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Chieftains of Moss Valley – Extra Update for Brother “Little Rag Who Doesn’t Eat Fish” 【28/30】

1754: 586.

Chieftains of Moss Valley – Extra Update for Brother “Little Rag Who Doesn’t Eat Fish” 【28/30】

The gnoll tribes in the Dark Mountain Range have always had their own territories.

They are territorial creatures and only resort to raiding other tribes when they can no longer survive.

This territorial nature has shaped the civilization ecology of the gnolls, making it difficult for them to truly unite, still stuck in a clan-based system.

The closest they ever came to unity was over a hundred years ago during the Fourth Black Plague.

The legendary King of Bone Biting, like a divine spirit descending from the heavens, managed to unite the entire gnoll tribes into one force in a very short time.

Using the Black Plague as an opportunity, he shaped a fundamental racial identity that surpassed territorial consciousness through one victory after another.

It was the first time this civilization overcame the hatreds and territorial disputes between clans.

Under the command of the King of Bone Biting, all the chieftains and military governors launched an assault towards the same objective.

History proved that united gnolls are terrifying, especially when this pack of hungry wolves is led by a lion.

Overturning half the continent wasn’t their limit.

If the King of Bone Biting had been a little more cautious, if he hadn’t rashly split his forces leading to an arrogant and brutal military governor burning the forests of the elves, the situation a hundred years later would have been completely different.

Yet every civilization only gets so many chances to rise, and the gnolls have undoubtedly lost that wonderful yet fleeting era.

After the King of Bone Biting mysteriously disappeared in the Polluted Swamp, this civilization newly learned in unity quickly fragmented again.

Despite several self-proclaimed “successors to the King of Bone Biting” trying their utmost to imitate his methods, striving to reunite the tribes, they lacked Felix’s skill and power.

The longest any managed to stay in power was a year and three months.

After that chaotic period passed, the gnolls formed the current situation.

Currently, the five major clans of Bonebite, Blood Scar, Whip-tail, Split Claw, and Broken Tooth dominate most of the power in the society of jackal people in the Dark Mountain Range.

The remaining small and medium-sized tribes attach themselves around these five major clans, forming a crude system similar to a “Clans Council.”

This system is certainly far weaker compared to the unity during the time of the King of Bone Biting, but compared to past internal opposition, it’s clearly some progress.

From this perspective, the departure of the King of Bone Biting wasn’t an utter disaster for the gnolls.

They’ve indeed learned something from victory and defeat.

Not much, though.

Under this system, the Bonebite Clan claims orthodoxy, possessing the most elite barbarian soldiers as they inherit the direct bloodline of the King of Bone Biting, making them the strongest in power; the Blood Scar Clan, as the favored of The Master of Hunting, serves as the ‘priestly class’ of gnoll civilization, controlling most of the hunting priests and religious affairs.

The Whip-tail Clan are the finest hunters, adept at taming throne wolves and controlling the most fertile oasis groups in the Dark Mountain Range.

These are the three primary core clans, and the Split Claw Clan, having risen through voodoo, excel in using poison.

The plague used by the King of Bone Biting to overturn the continent was their creation.

Being fellow “spellcasters,” the Split Claw Clan and Blood Scar Clan have forged a “political alliance.”

Lastly, the Broken Tooth Clan is unloved, neither cherished by grandmother nor pitied by uncle.

Members of this clan live in the most barren area of the Dark Mountain Range, with a tough, conservative, and stubborn nature.

They refuse to step out of the Dark Mountain Range to other places, thus not favored under the King of Bone Biting’s rule.

During the Fourth Black Plague, while other clans went out to feast and drink, they were left in the Dark Mountain Range to guard the “ancestral land.”

But because of that terrifying defeat, the Broken Tooth Clan not only remained unaffected but took advantage of the chaos after the King of Bone Biting’s disappearance to absorb many desperate small clans.

They’re one of the five major clans solely because they can fight, numerous and never hypocritical with other clans.

No one likes the Broken Tooth Clan!

Their territory in the Moss Valley is also the smallest, and they aren’t even invited when other chieftains and military governors hold conferences.

This clan is the “outcast” in the society of jackal people, with a very low presence.

Just like during this phase of the Black Plague, no one informed the Broken Tooth Clan.

Since they want to remain guarding the ancestral land, let them continue to decay in this damned barren hell.

The main force of the Black Plague has already set out, but this time the scale of the jackal people is much smaller than during the Fourth Black Plague.

The total number of mobilized soldiers is close to a million.

This situation arose because this Black Plague isn’t taking place “in accordance with divine timing.” Although the corrupt energy in the Dark Mountain Range has changed, it hasn’t yet formed tides.

In such circumstances, the gnolls can barely survive in their territories; since they can survive, no one wants to fight for survival, which directly prevents the mobilization orders of the four major clans from penetrating grassroots levels.

The gnolls capable of being swayed are all loyal to their clan.

It may seem disadvantaged, but the chieftains and priests don’t see it that way.

They left Moss Valley, daily hiding in the large tent left by the King of Bone Biting, discussing plans they couldn’t agree on.

However, today’s “chieftain meeting” saw a minor ripple, as the chieftain of the Whip-tail Clan was delayed, reportedly due to a “minor issue” at the front line.