The gnoll tribes in the Dark Mountain Range have always had their own territories. They are territorial creatures and only resort to raiding other tribes when they can no longer survive.
This territorial nature has shaped the civilization ecology of the gnolls, making it difficult for them to truly unite, still stuck in a clan-based system. The closest they ever came to unity was over a hundred years ago during the Fourth Black Plague.
The legendary King of Bone Biting, like a divine spirit descending from the heavens, managed to unite the entire gnoll tribes into one force in a very short time. Using the Black Plague as an opportunity, he shaped a fundamental racial identity that surpassed territorial consciousness through one victory after another.
