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In Northgard you have to choose a Clan. It works similar to Factions/Races in other RTS Games.

Each Clan has his own Starting bonus, Fame bonus and a slightly differing Lore tree.

Image	Clan	Clan Animal	Starting and Fame Bonuses
DEFAULT CLANS
	Fenrir	Clan of the Wolf	Killing a Wolf or a Brown Bear provides Meat. Military units consume 30% less Food and provide Happiness. If you have no military units, the first one you recruit is free. 200 Fame Dominion : Your Berserker can colonize cleared areas for free (every 12 months). 500 Fame Assault : Your military units gain a 15% Attack bonus when fighting outside your territory. Dominion cooldown is reduced by 50%.
	Eikthyrnir	Clan of the Stag	Start with +75 Food, Wood and Kröwns as well as +40 Lore Hall of Skalds replaces the Brewery and produces additional Fame. 200 Fame Supplies: You gain +150 Food, Wood and Kröwns, +75 Lore and +10 Stone. 500 Fame Dedication : Upgraded buildings gain additional 10% production bonus. Increases all production by +1% every 100 Fame
	Heidrun	Clan of the Goat	Start with 1 Sheep and can build the Sheepfold. Increases production of bonus of Feasts to 20% 200 Fame Spare Tools : Tool improvement for farmers, hunters and fishermen is free. Thoses will be forged 50% faster. 500 Fame Teamwork : You gain one free Feast per year. Your Defense Towers and all your Military units gain 20% resistance when feasting.
	Huginn and Muninn	Clan of the Raven	Can colonize with Kröwns instead of Food. Can build the Harbor (replaces Longship Dock) to explore coastal areas and later send Mercenaries attacks. Gain +10% Kröwns from Merchants and Sailors 200 Fame Recruits : You obtain 3 Villagers, 3 max population and 1 happiness . Allows to trade with your Homeland at better rates. 500 Fame Mercenaries : You can hire Mercenaries at your Harbor and send them to raid coastal areas. You can assign 1 more Sailor in your Harbors
	Bjarki	Clan of the Bear	Food and Firewood penalties are reduced by 30%. Instead of having reduced power, your Military units gain 10% resistance bonus during winter. You can summon Kaija, the Armored Bear., a powerful defensive unit, to your training camp 200 Fame Kindred Spirit : Having Kaija or a Shield Maiden in an area, increases local production by 15% 500 Fame The Bear Awakens : You gain +3 Fame per enemy unit killed in an area with the Shield Maiden. Your Military units gain 1% power per 100 Fame. Kaija, "The Armored Bear" can now go in enemy territory.
	Slidrugtanni	Clan of the Boar	The Mender's Hut replaces the Healer's Hut. Menders produce +1 Lore while not healing. Each additional territory gives +2 max population No happiness penalties for non-upgraded houses and Townhall. 200 Fame Heritage : You gain one free Knowledge, this does not count toward a Lore Victory or Blessing unlock. 500 Fame Greater Blessings : ~Freya: Blizzard Penalty is hugely reduced (70% for Food , 30% for Wood ) ~Baldr: +5 Happiness. ~Jord: Warchief and upgraded towers get +10% Attack
DLC CLANS
	Sváfnir	Clan of the Snake	The clan doesn't have access to Fame. Signy grows up, getting stronger each year until the 10th year. Age 15 (The Cunning) : You start with your warchief, the young Signy. Iron is not needed to summon her. Age 16 (Pride of the clan) : Signy gain % speed and can now attack at range. Age 17 (Shadow of the Wild) : Signy can go through zones without engaging combat Age 18 (Tears of the Earth) : SIgny can use scorched earth to burn any area during 3 months (3 months cooldown). Burned zone : -50% production, snake units and buildings +50% more attack. It pillages enemy resources
	Nidhogg	Clan of the Dragon	Your Civilians can go into neutral territory. No Happiness or production penalty for being wounded. You start with a Sacrificial Pyre. You can build a Dragonkin Altar instead of other military camps. Start with 2 Thralls and only 3 Villagers. You can buy thralls from your Longship Docks. 200 Fame Reluctant Workforce : You Receive 5 Thralls. Your Dragon Essence gauge is extended, and bonuses are increased. 500 Fame Tenacious Grudge : +10% attack power against an opponent for each victory condition in which they are ahead of you. Your Dragon Essence gauge is complete, and bonuses are increased even more.
	Svadilfari	Clan of the Horse	The clan does not have access to Mines, Miners or Smiths and has two warchiefs instead : Eitria and Brok. They can be summoned from Völund's Forge (replacing the regular forge), no iron needed. Warchiefs mine and forge speed at +10% speed. Villagers build and repair buildings 30% faster. 200 Fame Craftsmen : Upgraded tools get an additional +5% production bonus. Selling or gives 20% more and trading partner gets twice the amount of those resources. 500 Fame : Legacy of the Earth : You can build a second Relic. Two stone and two iron deposits are discovered in your territory.
	Lyngbakr	Clan of the Kraken	Colonization and building costs on non coastal zone are 50% more expensive. All units' attack is reduced by 30% on non coastal zone. You can't build Longship Docks. Trade Victory is not available to you. The Fisherman's Hut is replaced by the Fishery. It can be used to fish in both lakes and sea. The Brewery is replaced by the Hörgr to assign female Villager into Norn. The Norn produces Happiness and Wyrd. Wyrd may be used to active special abilities. 200 Fame Future Sight : You obtain 400 Wyrd. The events are now revealed long before other clans 500 Fame Howl Of The Sea Master : Military units killed in a neutral or enemy zone have a chance to become Spectral Warrior, joining your ranks under your orders. Your clan feasts each time the Kraken approach the coasts
	Himminbrjotir	Clan of the Ox	Your Warchief is the powerful Torfin. Torfin can find Ancestral equipment from Ancient battlegrounds and equip them to become even stronger. Your units are tougher, larger and eat 10% more than the other clans. Your units have a +15% attack power and defence bonus. Specialized civilian units have a +40% base production bonus, except loremasters. Nonupgraded buildings can hold only one unit, and houses hold less people. 200 Fame Military Pressure: All non-villager units get a production bonus depending on the number of military units you control. 500 Fame The True Hero: Unlocks Ram ability for Torfin, which can target an enemy building with a powerful charge. It causes Torfin to run towards it and destroy it in one headbutt, causing fear amongst enemy units on the way. A few buildings are immune to this attack : non-clan buildings, carved stone and Townhall.
	Brundr & Kaelinn	Clan of the Lynx	Earn Hunting Trophies on animal kills. You can summon Brundr and Kaelinn to your Training Camp. Mielikki, the Beastmaster is weaker than other warchiefs but does not cost Iron. The Archery Range replaces the Axe Thrower Camp. The Trackers they train are ranged units shooting a wide set of arrows. The Path of the Hunter replaces Military Paths. Spend Hunting Trophies to unlock powerful abilities for Brundr, Kaelinn and the Trackers 200 Fame Lures: Unlock Mythical Lure ability for the Mielikki. Once placed, it periodically attracts Mythical beasts to the zone, more and more as time passes. Each wave cleared increases population growth. 500 Fame Oskoreia: Unlock Oskoreia ability for the Mielikki. She can recall the strongest and recent wave of Mythical Animals the clan killed. In their spirit form, they come back for a last rampage on earth.