BAD MOONS

'Da richboyz. Dey grow teef a lot faster den wot kan da uvver clanz, so dey iz richer den wot da uvver clanz iz, see? Loadsa teef-snatchin Gretchin 'angin around 'em all da time. Loadsa slaves an' all. Dey 'ave to spend it all on gear to fight off da ovver clanz wot wants to redisturbute der welf a bit.'

The symbol of the Bad Moon Clan is a grimacing, yellow moon-face wrapped in a halo of black flames. The Bad Moon Clan are what passes for a merchant class in Ork society, continuously buying, selling, swapping, and conning to get teeth. Bad Moons are found in almost every Ork tribe. They grow teeth faster than other Orks, which has made them the richest clan.

Bad Moon warriors wear strikingly patterned clothing and shocking war paint designed to terrify the enemy. The high rankers among them wear garishly decorated back banners and the richest openly flaunt their wealth by wearing necklaces of teeth. This clan possesses great numbers of slaves, who are used in manufacturing war gear that is traded with other clans to bring in more wealth.

Bad Moons often engage in highly secret deals with alien races to gain access to technology and wargear unavailable to other Orks. They also love to spend their teeth on food, which means many Bad Moons are a bit stout around the belt. Wargear that would be rarely seen in an Ork army belonging to another clan, such as suits of mega armour or kustom mega blastas, are seen far more regularly in a Bad Moon force.

DEATHSKULLS

'Da best looters in da 'oonivers, dese is thievin' blighters wiv loadsa runts and grots runnin' about nikkin' stuff.'

The Death Skull warriors are renowned as plunderers of the battlefield. After any slaughter or skirmish, they can be seen gleefully stripping the bodies of the slain and hacking off desirable items of armour and clothing. These oddments are used to augment the Death Skull warriors' already-bizarre battle gear. This often leads to multi-coloured clothing, since fragments of various uniforms end up sewn together. One warband, which was involved in the raiding and plundering of an Imperial penal colony, made off with looted clothing. Now they are seen wearing odd trouser legs or sleeves imprinted with the black upturned arrows of convicts. Perhaps it was the arrow symbol, mistakenly credited with magical powers, which attracted their attention.

This clan is named after their horned-skull totem. Skulls and bones feature prominently among their personal adornments. For instance, helmets are often cast or fashioned in the form of a grinning skull. Death Skull Orks are commonly seen festooned with bone amulets of every kind: pendants, talismans, and cherished bits of long-dead enemies. Such things hold power for the Death Skull Clan. Some Death Skull warriors wear dozens of enemy ribs laced together to form a kind of breastplate.

It is common for Death Skull Orks to paint parts of their bodies deep blue. The Orks of one warband, suffering from poor returns from their plundering efforts, have gone to the extreme of painting their entire torsos and arms. They believe this habit earns them the attention and favour of the Ork war gods, and thus brings them better fortune on the fields of plunder. The clan warriors wear back-plates decorated with an enamelled skull symbol, mounted on a coloured ground. The colour of this ground varies from one warband to another.

This clan has a lot of clever and enterprising Gretchin. The Death Skulls also attracts a number of followers because of their reputation as a bunch of looters, spivs, and wide-boys. As battlefield plunderers and petty camp pilferers, they often get themselves a bad name among the other clans for selling dodgy gear that isn't good enough for the Death Skull Orks to keep for themselves.

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