Muddy Lads

**The Muddy Lads** are a criminal organization based in the Kings Landing area of Flea Bottom. They're known for their secretive nature. They're one of the most prominent groups of smugglers in the city.

## History

In 13 A.C a young maiden known for her feather like footsteps became the Queen of a group of Vagabonds who all lived in the muddy streets of Flea Bottom. Having all been refugees from wars lead by Aegon the Conquerer they formed an organization with the intention of overthrowing their foreign invaders by any means necessary.

As the years passed their original purpose was long forgotten, the groups political agenda melted away and the group continued in the black market dealings.

Under the leadership of Old Man Osgood a former blacksmith and levy men during the united defense of the Reach and the West. The group began forming borders in Flea Bottom as Kingdoms would. Another group of Vagabonds lead by a former pirate, forced the hand of Osgood and the gangs clashed on the streets of Flea Bottom causing a bloody underground war which left 14 men dead in a month.

A formidable captain of the Muddy Lads named Bloody Brus was next to take the mantel of Leader. His rule was comparable to Maegor the Cruel, his delusion lead to an almost complete control of Flea Bottom and even controlled the docks, taxing merchants and sailors. His expansion was vast and one that is still whispered in the speakeasys and taverns of Flea bottom but it was short lived. In 45 A.C Bloody Brus collided with his second in command Captain Whoreson and the two fought for almost two decades over the leadership of the Muddy Lads which exhausted their resources and their control on the underworld dropping the Muddy Lads in stature. Bloody Brus was finally caught off guard in his home, where a dozen men slew him, removed his entrails and took his head which still has never been recovered.

Captain Whoreson took the seat of Power, but he inherited an United bunch of crooks who would rather drink and fight eachother instead of enforcing their leaders will. Captain Whoreson would go on to be remembered as the least efficient leader, dying from exposure after a drunken night which found him sleeping in a ditch on a cold winter night.

Pate Thronehater took control after Captain Whoreson, he was a strong man who no one wished to fight but his secret dealings with young men caused the Muddy Lads to turn on him. He was unable to unite them in full and so decades continued on where the Muddy Lads were no group only in name.

Old Toad was a madam at the Forgotten Virtue, she was ruthless in every sense of the word. If any of her men stepped out of line it was she who would murder them in the worst way possible. Acts of torture, gangland killings and abductions were a common sight around Flea Bottom during her leadership of the vagabonds. But it was she who declared the rule that no Noble higher born or lower would ever be targeted by the Muddy Lads. It was an act that had her grow friendships with people of a higher standing in the status quote and would make the Muddy Lads one of the many contacts of the Master of Whispers in Kings Landing. Their smuggling began to thrive once more, their opposition's began war of words rather than with swords and the Muddy Lads stepped back into the shadows.

Sandor the Sodding is the current leader of the Muddy Lads.

## Rights and Ceremonies

The Muddy Lads have a unique structure which consists of different tasks to gain a higher rank which they call the Rights and Ceremonies.

### Forsake

The Forsake Ceremony also known as the Burning Past is the initiation ceremony in which senior members bestow a name on a promising candidate to accept them into the Muddy Lads. This name can be anything including their given name. Some members are given names according to their features, personality traits, or even names of members who have passed.

### The Bleeding

Recruits who have proven their worth are given the option to gain a higher mantle in a right known as the bleeding. The act of killing an enemy of the Muddy Lads. It is not mandatory and some members will spend their entire life not performing this right thus staying as simple pickpockets or smugglers.

### Captainship

Long living members are given the opportunity to seek Captainship amongst the Muddy Lads, it is encouraged but not mandatory. A Captain is given an area to either conquer from an opposing Gang or inherit one from a previous Captain. As of the start of 98 A.C there was a total of 4 Captains amongst the Muddy Lads. In its peak it was said that the Muddy Lads had 12 Captains, some dissolved and others formed their own gangs including The Rats, and Hangmans Alley.

## Previous Leaders

1. Widow, 13 A.C-20 A.C.
2. Old Man Osgood, 20 A.C-42 A.C
3. Bloody Brus, 43 A.C-62 A.C
4. Captain Whoreson, 62 A.C-71 A.C
5. Pate Thronehater, 71 A.C - 78 A.C
6. Old Toad, 78 A.C - 90 A.C
7. Sandor the Sodding 90 A.C - Current

## Notable Members

Sandor the Sodding

Brus of Flea Bottom

Gravedigger

Fleabag

Poxy Pate