The Bloodfangs

Written by: Justin S. Bow

Editing and Layout: Gareth-Michael Skarka

Introduction
The Hordes series presents a number of Barbarian
tribes for use in your fantasy D20 campaigns. Each
release provides you with information about the tribe,
sample NPCs and a prestige class for use with that
tribe.

In this edition: The Bloodfangs, a vicious band of

half-orc marauders.

Habitat
The Bloodfang tribe is not specific to a particular
climate or landform and can effectively be placed
anywhere in a setting. However, as they are brutal
raiders and sometime cannibals, they are best used
in either a frontier area where the territory is mostly
lawless, or in a poorly controlled portion of a kingdom
like a steep mountain range or thick forest. As written,
the Bloodfang are assumed to be in the foothills of
a border mountain range. With minor tweaking, the
tribe could easily appear in any location the DM wants
them.

History
The Bloodfang tribe is descended from an especially
vicious band of frontier outlaws and an equally vicous
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 clan of orcs. Seeing each other as kindred spirits,
the bandits and the orcs allied against civilization,
pillaging any wilderness outpost or lonely homestead
they came across. It was a foundation of brutality
which guides the Bloodfangs to this day. The living
symbols of the orc-human alliance are the tribe’s half-
orcs. It is an alliance built on blood: the mixed blood
of the tribe and the spilt blood of their enemies.
Culture
Currently the Bloodfang tribe numbers about 75
individuals including women and children. The
fighting force of men and orcs is around 20 total with
the tribe being fairly evenly split into humans, orcs,
and half-orcs. The overall alignment of the tribe is
Chaotic Evil, with a few Neutral Evil individuals.
Characters of other alignments are generally killed by
the tribe when young, or run away so as to avoid being
murdered.
The Bloodfangs would be more numerous if they did
not constantly engage in bloody, low-level warfare
with their tribal neighbors. Orcs find the Bloodfangs
fairly normal, but more aggressive and cunning than
they are used to, while most humans and all good folk,
no matter what race, see the tribe as an abomination.
The Bloodfang tribe is semi-nomadic -- hunting
and gathering over a home territory, but regularly
infringing on the territories of neighboring tribes. They
heavily supplement this simple lifestyle by raiding
pretty much anyone they can get their hands on.
During winter, the Bloodfangs live in a large cave
in their tribal territory. The cave has access to the
Underdark and the tribe regularly has to fight off
monsters lairing in their home when they begin
their winter residence. Except during winter, the
Bloodfangs live in tents or quickly-constructed brush
hovels.
In addition to their ongoing campaign to obliterate
their tribal neighbors, the Bloodfangs spend a healthy
amount of time attacking settler homesteads and small
villages. The outcome of these attacks is usually a pile Bloodfang males are considered of age when they first
of mutilated bodies and a some burning buildings.
The Bloodfangs take very young human and half-
orc children prisoner on these raids and raise them
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as their own, brain-washing them over time to make
them full members of the tribe. Any adults taken alive
may be sold into slavery if there is a ready market for
the goods, but are more often tortured to death for
sport or killed and eaten in one of the tribe’s many
cannibalistic rituals. Rarely, a Bloodfang warrior will
keep a particularly attractive mate as a chained slave.
These slaves are treated like animals by the tribe, but
any children borne out of such a joining are considered
full members of the Bloodfangs.
Bloodfang culture, in keeping with the CE alignment
of the tribe, is exceedingly brutal. The lives of others
are worthless to a true Bloodfang and they strive
to sow chaos, fear, and bloodshed wherever they
can. Strength, stealth, and ruthlessness are the most
admired traits of the Bloodfang and battle prowess
brings the greatest measure of prestige.
Arcane magic is feared, but its practitioners are
shown little respect. While clerics and shamen usually
possess some measure of battle stamina and are
valuable religious leaders (averting the wrath of the
gods), arcane spellcasters are generally physically
weak and spend a lot of time meditating or reading.
Two things which are not thought highly of among
the Bloodfang. Wizards are considered especially
despicable because their powers come from a book;
disgusting for the fact that it is a book and also
because that book can be taken away, rendering the
wizard helpless.
In spite of their callousness towards other people’s
well-being, the Bloodfang are surprisingly careful of
their children. Certainly every child has a few knife
scars or spends half their time swollen-faced from
being knocked around, but they are rarely killed
before adolescence unless they are deemed too “weak”
to live (a term which means they aren’t evil enough).
Children taken in raids are not treated as gently as
native children of the tribe and are, in effect, slaves
until they are fully indoctrinated and old enough to
fight effectively. Then, they are used as fodder to be
thrown at neighboring tribes until their “loyalty” has
been proven.
go out and kill another humanoid, bring back its heart
and eat the still-dripping organ raw before the tribe.
It is considered especially auspicious if the warrior is
strong enough to bring back the whole carcass of his
kill to share with the tribe in a grisly feast.After this
food-taking, the warrior is ritually scarred with a hot
iron on his cheeks, chest, arms, and back.
Bloodfang females come of age after their first period.
They receive a small ritual scar on their belly in the
shape of a crescent moon, but are not expected to hunt
and kill as are Bloodfang men. Soon after this coming
of age, the newly-minted woman is taken from her
family by one of the tribe’s warriors.
Sometimes the acquisition of a mate is accomplished
by stealth, but often it is showy and violent, thus
raising the status of the warrior both by the acquisition
of the woman and by the demonstration of battle
prowess. To differentiate a mate-theft from a more
serious attack on a tribe-member, warriors on a mate-
theft paint red streaks along their faces and both sides
of the chest.
In cases where the parents approve the match, any
resistance to the girl being taken is mostly for show,
with battle ending after first blood is drawn. If the
girl’s father thinks the warrior is weak, combat
may be to the death. Of course, many parents don’t
particularly care what happens to their children and
will let them be taken with little resistance whether or
not they think the mating will result in a worthwhile
alliance for their family.
Although it is fairly uncommon for mate-theft to result
in death, it does happen. Mortal combat is most likely
if the invading warrior happens to break something
valuable in the parents’ dwelling including causing
significant structural damage to the home. This
enrages the prospective father-in-law more than any
theft of family ever could.
Family units in the Bloodfang tribe are fairly fluid,
with mates being shifted between warriors based
primarily on attractiveness of the mate and the
individual combat proficiency of the warrior, but
mates are occasionally used as trade goods. The
accepted terminology for other Bloodfangs that a
warrior claims as mates is wives (or husbands) while
kidnapped people are referred to as dolls. Particularly
attractive mates are often fought over and can change
hands many times until they are acquired by a warrior
skilled and intimidating enough to keep them in the
face of his peers’ envy. This fluidity of relations makes
it difficult to keep accurate track of tribal geneaology;
ensuring sometime (often unknown) interbreeding
between cousins, half-siblings, and siblings.
As demonstrated by the practice of mate-theft, the
status of women in the Bloodfang tribe is very low.
In many ways they are considered no more than
property. Indeed, prized horses and dogs regularly see
better treatment than Bloodfang women. However,
as difficult as a woman’s life in the Bloodfang may
be, there are two paths to higher status. The first,
and easier, means for a woman to attain status in the
tribe is to be blessed with magical abilities thereby
becoming a shaman of the tribe. It doesn’t matter
whether the shaman is a Cleric, a Sorceror, or an
Adept, spells are spells and fine distinctions in magic
are beyond the understanding of most Bloodfangs. But
one thing every Bloodfang learns at an early age is
respect for power and every spellcaster has that.
The more difficult, but more common, means to status
for women is to follow the path of the warrior. A
woman quick and accurate with a blade who matches
the Bloodfang men in viciousness is treated as an
equal among the tribe’s warriors. This is no mean
feat as many male Bloodfang are eager to “test” any
prospective women warriors in combat; seeing them
as a threat to the position of the tribe’s men.
Although much of the respect accorded to female
warriors is due to their killing prowess, there is also
a touch of the sacred about them. Any woman who
becomes a full warrior of the Bloodfang is considered
to be blessed by the spirit of the badger (a tough and
vicious animal) and close to the supernatural.
Since becoming pregnant would be the next thing
to committing suicide for any woman fighter in this
brutal society, it is common for them to permanently
injure their reproductive organs with crude surgery so
that they are unable to conceive.
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Tribal Dress
& Equipment
The Bloodfang are hardly skilled craftsmen. As such,
they dress in poorly cured hides or garments acquired
on a raid. They prefer bright colors; especially reds
and greens. Bloodfang men wear as much jewelry as
they can find room for on their bodies, with gaudy
necklaces and arm bands being the most prized items.
If a Bloodfang woman or child is dressed in anything
other than rags, it is almost always as a display of
wealth on the part of the warrior they belong to.
On raids, the barbaric finery of the warriors is
concealed beneath hides rubbed with charcoal to allow
some measure of stealth.
Hide or leather armor is worn by young or poor
warriors of the tribe while older, wealthier warriors
prefer to gird themselves in chain shirts. The most
prized armor is the mithral shirt since it is shiny,
provides excellent protection, and its light weight does
not hinder the wearer when he is sneaking up on prey.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Bloodfang prefer to arm
themselves with axes, especially greataxes. The
brutal weapons chop through bone and homestead
doors with equal ease and make for excellent tools
of intimidation. Poor warriors must settle for using
mauls or great clubs, but hardly any Bloodfang carries
a shield, thinking the defense unmanly and soft. The
tribal philosophy is that it is better to be able to hew
through a man than to deflect a blow.
The average warrior, in addition to his main weapon,
carries a short bow and quiver as well as at least a half
dozen knives of varying sizes. These small blades are
not used only as weapons, but as implements of torture
when there is no time to drag a victim to a safer, more
entertaining location.
Common
Classes
Bloodfang culture is centered around personal
strength, cunning, and power. Spellcasters are feared
but rarely respected and it is the rare tribe member
indeed who has enough writing to sign his own name,
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let alone understand a book. Similarly, personal
discipline is denigrated as foolish nonsense. As such,
it is little surprise that by far the bulk of Bloodfang are
Barbarians with a healthy batch of Warriors among
the “non-combatants” of the tribe. However, since
cunning and stealth are respected nearly as much as
brute strength, it is not uncommon for a Bloodfang to
be a Rogue or, more often, a Rogue/Barbarian multi-
class. Only the most powerful warriors of the tribe
have attained the brutal savagery and skill necessary to
take levels in the Bloody Ravager prestige class.
The Bloodfang are too unfocussed and vicious for
there to have ever been a Ranger in the tribe. They are
far more interested in randomly destroying nature than
in learning how to live in harmony with it.
Bloodfang women, although of low status, are more
than used to combat, fight like hell-cats, and often
have one or more levels of Warrior in addition to any
levels of Commoner they may possess.
Tactics
The Bloodfang can hardly be called military geniuses.
However, they have a bag of standard tactics that have
worked for them in the past and continue to work in
the present.
The most important thing to remember about the
Bloodfang tribe is that while they are brutal killlers,
they prefer not to get into a fair fight. The greatest
delight for a Bloodfang warrior is to see total fear in
the eyes of his victim. When you take that away, battle
loses some of its luster. This is not to say that the
Bloodfang are cowards, because if cornered or facing
surprisingly powerful opponents they will fight like
madmen, only retreating if it becomes clear they are
outmatched.
If allowed to choose their target, the Bloodfang tend
to attack smaller groups with few or no warriors and
especially go after groups containing women and
children. They have learned their lesson regarding
specifically targeting halflings after some unfortunate
losses to the small folk, and now treat that race with
caution. However, the gnomish reliance on magic and
technology has doomed them to victim status in the
eyes of the Bloodfang.
Bloodfang war-bands commonly raid settled lands,
attacking isolated homesteads, slaughtering most
of the inhabitants, and burning down the buildings.
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Occasionally, the entire strength of the tribe will attack
a small thorp or village. They will try to ascertain the
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strength and number of the town’s defenders before
attacking.
Tribes
The Bloodfang exist in what amounts to a state of
constant warfare with all surrounding tribes whether
In cases where the Bloodfang attack a group of orc or human. They attack these tribes in the same
travelers or a homestead, they are unlikely to take kinds of raids they stage against their more settled
more than one or two captives back to their camp, neighbors and in turn, those tribes make raids on the
handling most of the torture on the spot and taking Bloodfang. The Bloodfang have no real allies except
only gutted carcasses, children, and sometimes those of convenience and have difficulty working
“mates.” with others. They restrain themselves when dealing
with traders, but only those who are heavily guarded
When a successful attack is made on a village, the enough that the Bloodfang do not think they can easily
Bloodfang generally try to round up as many live kill them.
captives as possible. The purpose of this is twofold;
first, to have live sacrifices for use in their gruesome
rituals and, second, to sell the remainder into slavery
in exchange for weapons, armor, magic, and luxuries.
Religion,
When the Bloodfang attack, they prefer to do so under
Rituals,&
cover of darkness. The large number of orcs and half-
orcs (with darkvision) in the tribe often gives them
Passtimes
The Bloodfang worship a pantheon made up
an advantage over prey of other races. They sneak as
primarily of gods of blood, pain, battle, death, fear,
close to their target as possible, then come bursting
and darkness. These are gods not to be loved, but
out of the night, screaming like a pack of demons.
propitiated. Gods to fear and serve. If the campaign
Not only does this surprise their foes, buying precious
setting already has similar gods in it, assume that the
seconds in which to attack unresisted, but it is just
Bloodfangs follow these gods. Otherwise, have them
plain terrifying, a thing the Bloodfang love being.
worship tribal spirits or another already existing god
of evil and chaos native to the campaign setting.
Bloodfang warriors use ranged weapons in battle only
if the foe is obviously superior. In these instances they
Prominent among Bloodfang gods is the Hag, also
engage in hit and run tactics, but may also resort to
sometimes called the Crone. The Hag is the Bloodfang
bow-work if they are unable to immediately engage
goddess of nature and the natural world. She is usually
a foe in melee combat. In the latter case they will fire
depicted as a hideous ancient human or orc female
arrows while running towards their target, then switch
with clawed hands and a predator’s teeth. Where other
to melee weapons as soon as possible. The accuracy
nature gods are associated with bounty and growing
in these attacks is terrible, but that doesn’t particularly
things, the Hag rules over all that is dark and violent
bother the Bloodfang.
in the natural world; decay, violent death, stalking
predators, freezing cold, blasted wilderness and all
Other tactics are rarely used by the average Bloodfang
that is dangerous or off-putting about the wild. It is
warrior, but particularly cunning members of the tribe
possible that the Hag is an entirely different entity
(especially the chief and shaman) will adapt to what
than the nature gods that other peoples worship, but
best suits the situation and their goals.
it is also possible that she is an already existing,
probably benevolent, female nature deity twisted by
the Bloodfangs’ vision of life. The Hag is said to be
always hungry for flesh, eating any that is left on the
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 ground through decay, taking it into her body, the
earth.
Bloodfang mythology states that winter is a result
of the Hag’s hunger coming to such a peak every
year that she begins eating the very heat of the sun.
To assuage her terrible hunger and keep her from
devouring the sun (and thus ending their lives) the
Bloodfang hold a ritual every year at midwinter during
which they symbolically feed the Hag. This ritual
takes course over a period of three days, the first two
of which are taken up with digging a six-foot deep pit
into the hard-frozen winter soil. All the warriors in the
tribe take turns digging this pit, but weaker warriors
end up taking more turns than their stronger comrades
as they get bullied into pulling extra shifts.
On the morning of the third day, a great, cannibalistic
feast is held for the whole tribe. Live captives are
butchered, cooked, and distributed to the tribe along
with large quantities of mead and a harsh liquor made
from the bark of certain trees combined with maple
sap. As the sun sets, the shaman entreats the Hag not
to eat the sun, sparing them for another year and begs
that their offering eases her ravenous hunger. Then,
a beautiful bound woman is placed standing in the
freezing pit and buried alive.
than they would in more civilized societies, which
means practically anywhere else. Because of their
predilection for harming others, the Bloodfang have
made torture a tribal hobby. They are by no means as
skilled in the arts of pain as is a king’s torturer, but
they approach their efforts with a raw enthusiasm
which, to some extent, makes up for their lack of
careful study.
One of the favorite passtimes of the tribe combines
their love of torture with their love of gambling. The
game is called sloatu (which translates roughly to
“spinning”) and is usually played by two competitors,
but can have more participants. In sloatu, a live
captive is tied spread-eagled to a frame in an open
area where everyone can watch and enjoy. Then the
competitors take turns throwing a small, razor-thin
knife at the victim with the goal being to injure them
without inflicting a death-blow such as slashing an
artery. The knife is not usually long enough to pierce
anything as immediately vital as the heart. Whoever
killls the target loses and pays the winner whatever
was agreed at the beginning of the match. In cases
where there is doubt as to who actually dealt the
death-blow, a third party agreed on before sloatu
begins delivers judgement. The tribe’s shaman often
handles this duty.

The sacrifice is always a beautiful woman as the Hag

is said to hate youth and beauty, especially young
women as she, herself, was never young or beautiful.
The particular woman sacrificed is selected by the
Bloodfang’s shaman and is almost always a captive
outsider rather than a member of the tribe. Humans are
the most common sacrifice but elves are the prefered
offering if available. Sometimes raids are made on
nearby villages just before midwinter specifically
with the goal of capturing appropriate victims for the
cannibal feast and the feeding of the Hag. Although
the shaman is supposed to be guided by the finger
of the Hag when selecting the sacrifice, it is not
uncommon for a mate of one of the shaman’s rivals
to be chosen. Lavish gifts made to the shaman tend to
point the finger of the Hag in another direction.

Like anyone else, Bloodfangs enjoy games and sport

during their leisure time. Gambling is popular as are
tests of strength like wrestling, arm-wrestling, and
outright brawling. These passtimes tend to result in
more frequent and more severe injuries to participants
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Bloody Ravager
Bloody ravagers are consumed to the point of
obsession with bloodlust and the joy of inspiring
terror in their victims. They live for the slaughter,
for the spray of blood and the cries of the
helpless.
Although bloody ravagers can use ranged
weapons, they much prefer to enter melee
combat where they can fully savor the deaths
of their enemies. They tend to use two-handed
weapons so as to inflict as much damage as
possible and wear light armor to take advantage
of their increased Barbarian speed, running down
any potential survivors.
All bloody ravagers have at least one level of
barbarian and most of them have never multi-
classed, enjoying the thrill of barbaric rage and
the increased toughness of that class. A minority
of bloody ravagers multi-class into fighter or
rogue either to broaden their options in combat
or to better sneak up on victims, but most bloody
ravagers are too focussed on spreading fear and
violence to multi-class.
Hit Die: d12.
Requirements
To qualify to become a bloody ravager, a
character must fulfill all of the following criteria:
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Base Attack Bonus: +6
Feats: Iron Will, Power Attack, Cleave
Class Skills
Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Intimidate (Cha), Jump
(Str), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Survival
(Wis), Swim (Str)
Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Int modifier
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the
bloody ravager prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Bloody
ravagers are proficient with all simple and
martial weapons, light armor, medium armor, but
not shields.
Poison Use (Ex): Bloody ravagers have
no honor and regularly use poison on their
weapons. They never risk poisoning themselves
when applying poison to a blade.
Fear Resistance (Ex): Bloody ravagers

Level Base Fort Save Ref Save Will Save Special

Attack
Bonus
1st +1 +2 +0 +0 Poison Use, Fear
Resistance +2, Rage

2nd +2 +3 +0 +0 Blood Frenzy 1d4

3rd +3 +3 +1 +1 Bloodlust

4th +4 +4 +1 +1 Terrible Rage

5th +5 +4 +1 +1 Blood Frenzy 1d6

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 have seen a great deal that would terrify
normal people and learned to delight
in it. As such, they gain +2 on all saves
against fear effects.
Rage (Ex): All levels in bloody
ravager count as barbarian levels for
determining the strength, duration, and
effects of Barbarian Rage.
Blood Frenzy (Ex): Starting at
2nd level, a bloody ravager has tapped
so deeply into his love of killing that
the sight of spurting blood drives him
on to greater efforts of violence. Apply
an additional 1d4 damage every time
a bloody ravager achieves a critical hit.
This increases to 1d6 damage when the
bloody ravager reaches 5th level.
Damage from the Blood Frenzy
ability is not applied to characters who
are immune to critical hit damage.
Bloodlust (Ex): After time, the
bloody ravager becomes so consumed
with bloodlust that the very sight of his
mad face instills horror in the onlooker.
3 times per day, starting at 3rd level,
the bloody ravager radiates a fear effect Terrible Rage (Ex): By 4th level, the
identical to the Cause Fear spell, but affecting bloody ravager’s rages have become more like
every creature within a 30 foot radius that can see temporary bouts of madness. He is no longer able
the ravager’s face. The save DC against this effect to stop the rage before it runs its full course.
is equal to 12 + the character’s Charisma bonus. But, while the bloody ravager is in a rage,
In order to activate this ability, the bloody he is completely immune to fear effects.
ravager must smear his face with blood.

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NPCs
Karvena Blightsnarl
Male half-orc Barb8/Rav3: CR 11; Medium-
size humanoid; HD 11d12+33; hp 140; Init
+1; Spd 40 ft; AC 21 (touch 12, flat-footed 20);
Atk. +17/+12/+7 melee (1d12+8/19-20 X3, +1
wounding keen greataxe) or ranged +12/+7/+2
(1d6/20 X3); SA Rage 3/day, Greater Rage,
Improved Uncanny Dodge, Blood Frenzy
+1d4, Bloodlust 3/day, Poison Use; SQ
Darkvision 60ft, Orc Blood, Fast Movement,
Illiteracy, Trap Sense +2, Damage Reduction
1/-, Fear Resistance +2; AL CE; SV Fort +12,
Ref +4, Will +3; Str 20, Dex 12, Con 16, Int 14,
Wis 10, Cha 10, Height 6 ft. 11 in.

Skills and Feats: Climb +19, Hide +4, Intimidate

+14, Jump +19, Listen +14, Move Silently
+7, Survival +14, Swim +19; Power Attack,
Cleave, Great Cleave, Iron Will

Special Qualities: Greater Rage (Ex): During his

rage, Karvena has the following statistics instead
of those given above: hp 173; AC 19 (touch 10,
flat-footed 18); Atk +20/+15/+10 (1d12+12/19-20
X3, +1 wounding keen greataxe); SV Fort +15, Will
+6; Str 26, Con 22. Skills: Climb +22, Jump +22,
Swim +22. The rage lasts for 9 rounds after which
Karvena is fatigued.
Possessions: mithral shirt +3, ring of protection
+1, amulet of natural armor +2, +1 wounding keen
greataxe, ring of sustenance, boots of the winterlands
Karvena Blightsnarl was the second-eldest son of
an orc father and half-orc mother. At the age of 10,
Karvena beat in his elder brother’s brains with a
rock. At the age of 13, he stood off two of his younger
siblings who ambushed him while he was on his
coming-of-age manhunt. Karvena came out of the
encounter with minor wounds, but one of his brothers
was crippled in the left leg and the other lost two
fingers before they gave up trying to kill him.
This bright beginning led to further greatness and
Karvena seemed blessed by the gods. Smarter than
most half-orcs and even many humans, he found that
his well-honed sense of battle strategy gave him an
advantage over other warriors in the tribe in spite of
the greater strength of the pure orcs. Soon, Karvena
had a small group of cowed henchmen he led on raids
against nearby tribes. The moderate success of these
attacks led Karvena to a carefully planned assault
on a small, well-protected human village. Karvena’s
cunning brought a resounding victory, gaining a pile
of loot and well over a dozen slaves for him and his
cronies. After that, it was only a matter of time until
the Chieftain of the Bloodfangs, then an orc named
Gargash Skullmusher, decided to do something about
the growing threat to his power. Unfortunately for the
aging Gargash, his stealthy murder attempt failed,
he was gutted in the struggle, and Karvena claimed
leadership of the Bloodfangs through a mouthful of
Gargash’s liver.
Under the leadership of Karvena Blightsnarl, the
Bloodfang tribe has become both more aggressive
and more strategic in their actions. They are still a
band of chaotic murderers, but their random attacks
are directed with more intelligence than has been the
case for decades. Karvena’s goals are simple: To crush
the surrounding barbarian tribes and feed on the fat
settlers until the Bloodfangs grow bloated on pillaged
luxuries and easy meat.
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 Irgrid the Consumed
Female half-orc Sor3/Clr7: CR 10; Medium-size
humanoid; HD 3d4+6 and 7d8+14; hp 71; Init -1;
Spd 30 ft; AC 20 (touch 10, flat-footed 20); Atk.
+7/+2 melee (1d8+1/20 X3, +1 silver heavy mace
) or ranged +5/+0 (1d4/19-20 X2 dagger); SQ
Darkvision 60ft, Orc Blood; AL CE; SV Fort +8,
Ref +2, Will +11; Str 10, Dex 9, Con 14, Int 12, Wis
16, Cha 16, Height 5 ft. 8 in.

Skills and Feats: Bluff +9, Concentration +15,

Knowledge (religion) +8, Spellcraft +14; Combat
Casting, Silent Spell, Spell Focus (Necro), Still
Spell

Sorceror spells known (6/5; Base DC= 13 + spell

level; spell failure chance 20%) 0--acid splash,
detect poison, detect magic, daze, mage hand; 1--sleep,
magic missile, burning hands

Cleric spells per day (6/4+1/3+1/2+1/1+1; Base

DC= 13 + spell level; Evil and Plant domains)

Possessions: hide armor +4, ring of protection +1,
amulet of natural armor +3, cloak of arachnida, +1
silver heavy mace, wand of inflict serious wounds 38
charges
Irgrid was the runt of her family, born to the mate-
slave of a Bloodfang warrior, she was mercilessly
picked on by her siblings, her mother, and her father.
She was never in danger of death because as the
weakest she was seen as no threat, but that very
weakness drew torment to her as predator to prey.
Probably the worst torture she had to endure was at
the hands of her father who once, during a bout of
boredom, carved up her face with one of his many
knives, horribly scarring her.
The misery would have lasted indefinitely had Irgrid
not begun demonstrating sorcerous abilities when
she entered puberty. A well-placed shot from a magic
missile killed one of her sisters and from that time on,
the others left her alone. As she slowly grew in power,
so too did fear gnaw at the guts of her father until
one night, while she slept, he bludgeoned her in the
head, threw her in a rough sack, and drug her into the
woods where he buried her alive in a shallow grave.
She came to, groggy and disoriented, soil pattering
down on her from his strong shovel-strokes. He
had not killed her outright because even in his fear,
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Irgrid’s father could not bring himself to show the
weakling the mercy of a swift death.
In that earthy darkness, the Hag came to Irgrid and
offered her freedom in exchange for service. Irgrid
accepted.The Hag gave her spells beyond her initiate
status, filling her with strength and vigor enough to
turn over (her father had buried her face down so she
could not dig out) and claw her way to the surface.
For three days, Irgrid hid in the wilderness, fed by
the magic of her goddess. On the night of the third
day, she slunk into the Bloodfang camp and silently
murdered her entire family as they slept, dedicating
the deaths to the Hag. Over time, she came to be
the shaman of the Bloodfang tribe, ruling over their
spiritual life through fear and cunning.
Irgrid hates Karvena Blightsnarl with a passion
because he reminds her of her father. In fact, she
hates the entire Bloodfang tribe and wants nothing
more than to see them cowering at her feet, doing
her bidding, but she knows that she does not have
the popularity or power to seize control. Until such
a time as she can sieze leadership of the Bloodfangs,
Irgrid bides her time and takes joy in petty revenges.
Karvena’s prized mates are chosen surprisingly often
to act as the midwinter sacrifice to the Hag.
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