The Hangman’s Horde
The Hangman’s Horde is a gang of Outsiders led by Hank the Hangman. Sid, Tim, and The Demon are also part of this group.
Unlike the tribe we saw in Prologue, the Hangman’s Horde does wear clothing. They are mountain people who live in the Wilderness and it shows in their dress - animal skins, furs, and bones are common materials. Just as common are manufactured items that made it out of the city one way or another - a pair of overalls here, a keeper’s helmet there. The members of the horde carry firearms and are seen traveling via automobile.
When we see the Hangman’s Horde in Savages!, they claim to have received a message from a vision which tells them,
“[T]his world will be destroyed, but that will not be our end. Forever will dawn when [Boomtown] is ash and its buried truth is liberated.”
Hank tells the slummers that they oppose the Black Pyramid and all who support it. The slummers are offered the chance to support the Horde in their eventual assault on the city. When they refuse, Hank orders their massacre, though Ricky is spared for having “lightened the burden.” The Horde appears to take pleasure in murdering the defenseless crowd.
During Gruff and Subject’s Underground meeting, it is revealed that the Horde were available to trade with at some point. but are now known to operate as we have seen with all who cross their path: Hank gives a “sermon” of sorts, then offers the choice to convert or die.
Subject is stunned to learn from Gruff that Hank would leave a survivor without taking them with him.