Editing Ork (section)

===What is the measure of a Klan?===
It's easy to think that Ork Klans are just galaxy-spanning groups of like-minded Orks; like there's just six huge fucking groups of Orks around the galaxy but as we all know, if Orks were that united, the rest of the races would have a real big problem on their hands. Ork Klans are more like six types of Ork personality (and/or, depending on the writer, ethnicity/subspecies) that might have been engineered into the Orks way back by the Old Ones or created by the Beast's Legions in M32. Maybe they appeared on their own, who knows.

Let's take a random Ork Boy as an example. All Orks love a good scrap, looting and of course dakka. However, the individual Ork Boy tend towards one type of Orkitude over others. Maybe he's more into crashing into his enemies at high speeds (which would make him an Evil Sun) or maybe the looting after the battle is his jam (making him a Deff Skull). As a single Boy in a large mob, his preferences doesn't really matter - he'll just have to follow his Nob or get krumped - So it is the leaders and/or majority Klan of an Ork warband who'll decide how the mob acts. So a large horde of Orks led by a Goff Warboss will likely use black and white paint on their stuff and prefer melee combat like Goffs would, but that doesn't mean that every single Ork in the mob is a Goff.

When Orks gather for Waaaghs they tend to form new mobs that are ''actually'' comprised mainly of one Klan of Orks. The large amount of Orks in the Waaagh makes it easier for them to organize themselves into groups of similar interests. That's where the huge Mad Max-esque hordes of Evil Sunz Bikers and Trukks on Armageddon come from.

From another perspective, the ork klans could be seen as the orkish equivalent of various orkish ethnicity. Boys from the same klan will often have similar physiological features; goff boys are naturally bigger and tougher, bad moonz boyz teef naturally grow faster, etc. Orkish klans could be interpretted as orkish "races" inasmuch as orks are a "race" unto themselves. (Disclaimer: Not from [[/pol/]]) But they also reflect different philosophical views about what is best in life, whether it being going fast, having the flashiest lootz, or simply being the biggest, toughest ork of them all.

From another, other perspective, the klans can be seen as the devolved remains of Krork society based on their specialities.
 
*The Goffs' brute strength and serious demeanor would've have fit well for front line soldiers.

*The Bad Moons' control over the Ork economy and usage of secondary currency in the form of gold indicates they could've been merchants or bankers, as they manage to maintain an upper-class role without any orks going into poverty for long.

*The amount of time Evil Sunz spend working on their vehicles, as well as discovering a way to make them go faster just by painting them red would've made great engineers and mechanics.

*Although Blood Axes are considered nowadays to be untrustworthy gits by the other klans, their (relatively) unmatched knowledge in wartime strategy would fit the role of leaders and tacticians.

*Deathskulls are a little harder to pin down, but their constant curiosity for items to loot and add their own Orky innovations to it could be an indication of their previous roles as scientists or even artists (if the blue face paint is any indication)

*Finally, the Snakebites' amount of Oddboyz and squig handler could suggest they served as shamans and animal handlers (assuming Krorks still used squigs.)