Brattlebunch

The Brattlebunch

(Organization)

Type

Leshy street gang

Leader

Tumult Flower Flourish

Headquarters

Absalom

Scope

Local

Members

Slithering Snare

Source: Absalom, City of Lost Omens, pg(s). 30

The Brattlebunch is group of leshy troublemakers and pranksters operating in Absalom, targeting mostly businesses and individuals that harm plants, animals, and nature as a whole. The group has developed a reputation among Absalomians as both one of the most amusing and annoying local crime gangs.

The Brattlebunch was founded by the leaf leshy Tumult Flower Flourish at the instruction of the Circle of Stones' second-in-command, Korhül, and the two organizations are closely connected, whether its members know it or not. The gang's attacks are always orchestrated from the Grand Holt, and Tumult Flower Flourish primarily uses the gang to spy for the Circle of Stones and report to Korhül and Iolanthe. In turn, the Circle of Stones often backs up and helps the gang.

The gang maintains a vast information network throughout the city by using their affinity for plants. Their targets are usually greedy slaughterhouse owners, cruel animal handlers, and especially employees of the Absalom Menagerie zoo. The Brattlebunchers are also interested in disrupting the Street Performers and Actors' Guild and its leader Alain Always. The gang is active in the Eastgate, the Ivy District, the Petal District, and the Precipice Quarter. Several members keep an eye on the Docks, and newly arrived leshys swiftly receive a visit from Tumult Flower Flourish and a friendly offer to join up. Since the fast urban streets of Absalom are generally seen as hostile and unfriendly by most leshys, Tumult's offer is often accepted eagerly and immediately. Now, most of the Brattlebunch members are newborn or newly arrived leshys who band together out of fear of the cosmopolitan world around them.