Bloodhand Clan

Bloodhand Clan was a minor Orc faction in Arkain, and a major one in True Story.

## Description

When human parents and grandparents tell their children scary tales of green monsters that
come for them if they are behaving badly, they often refer to the brutish Bloodhand Clan.
While the clan does not care at all about how Humans behave, it really does look back on a
proud history bringing fear into the hearts of their enemies.
Brutal and bloodthirsty, the numerous warriors of the Bloodhand Clan prefer simply charging at
their enemy and utterly destroying them rather than relying on tactics, strategy or magic.
They are not without cunning, however, and will not hesitate to use any tool that is at their disposal.
Still, strength is the most important attribute to the Bloodhand Clan members. They would often
leave the Orc Islands to travel deep into the lands of the Humans, setting up their camps to raid
surrounding villages. Legends claim that they even had set up one of their camps on the border
to the land of the Demons prior to the creation of the Void.
The arrival of the Empire however put an end to many camps, destroying them easily while pushing
back the Demons, the Bloodhand Clan was little more than a group of insects to them.
Still, the Bloodhand Clan holds much power both on the Orc Islands and in the Kingdoms.
They were quick to retake their lost camps after the First Voidwar.

## History

After the disastrous Great Journey, the Orc Clans reform their groups, Bloodhand Clan was one of them. But weakened by infighting and strife, they were at the verge of collapse.

## Story

### Human Book

They initially appear near Darkmind Clan fort. They built a base there to support Orcs raiding and pillaging on the Kingdom's lands. Blen Greymoore with the Imperial Army/Kasrkin defeated them, and with Harmos with Order of the Flame's help, crushed the remaining Orcs.

Then, they organized a raiding party in another area, massacring a village and putting surrendered villagers in burning houses, Blen and Harmos killed the ringmaster of the raids.

They also joined Ironthunder Clan, Deathbreeze Clan, Darkmind Clan, Skullblade Clan and Goldaxe Clan in overrunning and massacring an Imperial outpost. Then, they were beaten by Hammerfall and Elven Army and their leader killed.

### Orc Book

After the clan head's death, The Destroyer, strongest of the clan launched a coup and took over the clan. They arrogantly wanted to lead the Orc Clans. Rangul must kill him and install the clan leader's son, and make them rejoin the Orc Clans.

### True Story

They appear on Clash in the Forest, replacing the Pillagers, their presence in the forest is strong.

In the Bull and the Wolf, they maintained a camp near the Darkmind Clan camp. Their camp were razed by Blen Greymoore and Zoia Blackwolf.

In the Rise of the Clans, they initially resisted Rangul and his allies, but Destroyer surrendered eventually.

They then planned to take over the minor clans behind Rangul's back. Now when Krom the Immortal killed most of the minor clan heads, they plan to take over them and launch a coup against Rangul. The latter goes to them after he defeated the Undead.

They got their wish of having the vanguard of the attack of the Clans against the Imperials. They also act as rearguard when the Demons attack the clans at the aftermath of the war. Most of them are killed during the demon attack, a few were rescued.

The remnants re-established themselves, then became a player choice in the campaigns. But another Undead attack threw them into chaos, as the Destroyer died in battle. Okri retained order on the clan.

## Unit Description

This particular clan didn't stray far upon the stereotype description of a brutish creature that was the plot of children's horror stories. They prefer brute strength and were frank on it. Their weaponry were quite laughable and crude comparing to other clans, like slings and clubs, with a few arming themselves with axes, but that wasn't the case. When confronting these brutes, they mustn't be underestimated.

## Leadership

* The Destroyer (new leader, True Story)
* Old Chieftain's son (new leader, First Orc Book)

Former:

* Okri (old chieftain's stepdaughter, exiled)
* Old chieftain (killed)

## Units

* Brawler - melee unit
* Slinger - ranged unit
* Berserker - melee unit
* Thug - melee unit

## Note

* The Clan Leader's son is a generic Blademaster, with random blademaster name.