Frostblood Orc Savage Bard 1, to start. Whip dagger and...something else as a threatening weapon. Starting off the Dragonfire Inspiration (which, oddly, doesn't take into account my white dragon heritage unless I actually took sorcerer levels to gain the Draconic Heritage feat, so still deals fire damage), eventually angling for boosting of a small warband, via Leadership, Marshall boosts, Warchief, and throwing in some Tome of Battle and Song of the White Raven mingling to keep the bard boosts going.
Cohort will be something big and bashy, using Dungeoncrasher, Knockback, and Incarnum.
Looks like sources are: Unearthed Arcana, Tome of Battle, Heroes of Battle, Miniatures Handbook, Sword and Fist (only for the whip dagger), Races of the Wild, Complete Champion, with Incarnum for the cohort.
Any issues with that stuff so far? Can boost the rest of the party, and will likely only bring the few higher level followers so they aren't constantly face-munched. Unfortunately, Might Makes Right is from a FR sourcebook, so it's not a valid choice.