Blood Axes - Origins: This klan was once very powerful, and easily dominated Ork society for a long time. When they began having too many friendly dealings with  aliens (especially Humans), it was too much for the other klanz to bear.A lot of Blood Axe Boyz were wiped out in a nasty inter-Ork war known as "Da Big Party." As a result the klan was overthrown and the surviving Blood Axes fled into hiding. Now they continue to deal with Mankind out of necessity, since the klan has become dependent on subsidies of teef paid to them by the Imperium.The source of these payments comes from Imperial prospectors sent out to find old battlefields and rip the teeth out of Ork corpses. Other klanz are especially disgusted by this -- not because the Blood Axes accept such teef, but because they encourage Humans to take what the Orks consider their property.Orks from the Blood Axe klan have the most frequent interaction with the Imperium of Man, and through their long and mostly acrimonious acquaintance with the Humans, they have developed skills and abilities that cause other klanz to look at them askance.Qualities that would recommend the Blood Axes as natural leaders amongst most of the galaxy's other starfaring species instead see them labelled as treacherous scum by the vast majority of Greenskins.In fact, most of the Blood Axes' reputation is undeserved. True, they have made the most contact with the Imperium, occasionally even fighting for the Humans as mercenaries, and making extensive use of Imperial war materiel. Then again, every Ork can see the funny side of extorting weapons from Human planets only to use them against their former owners.Considered untrustworthy by their fellow Orks due to their peculiar ways, these Orks put a greater emphasis on "cunning and tactics" than on the typical brute force approach favoured by other Greenskins. Blood Axes often trade instead of steal, parley instead of bellow, sneak instead of charging headlong into the withering fire of their enemies, and even retreat instead of dying in a heap with nothing to show for their effort.Some have even taken to the stars as Freebooterz, where they split their time between piracy, raiding, and honest trade. They are every bit as dangerous in battle as their less sophisticated cousins, perhaps even more so thanks to their high level of innate cunning, which allows them to think around problems.In combat, they use battlefield tactics closer to those of a professional army as opposed to the more usual Ork tide of unrestrained and thoughtless violence, using moderately organised squads instead of the traditional mobs and employing basic tactics like enfilading fire, feints, staggered advances, and even the occasional clever ruse.The warbosses who rise up from the Blood Axes' ranks tend to have a greater grasp of big picture strategy than those from other klanz, and some of the most well-planned and well-executed WAAAGH!s in Imperial history have had a Blood Axe at their head.The Blood Axes are roundly mocked by members of other klanz that view them as cowardly wretches, especially the Goffs. The Blood Axes care little for this derision, however.Secure in the knowledge that they alone know how to make war on Humans the proper way, and understandably smug in their klan's legacy of leadership and destruction, Blood Axes take these insults in stride, either having a good laugh and walking off or having a good laugh, knocking all of the offender's teeth out of his head, and walking off that much richer.