Uthgardt Barbarians
History
The Uthgardt originally consisted of Northmen raiders from Ruathym, Netherese Runlathan refugees, and various others who swore fealty to the mortal chieftain, Uthgar Gardolfsson. The came together in the Year of Greybeards, 100 DR.
They became known the Uthgardt after Uthgar Gardolfsson's death from wounds suffered in battle with Gurt, Lord of the Pale Giants, in the Year of the Icy Axe, 123 DR. Individuals took up worship of the thirteen beast spirits that Uthgar had claimed to have tamed, and formed into tribes along this religious divide.
The Red Pony and Golden Eagle Uthgardt tribes vanished into the Underdark in the Year of the Sunless Passage, 576 DR and were not heard from since. Most assumed Before their disappearance, both tribes shared the One Stone ancestral mound with the Sky Pony tribe and had attended the most recent runemeet. Some residents of the Underdark discovered the descendants of these tribesmen, as grimlocks living in and around the Cavern of Cloven Heads.
In the Year of Watchful Eyes, 705 DR, the mages of the Covenant used their magic to create an alliance between the disparate tribes of Uthgardt in order for them to stand united against coming orc and goblinoid hordes.
The mages tasked them first with hunting down and killing orc chieftains to prevent hordes forming behind them.[citation needed] Their first major engagement was during the Goblin Wars of the Year of Strife, 753 DR. Then, while fighting an army of ogres, orcs, and goblins in the Evermoors, the Elk tribe was almost wiped out defending Flint Rock and the survivors descended into banditry. The alliance dissolved in the Year of the Patchworked Peace, 802 DR when it could no longer sustain the losses that it was taking.
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Geopolitical, Tribe
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