Black Tooth Grin clan

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• Past leaders: Rend Blackhand and Maim Blackhand

• Leader: Rend Blackhand

• Clan Colors: Black

• Domains: Blackrock Spire, Black Morass

The Black Tooth Grin Clan was originally part of the Blackrock Clan but after Blackhand was deposed as Warchief, his sons Rend and Maim sought to establish their own power base within the Horde. During the Second War, the Black Tooth Grin was responsible for guarding the Dark Portal and fought on the front lines during the campaign for Khaz Modan. The clan receives its name from the tradition that every recruit must knock out one of their own teeth to show their loyalty.^{W2Man 70}

As their mission was to defend the Dark Portal most of them were slaughtered by the Alliance of Lordaeron,^{HPG 168} however Rend and Maim survived the battle and escaped, they took control of the survivors of the Blackrock and the Black Tooth Grin clans, then formed the Dark Horde.

After that the Dark Iron Dwarves made war against the two clans for the control of Blackrock Spire, Maim was killed in battle and Rend made an alliance with Nefarian so that he could drive back the Dwarves.^{DF 136}

Rend seized full control of the Blackrock clan after the death of Orgrim Doomhammer,^{HPG 167} now he lead the various clans of the Dark Horde as the Warchief and every warrior under his control address him as such.^{DF 134}

Note: In the original "Lord of the Clans" video game, Rend and Maim were going to be the ones who assassinated Thrall's parents on the orders of Gul'Dan. However, the names of the assassins were not stated in the novel, and whether Rend and Maim had any role in it has been unconfirmed.

Known members:

Name	Location
Rend Blackhand	Hall of Blackhand,	Blackrock Spire
Maim Blackhand	Deceased

Trivia

"Black Tooth Grin" was also a phrase sang by Dave Mustaine in a song for the popular metal band Megadeth. The phrase became popular after Pantera guitarist and prodigy "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott created an alcoholic drink named the "Black Tooth Grin" and even tattooed the phrase on his leg. The drink consists of a double shot whiskey (most commonly Crown Royal) and a splash of cola (enough to darken the whiskey to almost black, and a subtle flavoring).

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