302 – Mary Mangdana

Also known as Buttons, Little Lost Lambkins, and Sweet Sassy Molassy. Mary Mangdana is an urchin of Reinhoffer-Ootz type #17A: Skin Eater. A swarmling in the Apple Cobbler Gang, Mary swore a spittleoath to Swarmlord Red Menace in the months before the Great Dark Frost of 1926. An accomplished mouth organist, she’s known for her soul-stirring rendition of urchin death ballad “Jeremy Splinter and the Cruel Bite of Winter.”

The rank and file members of the swarm are known as Swarmlings. To become a swarmling, an urchin must swear a blood oath to the Swarm. Occasionally, urchins will join a swarm without swearing a blood oath. Known as Ankle Biters, they are often viewed with distrust by swarmlings, but there’s little practical difference between the two. Ankle Biters are not elligible to become Swarmlords nor to vote in swarm elections.

There are currently ten major swarms known to be operating in the Garbagetown Greater metropolitan area:

The Apple Cobbler Gang
The Trash Kings
The Bloodstump Irregulars
The Weepers
The Eastside Facepunchers
The Westside Facepunchers
The Unknowable Void
Terry and the Pirates
The Adorable Sweetie Pies
God’s Murder