Flotsam.
* They are particularly good for farming small amounts of and early on, especially with a by breaking down .
* Pirates of the Black Hand enemy NPCs generally have 255 hitpoints. Some notable exceptions are most named NPCs having 330 HP such as Conchaka of Hyrkania or Irniz of the Furnace.
* Jungle camps of the Black Hand faction have several Panther pets with 385 HP, making them much more dangerous than the desert camps.
==Thralls==
Black Hand thralls have very low training difficulty.
They start with the following HP:
Tier	Fighters	Archers	Performers
1 	510 	510 	510
2 	651 	651 	621
3 	685 	685 	745
4 	1089 	1089 	1149
Special cases: 
* T2 Fighters armed with start with 759 HP.
* T3 Fighters armed with start with 927 HP.
* T1, T2 and T3 sometimes have 20 additional HP.
* some T4 Fighters have additional 84 HP.
They specialize in Agility. Their base stats are as follows:
Tier	Strength	Agility	Vitality	Grit
1 	0 	3 	0 	0
2 	0 	7 	0 	0
3 	0 	15 	1 	1
4 	1 	30 	3 	2
==Strategy==
* The smaller camps are usually not challenging with a little gear due to their scattered nature and small numbers of foes. Most of the smaller camps consist of 1-2 Fighter thralls, 1 Archer thrall and 1 worker NPC.
* Most pirates are moderately armored, so armor penetration plays a larger role against increasingly stronger foes like the Black Hand Captain.
* Due to their small HP pools, poison and bleed stacks are less effective against the majority of Black Hand NPCs, as opposed to high tier factions like Votaries of Skelos.
* Apart from The Black Galleon, most pirate camps consist of small groups of separated enemies or even individuals thus making high damage burst weapons with higher stamina drain or spears very effective.
* Shields can be very effective against the relatively high amount of spear-wielders among T4 fighters, the amount of 1-hand-sword wielding foes and archers from this faction.
==Headquarters==
* The Black Galleon
==Camps/Outlooks==
List of camps in the desert:
* Scavenger's Berth
* Watchers Waystation
* Sullys's Ambush
* Deathwhisper Camp
* Lookout Point
* Tarman's Berth
* Spotter's Squat
* Scoundrel's Gateway
* Sailstitch Camp
* Anchor Point
* The Black Galleon
* The Sandspit
* Marauder's Muster
* Bilgewater Break
* Voyager's Vigil
List of camps in the jungle:
* Deckswab's Retreat
* Scupper's Shelter
* Descent of Dagon
* The Crevice
* Talier's Berth
* Flotsam
* Jamilla's Liberty
* Captain's Quarters
In the highlands
* The Pocket
== Notable NPCs ==
* Jamila the Pirate Queen (Story NPC)
* Ignatius the Greedy (Merchant)
* Koros the Brave (Merchant)
* Owen the Beautiful (Merchant)
Archer 	Conchaka of Hyrkania 	Galter of Bossonia 	Iekika the Visionary	Sarnai Thorn 	Cristian the Blade
Armorer 	Irniz of the Furnace 	Joka Ironfist 	Shendelzare 	Ogrus Iron-eater 	
Armorer 	Jehungir Horseshoe 	Shur the Armorer 	Cora, Master Armorer	Anzia, Master Armorer	
Blacksmith	Arvad of Akbitan 	Maev the Magnificent	Iria Soot-face 	Alphonze the Hammer 	Aelara Tong-grip
Carpenter 	Rayne o' the Rosewood 	Sigyn the Woodworker	Una of Cimmeria 	Kaspa of the Forest 	Herric the Fletcher
Cook 	Vatessa the Potent 	Rum Runner Vald 	 	 	
Performer 	Danyo the Seductive 	Imiu of Derketo 	 	 	
Fighter 	Black Hand Captain 	Captain Ioushuwa 	Braggi the Bold 	Cruaidh the Crusher 	
Fighter 	Tarman 	Sully 	Hekkr Waverunner 	Gall o' the Spear-din	
Smelter 	Fingal Firetender 	Idra Sparkeyes 	 	 	
Sorcerer 	Zarus, Master of the Dead	 	 	 	
Tanner 	Valenso Da Reyn 	 	 	 	
Taskmaster	Saddur the Slaver 	Vanko the Fearsome 	Ana the Torturer 	Ruka the Fierce 	
===The Purge only===
The Purge only.
Alchemist 	Atlar the Swarthy 	Khafra the Mixer 	Sparn the Laborer 	Varda the Foul
Archer 	Captain Bree 	Captain D'Ref 	Cristian the Blade 	Faros the Ravager
 	Narcissa Farsight 	Harus Flickerfinger 	Naralia of the Desert Seas	Zara the Crazed
 	Para Strongbow 	 	 	
Armorer 	Rimel the Shaggy 	Saken Bristlebeard 	Tilutan the Indestructible	Uras the Strong
Blacksmith 	Artificer Galen 	Master Crafter Shanya 	Sassan Anvilbreaker 	Smith Raden
Carpenter 	Altar Axe-grinder 	Jelal the Builder 	Master Carpenter Negan 	Vash the Bearded
Cook 	Head Chef Taradis 	Master Chef Thab 	Thror Boozehound 	Turas the Cook
Fighter 	Captain Ermetius 	Captain Marus 	Captain Oda 	Captain Poscore
 	Freebooter Argus 	Freebooter Mirak 	Keprel the Buccaneer 	Yela the Siren
Priest - Set 	Enaro of the Slithering Doom	Mulai the Secretkeeper	Nasa the Unholy 	Strab the Herald
Priest - Mitra	Edric the Holy 	Egil of the True Faith	Ivasel the Sacred 	Mikri - Cleric of the Fourth Level
Smelter 	Ilo Ironbar1 	Murzi Smolderfinger1 	 	
Tanner 	Bregg Hide-flayer 	Pelt-Master Itak1 	Tendonhacker1 	Yelkin the Pockmarked
Taskmaster 	Kapellez Noose-Maker1 	Karlus the Binder1 	Misery-Bringer Artan1 	Yakinu the Lacerator1
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== Common Loot ==
					
					
					
					
== Signature Weapons ==
				
				
== Signature Armor ==
				
				
				
				
== Wanderer Spawns ==
* Astak Wild-kin (Fighter)
* Ferrus the Butcher (Fighter)
* Freebooter Arkos (Fighter)
* Freebooter Marcus (Fighter)
* Ghuriel the Wicked (Fighter)
* Hansel of the Blue Seas (Fighter)
* Katerina of the Wild Seas (Fighter)
* Ogra the Headcleaver (Fighter)
* Onis the Quite Angry (Fighter)
* Yen of the Ferocious Wind (Fighter)
Various unnamed spawns like:
* Black Hand Wanderer Spawn 01
* Black Hand Wanderer Spawn 02
==Gallery==
Category:Black Hand
Category:Factions