The Platinum Foot

A faction of Hyenas bandits that roam western Tanzanite, their home turf being the prairies of Moghra in particular. looting from travelers, smashing wagons as they come across them, and devouring people to sustain themselves in the harsh western landscapes.

Backstory
They originated from around the 300 year war, which among issues included famine (they live in the desert so famine is basically a death sentence), so they took up hunting and scavenging feeling like they have no other options left.

Their origins date back to the 300 Year War around the The Proto Polemo, a combination of severe famine coupled with the harsh landscapes of the desert and war torn prairies lead the hyenas living within to take up scavenging and hunting as a means of sustaining themselves.

They were originally several disparate clans operating independently from each other but toward the end of the Proto Polemo, they would eventually band together under the banner they go by now, known simply as The Platinum Foot, obstensively meant to instill a sense of dread in their enemies, the foot referring to their dewclaws burrowing into their hapless victims skulls.... this isn't quite conveyed to their enemies, particularly given their faction banner, they're better at LOOKING intimidating rather than being intimidating at times.

Hierarchy

 * Pack Leaders

The Platinum Foot's Hierarchy matches that of real hyenas, so the female members are often the ones leading the pack, alongside being some of the more cunning and strong members of the group.


 * Askari

The typical sentinel among their forces, consisting of both male and female hyenas. They're often seen in sizable groups of 25, being more dangerous in large numbers, but individually being fairly weak.

What they do
They often prowl around the Western regions of Tanzanite, ambushing caravans, smashing towns apart, and devouring those that they come across. Often pillaging their ways, both for food and supplies.

Weaponry

 * Axes

They're signature weapons include a variety of axes, from battle axes, hatchets, hand axes, axes of all kind, often the biggest and largest that you'll see in all of Tanzanite, but often being heavy and wildly unwieldy.


 * Bladed Launcher

Unique to the Jehlani Clan, cobbled together from a variety of different gun-parts obtained around Elyoria, rigged together to make something vaguely usable.

Uses spikes as ammunition, in theory as a means to impale their enemies with the most gruesome deaths imaginable, but in practice, given a mix of the weight and the makeshift nature of the weapon itself, it often falls apart upon trying to fire the weapon.