Mudgement

Mudgement is the only major inhabited settlement on the planet Ploapatopia, Moose Margaret's second attempt at a city to house her followers. The first attempt, known as Yux, was abandoned after Moose Margaret realized that a lack of thumbs makes building infrastructure difficult. The ruins of Yux have never been found by humans or otherwise, but are said to be inhabited by the Yuctopus, one of Mar Stargaret's kinkiest creatures.

Finally, in an event known as The Vast HROAF, Moose Margaret, fed up with her pitiful attempts at architecture and urban planning, warped away the town of Morris, Manitoba to Ploapatopia and rechristened it Mudgement (from the Secret Language of Grandmothers: mûj mênt [mʌdʑ mɛnt] "mistaken city"). The original inhabitants of Morris were transformed into Mums, an Order tasked with endlessly building and expanding upon the now sprawling city of Mudgement, fortifying it against constant attack by Mar Stargaret’s kinky animals. Despite having the equivalent of 570 years to build and advance, Mudgement technology remains equivalent to that of the European Renaissance because of the interference of kinky animals and Moose Margaret’s poor municipal management skills.

Because of its isolation from much of the rest of humanity and subjection to constant animal attacks, Mudgement has developed an extremely unique culture and language, both of which have been described by outsiders as "thoroughly unpleasant."

## People of Mudgement (Mudgemites)

### The Archmadams

Mudgement prides itself on its schools, including its flagship, St. Yugma's Academy For Increasingly Pungent Minstrels. Each school is lead by an Archmadam who creates and enforces the rules, while having surprisingly little to do with the development and implementation of curricula. In Mudgement, and, by extension, all of Ploapatopia, the Archmadams are the arbiters of the Secret Language of Grandmothers. The transmission of this knowledge is largely shrouded in mystery, but is known to include several separate ceremonies involving pine cones. The Archmadams are considered by some to be the most powerful beings in Mudgement in terms of magical power (rated PG); the Archmadam Ingredience Perdition Smith was rumored to have given off Rapidly Accelerating Moose Particles at levels detectable by the most common instruments in use at the time.

### The Mums

The original inhabitants of Morris, MB, were transformed into Mums against their will shortly after Moose Margaret transported their city across space to Ploapatopia. In their current existence, Mums act as servants to Moose Margaret, engaging in tasks ranging from temple construction (there are 75 temples dedicated Moose Margaret in Mudgement, each in various stages of completion) to meal prepping. The Mums appear to be the only sect of Margaret-worshippers that were driven do so against their will, although they now unquestioningly cater to Moose Margaret's every whim. But see below.

### The Moose Manglers

A secret sub-sect of mums living in the shadows of Mudgement, known as Moose Manglers, have turned to worshipping Mar Stargaret under the persecution of the other mums.

### The Cardinals

Most higher-level academic research occurring in Mudgement is undertaken by the cardinals, housed in the Frectrum. One area of intense research and debate has been the discovery and classification of novel sins and virtues, which in the past has lead to serious schisms within departments and at least two bloody riots. The other primary function of the cardinals is to elect the Poap.

### The Poap

The Poaps are the “Mayors” of Mudgement; they wear a frock and constantly pace the city, making one crotchety revolution around the city every day, although not always along the same route. When the Poap walks past the Temple of Moose Margaret on the northeast edge of town, clock tower bells sound. This is absolutely not an effective way to keep time. Whenever he passes by, citizens must get down on one knee and say “ope, there’s the Poap.”

Every 13 or 17 years, a new Poap is elected by the cardinals,. This irregularity is thought to ensure that Mar Stargaret's animals do not remember to interrupt the ceremony. A major source of confusion among the citizens of Mudgement is that there are 13- and 17-year Poaps whose reigns overlap and are constantly arguing with each other - the current Poaps of Mudgement are Poap Slape XVIII and Poap Dunch II. The laws in the city are thus highly unstable and difficult to enforce and follow.

### The Chunk Pumpers

The Chunk Pumpers are a legendary Order of warriors tasked with defending Mudgement’s population from the grotesque and horrible wildlife of Ploapatopia. Ichabod is a particularly skilled Chunk Pumper who slew the abominable Chlamydiopteryx and defeated the Gunch Loach who devoured the rest of his crew, by determining that its kink was piles of exactly 11 oranges, allowing him to distract it and chain it in the middle of the Mudgement Moose Market.

### The Sponge Maidens

Led by Quoapy, the Sponge Maidens are a group of janitorial staff called in to clean up after battles using their weirdly absorbent bodies. They are especially effective at mopping up spilled soup.

## Key Locations

* The Moosoleum: The first temple built to honor Moose Margaret, now overtaken by Slurrywursts
* The Spregularium: The latest temple built to honor Moose Margaret, heavily guarded by the Chunk Pumpers.
* Mudgement Moose Market
* The Frectrum: an academic district inhabited by the cardinals.
* St. Yugma's Academy For Increasingly Pungent Minstrels: The flagship academy of Mudgement, founded by Archmadam Ingredience Perdition Smith, it is presided over by the Archmadam Flenda Thruxmoist.
* Our Lady of Incessant Mungeance: A lesser, rival academy, non-accredited, led by Archmadam Xuxma Flactleploct.
* Worcestershire and Bestcestershire: Two neighborhoods presided over respectively by warring families, the Fuckpuzzles and Pissriddles.