Blood Land

**Blood Land** is one of the Top 9 (formerly 10) Clans within the Obelisk. With the Clan itself being modeled to something closer to that of a medieval nation than a Clan. Currently their main goal primarily involves them conquering and assimilating the Entire Tower as part of their territory of their "Empire". Similar to the other 9 Clans, Blood Land also had a direct hand in destroying Arthia and their Emperor being known for inflicting Cha Jeong-woo one of his killing blows.

## History

Its been stated that the original members of Blood Land were originally the citizens of a destroyed/ruined world originating from outside the Tower that managed to escape their dying world by going into the Tower.

With the loss of their original Homeland, these survivors began organizing and expanding themselves in order to conquer all the Territories and Floors of the Tower in order to" regain" their lost Homeland. This in turn lead to Blood Land's formation and strong roots due to the fanatical loyalty to this goal setting up strong pride within the Clan's members.

In recent times, a member of the Clan's royal family who would then be known as the "Gluttonous Emperor", had risen up into the clan's ranks after secretly acquiring the Soulstone of Gluttony. Using its powers to successfully rise through the clan's rankers and slaughter his other siblings and relatives and taking the throne as the clan's king.

## Structure

### Members

Its been stated that in terms of military power and the number of Rankers directly working under the Emperor, Blood Land's overall military power could possibly surpass the vast numbers of Red Dragon, the oldest clan in the Tower. And unlike some of the larger Clans, Blood Land was noted to possess immense autonomy in their movements due to supreme authority and absolute loyalty to their Emperor, allowing them to easily flex their military power without much difficulty.

### Hierarchy

Fitting with their theme as an "Empire", the inner command infrastructure of the Clan is akin to that of a Medieval Kingdom. With the Overall Ranking being divided up as Soldier, Knight, Baron, Viscount, Count, Marquis, Duke and the Emperor. With the position of Soldier being at the lowest and the Emperor being the highest and overall leader to the Clan and the various other Noble Titles in between being his second in commands and generals.

And much like a actual Kingdom, Blood Land also posses its own royal family who are directly related to their Emperor. This is seen where it has been stated that they have their own Crown Prince fated to inherit his father's throne. Prior to the Gluttonous Emperor having his own family, he had siblings and relatives of his own that was the previous royal family.

* **Emperor:** "Gluttonous Emperor"
* **Crown Prince:** Domo
* **Duke:** Ardbad ("The Power, Ruk"), Tuan Tien ("The Ghost, Guai"), Moglay ("The Disorder, Nan"), Tarbing ("The Monster, Shin"), Robera
* **Marquis:** Caliburn, Nageling, Scrap, 36 Unnamed Marquis's
* **Baron:** Lao ("The Venom Ice Snake")
* **Counts:** 108 Unnamed Counts
* **Soldier:**

Blood Land is also shown to possess a specialized unit consisting of four of their most powerful Dukes called the **Four Monstrous Power War Spirits** who worked directly under and protected the Emperor as his personal guards and closest subordinates.

Second to them in terms of ability, power and favor with their Emperor, is the **Eight Marquises,** who acted as the third highest ranked group in the clan and that one's who generally assisted the Emperor in running the day to day affairs of running it.

It is revealed that whenever one of the marquis die, there will be a new marquis like nothing happened. The power of the Blood Land comes from the Gluttonous Emperor using one of Luciel soul stone.

Later, it was revealed that despite numerous dukes having held the position of "Power", "Disorder", "Ghost" and "Monster", The Gluttonous Emperor never removed the positions nor titles since his reign as Blood Land's Emperor. It was later be revealed these titles corresponds to the unique "Powers" he gives out to the Dukes using the portions of the Soulstone of Gula that he couldn't control.

### Skills

Also unlike the other Tops Clans or even the generic clans of the Obelisk, Blood Land is known to collectively use a trademark skill when going into combat instead of each member increasing their power individually.

* **Song of Victory:** A Skill collectively known and possessed by all of Blood Land's members and "army", by uniting under one goal and focusing their minds into one and singing a song, a large group of its members can activate a large scale buff that effectively boosts all of the members present combat prowess and connecting all of the group's mind. Allowing them to effectively fight as a fully united group.

### Headhunting

Similar to the other Top 9 Clans, Blood Land is also known for recruiting and scouting out powerful and talented Rankers to join their clan and expand their military power. However unlike the more prideful Red Dragon or Elohim, Blood Land is known to extend a hand to promising Rankers within the Tower's lower floors if they show enough potential. Unlike their counterparts who only choose potential members once they reach the 50th Floor.

### Ideology

Due to their Imperial mindset and setting, the members of Blood Land are shown to have a highly fanatical loyalty to their Emperor and are shown to have an expansionist view of the Tower. With their primary goal in the Tower being to conquer it and add all of the Floors into their Empire and place all of it under their control and regain their lost "Homeland".

Blood Land is known for having a militaristic ideological mindset in its members and are known to follow a creed of giving only their absolute loyalty to their Emperor, this is seen where Lao,Caliburn and Ardband showcased fanatical and devoted mindsets to fulfilling their Leader's orders and missions given to them without question despite his infamously avaricious, destructive and bloodthirsty reputation and personality that won't hesitate to abandon or kill them if it will lead to him getting what he wanted.

Blood Land is also known to have a chivalrous and honorable code of conduct to them. As seen where Lao, Caliburn and Ardband showcased a strong sense of honor and fairness when dealing with potential candidates to join their clan. However this mindset has also lead them to be somewhat easily manipulated and taken advantage of by more cunning and intelligent Players, as seen where all three members where easily fooled and manipulated by Cha Yeon-woo upon successfully cementing himself as a "friend" to their Emperor for his own advantage.

### Culture

Similar to Red Dragon and the One-Horned Tribe, Blood Land has seemingly developed its own unique traditions and customs due to its being more of a "Nation" than a "Clan".

#### **Welcoming Ceremony's**

This is seen where Blood Land has its own unique Welcoming ceremony's when taking in honored guests and have unique protocols depending on what kind of honored guest is arriving.

According to Yeon-woo, Blood Land has a total of four welcoming ceremonies, each different and unique to each other and divided up into four colored categories; Red, White, Blue and Black. With Red being the highest welcoming ceremony and honor they can offer that is usually reserved when a clan leader of a high ranked clan visits Blood Land.

#### **Slavery**

Blood Land was also stated to also make use of Slaves within their Subspace, this is seen where the Gluttonous Emperor had hundreds of them carry his palanquin for him to greet the Hoarder.

#### **Royal Family**

Blood Land possess its own royal family following their theme as a Empire. This is seen where it has been stated that prior to the Gluttonous Emperor taking the throne, he had several siblings and relatives who competed against each other for the throne.

Currently, the Gluttonous Emperor was stated to have had children of his own, albeit its been implied that he killed a majority of them after they couldn't live up to his expectations. Currently, his only surviving child and crown prince of the clan is the only one of his children currently alive.

The Emperor himself makes sure to keep a close eye on his son and heir and has assigned some of Blood Land's most powerful Rankers as his personal bodyguards to monitor his development as a leader and keep an eye on his activities along with protecting him.

### Resources

As seen with their welcome and banquet for Yeon-woo, Blood Land is shown to have massive resources and wealth at their disposal. This is seen where they showcased a gigantic amount of rare and extremely expensive items and ingredients to make incredibly rare and phenomenal elixirs, potions and meals that would normally bankrupt a normal clan and boost the power and development a Player by several leaps.

This is seen where Blood Land showcased that they had access to and made several dishes using;

* **Soul Sharks:** A rare monster only found within the 68th Floor that moves freely between dimension of reality and imaginary spaces and was said to only appear once every ten years. This Beast was known for the extremely powerful materials one can gain from it and the gigantic amount of Holy Power it possessed, a Player can easily boost and gain better control of their magic power just by eating it.
* **Ambrosia:** The Food of the Gods that was said to only grow within the 71st Floor of the Obelisk that can rapidly increase a Players Magic Power and Vitality by eating/drinking it in fruit/liquid form.
* **Fenghuang Apple:** An apple that increases Lifespan with a single bite.
* **Mermaid Meat:** That increases Stamina when eaten.
* **Divine Wine:** That gives protection and wards against Ghosts and Malevolent spirits with one sip.
* **Jamshid's Liquor:** The Legendary made Liquor made by one of the few **Lords** within the Tower's past, Jamshid. This Liquor was stated to have extremely powerful properties that boosts all the stats of whoever drinks it. Due to Jamshid having personally created and him being deceased, this liquor is extremely hard to find and is extremely expensive when on the market for even one cup of it. Blood Land is shown to have access to at least 2 barrels of it.

Blood Land has shown to have the skills and expertise to create the following Elixirs and Meals using these ingredients;

* **Fenghuang Soup:**
* **Triple Head Troll Meat:**
* **Golden Apple's Honey:**
* **Mermaid King's Tail Steak:**
* **Rare Divine Wine:**

## Base

### Land of Red Sunsets

Blood Land's main base of operation is located within a Sub Outer space called the [Land of Red Sunsets], similarly to the subspace of Walpurgisnacht, Blood Land's was stated to similarly look like its own world.

* **Capital:** Blood Land was stated to have its own capital from within its Subspace.
	+ **Castle Blood:** Within this subspace Blood Land's main base, The Imperial Castle where their Emperor resided in, is also within the Subspace. As observed by Yeon-woo, the Emperor's personal home was stated to be decorated to show off the extreme wealth of Blood Land and was so gaudily decorated that it was bordering on tacky.

## Trivia

* Its been stated by Lao that there are a lot of bad rumors regarding Blood Land due to their Emperor's "habits" of hunting down and "eating" any Ranker's that gain his interest to acquire their powers for himself. Although Lao himself attempted to deflects these rumors as nothing more than rumors made up by their rivals to discredit them.
* Blood Land's overall system is based off the feudal system of the European Countries of old.