Mountain Barbarians

Mountain Barbarians are the former occupants of the Great Mountain, considered to be men who cared only for causing death and living through the winter. After the settling of the region, they were kept as a workforce.

History
As time passed and the weaker Vrykul became shorter and weaker, the predecessors of the Mountain Clans moved westward, in search of larger planes. Clan Ironfist was the first of them, leading a slew of other, weaker vrykul across swamps, grasslands, and dense forests, until he came upon what would be known as the Great Mountain. Their way of life went on much the same as it did before; warlike, savage, with their only currency being meat and berries.

After centuries of warfare, Clan Bloodeye butchered Clan Ironfist and those loyal to them, uniting the other barbarians under their banner (A crushed, grey fist under a crimson eye), and guided his people to relative prosperity. Cannibalism was acted upon in harsher winters, and rarely, if never, spoken of thereafter. Minor wars were waged on remaining Ironfist loyalists, but most barbarians were willing to be lead by a conqueror, instead of the conquered.

This went on until House Vaught invaded, slaying what clansmen could stand against them. Despite being physically superior to the normal humans, the clansmen were vastly out-armed and outmanned, resulting in their captivity ten years after House Vaught, Kresten, and Caer's settling of the mountain lands. Due to the counterattacks mostly consisting of slaughtering women, children, and sleeping soldiers, most clansmen were considered outright savages and given little sympathy.

However the prospect of enslaving the clansmen appaled House Caer, demanding a trial be given for every captured mountain man. House Kresten was furious at the notion, having the most loses, and stated the suggestion was a jape. The fighting went on for a week before House Caer was allowed to begin trials for mountain men in their region, while the Heron and Bull kept them indiscriminately. Before the work on the strongholds began, the leader of Clan Bloodeye was beheaded in front of all the captured clansmen, signifying their defeat.

They continue to make up the brunt of the Great Mountain's working force, though some keep the stronger ones as gladiators, or use them to train their second sons. The morals that barbarians have are passed on from generation to generation, considered by even the Krestens to be utterly amoral scum.

Appearance
They have been allowed to continue the practice of slaying stunted babes, so long as it's quick and done away from normal men. Due to this, the vast majority of their numbers dwawf most men in stature and strength. Their appearance is largely due to their ancestory; having left a haven for another, unforgiving landscape such as the Heron, Bull, and northern Stag. Though not as strong or large as their Northrend cousins, many appear closer to them than normal humans.