Umahanbad

In 901, the holy monarchy of Phlehorn exiled 2,000 hardened criminals. To be sent-off to a remote prison, the condemned dyed their beards red in a sign of unity against their oppressors; earning the name Bloodbeards. On orders of the King, who was under the charm of a demon artifact, the prisoners were magically teleported to an ancient ruin named Hezvix. In 906, gang leaders turned governors, established a ruling council, the oligarchy of Umahanbad.

Umahanbad territory spreads along the southern reaches of the Giant Steps and into the darkness below. Their greed for land and resources is contested by the giants, warmongering bands of hobgoblins and the Orchish Empire.

During the Black Tide War (1465 - 1486), 20,000 Bloodbeards served under the Black Tide general Pinth Blackstrike; in army group Kazurâg-Gulan.

Umahanbad is a slave empire where only Turkûn cannot be made a slave. Half of the empire's 200,000 slaves are citizens working off their sentence; one is not a Bloodbeard until they have carried the title 'slave'.

In the Grashakh Front, for their help in capturing Gúluzgash, the Bloodbeards took claim of the vital trade and military bridge of Mazandabad.